Archways provides individualized and comprehensive Speech-Language Pathology services to people living with aphasia.
Our Mission
To help people with aphasia develop the skills and tools needed in order to return to living and full and meaningful life.
“We recognize that the ability to communicate is a basic human right.
We recognize that everyone has the potential to communicate.
We believe that people with communication disabilities should have access to the support they need to realize their full potential ”
Communication Disorders served:
Aphasia: an acquired selective impairment of language modalities and functions resulting from a focal brain lesion that affects the person’s communicative and social functioning, quality of life, and the quality of life of his or her relatives and caregivers”
Speaking
Listening/Auditory Comprehension
Reading/Alexia
Writing/Agraphia
Apraxia: a neurological disorder that affects the brain pathways involved in planning the sequence of movements involved in producing speech. The brain knows what it wants to say, but cannot properly plan and sequence the required speech sound movements.
Dysarthria: Speech that is characteristically slurred, slow, and difficult to understand. A person with dysarthria may also have problems controlling the pitch, loudness, rhythm, and voice qualities of his or her speech. Dysarthria is caused by paralysis, weakness, or inability to coordinate the muscles of the mouth.
Voice Disorder: when voice quality, pitch, and loudness differ or are inappropriate for an individual's age, gender, cultural background, or geographic location