Speech Therapy in Santa Monica
Sound Bite offers in-home, in-school, and in-facility based services in Santa Monica, CA for toddlers, children, and adults in the areas of speech, language, social communication, feeding, swallowing, airway, and cognition
You may choose to seek services for your toddler if they:
present with fewer words, signs, sounds, and/or social behaviors than developmentally typical
have been diagnosed with a developmental disorder or disability
present with noticeable spoken disfluencies outside of typical age ranges
have a cleft lip or palate
have regular difficulties at meal times with certain foods, textures, and/or routines
have a history of tongue tie, mouth breathing, adenoidectomy, frenectomy, ear tubes, hearing loss or impairment, and/or pre-term delivery
You may choose to seek services for your school-aged child if:
They have regular difficulty with executive functioning skills that can impact daily life, homework, and school performance (e.g. planning, organizing, self-monitoring, work completion, knowledge checks, time management)
They have regular difficulty with certain sounds, vocabulary, age appropriate play and engagement in peer relationships, self-advocacy, problem solving, and/or assignments that involve more reading, writing, speaking, and listening-based tasks
You are seeking support from an SLP in the IEP (Individualized Education Plan) or the IEE (Individualized Educational Evaluation) process and provider representation in related meetings
You may choose to seek services for/as an adult if you or your loved one:
has a history of stroke, traumatic brain injury, neurodegenerative disease, or other medical conditions that impacts language, speech production, swallowing, breathing, cognition and memory, executive functioning, interpersonal skills, fluency, and/or voice
has been diagnosed with a tongue thrust, forward head posture, sleep apnea (snoring), TMD (clenching, grinding, temporomandibular disorder), craniofacial dysfunction, tongue tie, deviated septum, over/underbite, or another related airway dysfunction
is seeking gender affirmation therapy to masculinize/feminize the qualities of the voice during or after a surgical or non-surgical change in sexual/gender presentation
is experiencing age-related hearing loss, communication difficulties secondary to hearing impairment, and/or difficulties managing hearing devices
You may choose to seek services for your toddler if:
-They present with fewer words, signs, sounds, and/or social behaviors than developmentally typical
-They have been diagnosed with a developmental disorder or disability
-They present with noticeable spoken dysfluencies outside of typical age ranges
-They have a cleft lip or palate
-They have regular difficulties at meal times with certain foods, textures, and/or routines
-They have a history of tongue tie, mouth breathing, adenoidectomy, frenectomy, ear tubes, hearing loss or impairment, and/or pre-term delivery
You may choose to seek services for your school-aged child if:
-They have regular difficulty with executive functioning skills that can impact daily life, homework, and school performance (e.g. planning, organizing, self-monitoring, work completion, knowledge checks, time management)
-They have regular difficulty with certain sounds, vocabulary, age appropriate play and engagement in peer relationships, self-advocacy, problem solving, and/or assignments that involve more reading, writing, speaking, and listening-based tasks
-You are seeking support from an SLP in the IEP (Individualized Education Plan) or the IEE (Individualized Educational Evaluation) process and provider representation in related meetings
You may choose to seek services for/as an adult if:
-You or your loved one has a history of stroke, traumatic brain injury, neurodegenerative disease, or other medical conditions that impacts language, speech production, swallowing, breathing, cognition and memory, executive functioning, interpersonal skills, fluency, and/or voice
-You or your loved one has been diagnosed with a tongue thrust, forward head posture, sleep apnea (snoring), TMD (clenching, grinding, temporomandibular disorder), craniofacial dysfunction, tongue tie, deviated septum, over/underbite, or another related airway dysfunction
-You or your loved one is seeking gender affirmation therapy to masculinize/feminize the qualities of the voice during or after a surgical or non-surgical change in sexual/gender presentation
-You or your loved one is experiencing age-related hearing loss, communication difficulties secondary to hearing impairment, and/or difficulties managing hearing devices
