Caring for Your Child’s Communication- Here Speech and Hearing thrive!

Accompanying your child to the therapy session is up to the distribution of the therapist. If necessary you may accompany your child during a therapy session.

Yes, speech therapy if not practiced at home leads to a slower recovery rate.

Some simple speech errors can take a few weeks, while some errors that are cognitive will require one to take speech therapy sessions for a period of a few months to years.

ABR or BERA testing often used interchangeably, is a test where electrodes are placed into a patient’s face to track brain activity as sound passes through the ear. this test can track a peak called peak 5 which identifies the lowest sound the child can hear.

Before a BERA test, the child has to be in a deep sleep and so a sedative of a prescribed dosage by a paediatrician is administered. Another prerequisite is the child should not have a cold, cough, fever, or any upper respiratory tract infection. The child should be healthy when they come in for a BERA test.