Communication Center For Hearing And Speech

Speech-Language Pathology

Communication Center For Hearing And Speech is a Speech-Language Pathology practice in Fairport, NY with healthcare providers who have special training and skill in preventing, assessing, diagnosing, and treating speech, language, cognitive communication, and swallowing disorders arising from illness, injury, deficiency, or congenital birth defect. Speech-Language Pathologists at Communication Center For Hearing And Speech perform testing, evaluation, and treatment of disorders relating to how patients form words, communicate, and process the speech of others. Speech-Language Pathology is a medical specialty that deals with disorders related to how patients form words, speak, and understand what others are saying to them. Significant diseases and conditions treated at Speech-Language Pathology practices include speech disorders like stuttering and dysarthia, language disorders like articulation and phonological processing disorders, social communication disorders, cognitive-communication disorders, voice disorders, and swallowing disorders that may arise from conditions like stroke, dementia, brain injury, multiple sclerosis (MS), Parkinson's disease, autism, hearing loss, or congenital birth defects. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Speech-Language Pathology practices include speech and language assessment, hearing assessment, developing treatment plans based on assessment and test results, developing communications strategies for patients and caregivers, working with patients to achieve communication goals, and providing patient and parent education.

The speech-language pathologist is the professional who engages in clinical services, prevention, advocacy, education, administration, and research in the areas of communication and swallowing across the life span from infancy through geriatrics. Speech-language pathologists address typical and atypical impairments and disorders related to communication and swallowing in the areas of speech sound production, resonance, voice, fluency, language (comprehension and expression), cognition, and feeding and swallowing.

Assistive Technology Practice

Communication Center For Hearing And Speech is an Assistive Technology Practice practice in Fairport, NY with healthcare providers who have special training and skill in providing technology to help maintain and enhance the quality of life for patients with disabilities. Assistive Technology Practitioners at Communication Center For Hearing And Speech perform assistive device instruction for patients with disabilities. Assistive Technology Practice is assessing patients' technology needs and prescribing and instructing patients on how to use assistive devices. Significant diseases and conditions treated at Assistive Technology Practice practices include sensory, learning, and physical disabilities. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Assistive Technology Practice practices include screen readers, hearing aids, and wheelchairs.

Audiology (Hearing Aid Fitting)

Communication Center For Hearing And Speech is an Audiology (Hearing Aid Fitting) practice in Fairport, NY with healthcare providers who have special training and skill in evaluating, diagnosing, treating, and managing hearing loss and balance disorders in adults and children. Hearing Aid Audiologists at Communication Center For Hearing And Speech perform exams on ear anatomy and physiology, then prescribes and manages amplification devices, cochlear implants, and auditory rehabilitation. Audiology (Hearing Aid Fitting) is the treatment and management of hearing loss and balance disorders. Significant diseases and conditions treated at Audiology (Hearing Aid Fitting) practices include hearing loss, balance disorders and tinnitus. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Audiology (Hearing Aid Fitting) practices include hearing exams, hearing aid fittings, treatment for balance disorders and tinnitus, as well as hearing and speech rehabilitation.

An audiologist/hearing aid fitter is the professional who specializes in evaluating and treating people with hearing loss, conducts a wide variety of tests to determine the exact nature of an individual's hearing problem, presents a variety of treatment options to patients, dispenses and fits hearing aids, administers tests of balance to evaluate dizziness and provides hearing rehabilitation training. This classification should be used where individuals are licensed as "audiologist-hearing aid fitters" as opposed to states that license individuals as "audiologists".

Social Work

A social worker is a person who is qualified by a Social Work degree, and licensed, certified or registered by the state as a social worker to practice within the scope of that license. A social worker provides assistance and counseling to clients and their families who are dealing with social, emotional and environmental problems. Social work services may be rendered to individuals, families, groups, and the public.

Early Intervention Provider Agency

Early intervention services are an effective way to address the needs of infants and toddlers who have developmental delays or disabilities. The services are made available through a federal law known as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). IDEA provides states and territories with specific requirements for providing early intervention services to infants and toddlers with special needs. In turn, each state and territory develops its own policies for carrying out IDEA and its requirements. Broadly speaking, early intervention services are special services for eligible infants and toddlers and their families. These services are designed to identify and meet children's needs in five developmental areas. These areas are: physical development, cognitive development, communication, social or emotional development, and adaptive development.

Pediatric Occupational Therapy

Communication Center For Hearing And Speech is a Pediatric Occupational Therapy practice in Fairport, NY with healthcare providers who have special training and skill in helping physically or mentally disabled children develop cognitive, motor, social, and self-care skills. Pediatric Occupational Therapists at Communication Center For Hearing And Speech perform educational and physical learning exercises with children disabled by injury or illness. Pediatric Occupational Therapy is a medical specialty dedicated to helping disabled children gain personal independence by improving sensory, motor, visual perception, and social interaction skills. Significant diseases and conditions treated at Pediatric Occupational Therapy practices include impairments resulting from birth injuries or defects, sensory processing disorders, traumatic injuries, autism, childhood arthritis, spina bifida, multiple sclerosis (MS), Parkinson's disease, cerebral palsy, and many other conditions that affect children's motor and learning skills. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Pediatric Occupational Therapy practices include play therapy, handwriting exercises, motor planning, gross motor coordination, sensory modulation, visual perception skills, and parental education.

Occupational therapists provide services to infants, toddlers and children who have or who are at risk for developmental delays or disabilities. Occupational therapy is concerned with a child's ability to participate in daily life activities or "occupations." Occupational therapists use their unique expertise to help children with social-emotional, physical, cognitive, communication, and adaptive behavioral challenges and to help children to be prepared for and perform important learning and school-related activities and to fulfill their rule as students. Through an understanding of the impact of disability, illness, and impairment on a child's development, plan, ability to learn new skills, and overall occupational performance, occupational therapists design interventions that promote healthy development, establish needed skills, and/or modify environments, all in support of participation in daily activities.

Pediatric Physical Therapy

Communication Center For Hearing And Speech is a Pediatric Physical Therapy practice in Fairport, NY with healthcare providers who have special training and skill in diagnosing, treating, and managing a variety of developmental, neuromuscular, congenital, skeletal, and acquired diseases and disorders in infants, children and adolescents. Pediatric Physical Therapists at Communication Center For Hearing And Speech perform medical diagnosis and treatment of balance and coordination disorders, impaired motor skills, strength and endurance disorders, and cognitive and sensory processing disorders. Pediatric Physical Therapy is a medical specialty dealing with children's musculoskeletal, spinal, neurological, balance, and cognitive disorders. Significant diseases and conditions treated at Pediatric Physical Therapy practices include multiple sclerosis (MS), orthopedic and skeletal dysfunction, spina bifida, athletic or traumatic injury, congenital physical impairment, spinal cord injury, neurological disorders like stroke, cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, and Parkinson's disease. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Pediatric Physical Therapy practices include diagnostic imaging, practical development of motor and mobility skills, adapting toys for play, therapeutic strength and endurance exercise, balance and coordination activities, parental care education, water therapy, and applying assistive technology.

A licensed physical therapist, including but not limited to an individual who is a Board Certified Specialist in Pediatric Physical Therapy, who has demonstrated specialized knowledge and skill in anatomy, histology, including embryonic development, genetics, biomechanics, neurological function, neuroscience, and pathology, behavioral sciences, and understanding of diseases or conditions that necessitate physical therapy care, that affect systems that in turn necessitate physical therapy care (comorbidities), and that influence the type of intervention that can be given.

Audiology

Communication Center For Hearing And Speech is an Audiology practice in Fairport, NY with healthcare providers who have special training and skill in diagnosing, treating, and preventing conditions and injuries that affect the sense of sound and balance. Audiologists at Communication Center For Hearing And Speech perform diagnostic tests to detect issues with hearing and balance, and provides preventative and treatment options to address them. Audiology is the field of medicine concerned with the sense of hearing and how it affects the rest of the mind and body. Significant diseases and conditions treated at Audiology practices include hearing loss, balance issues, tinnitus, vertigo, barotrauma, and auditory processing disorder. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Audiology practices include conducting hearing assessments, providing hearing aids and cochlear implant, and teaching methods of speech like lip-reading.

A specialist in evaluation, habilitation and rehabilitation of those whose communication disorders center in whole or in part in hearing function. Audiologists are autonomous professionals who identify, assess, and manage disorders of the auditory, balance and other neural systems. Audiologists provide audiological (aural) rehabilitation to children and adults across the entire age span. Audiologists select, fit and dispense amplification systems such as hearing aids and related devices. (2) An audiologist is a person qualified by a master's degree in audiology, licensed by the state, where applicable, and practicing within the scope of that license. Audiologists evaluate and treat patients with impaired hearing. They plan, direct and conduct rehabilitative programs with audiotry substitutional devises (hearing aids) and other therapy.

Psychology

Communication Center For Hearing And Speech is a Psychology practice in Fairport, NY with healthcare providers who have special training and skill in diagnosing and treating mental health disorders. Psychologists at Communication Center For Hearing And Speech perform mental health assessment and therapy. Psychology is a medical specialty focused on helping patients understand the causes of their mental health disorders so they can be treated with therapy or medication. Significant diseases and conditions treated at Psychology practices include depression, anxiety, specific phobias, alcohol, drug, and gambling addiction, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), mood disorders, behavioral disorders, bereavement, and marital problems. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Psychology practices include mental health assessment and diagnosing, psychotherapy, cognitive behavior therapy (CBT), psychoanalysis, group therapy, addiction counseling, marriage counseling, exposure therapy, and referral to other specialists as needed.

A psychologist is an individual who is licensed to practice psychology which is defined as the observation, description, evaluation, interpretation, and modification of human behavior by the application of psychological principles, methods, and procedures, for the purpose of preventing or eliminating symptomatic, maladaptive, or undesired behavior and of enhancing interpersonal relationships, work and life adjustment, personal effectiveness, behavioral health, and mental health. The practice of psychology includes, but is not limited to, psychological testing and the evaluation or assessment of personal characteristics, such as intelligence, personality, abilities, interests, aptitudes, and neuropsychological functioning; counseling, psychoanalysis, psychotherapy, hypnosis, biofeedback, and behavior analysis and therapy; diagnosis and treatment of mental and emotional disorder or disability, alcoholism and substance abuse, disorders of habit or conduct, as well as of the psychological aspects of physical illness, accident, injury, or disability; and psycheducational evaluation, therapy, remediation, and consultation. Psychological services may be rendered to individuals, families, groups and the public.