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Located just minutes from Portland Maine, Scarborough Neurodevelopment Center offers Speech Therapy to clients in Scarborough and greater Portland, Maine areas. Our specialization in neurological development and rehabilitation is ideal for clients recovering from neurological trauma, or for those who simply wish to improve cognitive functioning to assist in athletic and/or academic performance.
Our experienced clinicians have trained in some of the nation's leading hospitals, and combine research-based principles and technology to assist patients in maximizing personal potential. Our speech pathology specialists give you premier treatment for a variety of disorders such as stutter therapy, dyslexia and many other speech disorders. We are dedicated to helping our patients who suffer from the following conditions:
Speech Language Pathology, commonly referred to as speech therapy, is a broad profession that involves skilled work with patients across the lifespan, including birth, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and geriatrics. Speech Language Pathologists work in outpatient rehabilitation centers, hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, schools, home health agencies, and private practices. Practice for Speech Language Pathologist's include evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of disorders of speech production (articulation, phonology, motor planning/execution), receptive and expressive language (auditory processing, semantics, morphology, syntax, pragmatics, literacy), cognition (attention, memory, problem solving, processing speed. executive function), fluency (stuttering, cluttering), voice (quality, pitch, loudness, transgender), resonance (nasality, cleft lip/palate), feeding and swallowing (dysphagia), and auditory habilitation (hearing loss).
There are many aspects to voice therapy and we make sure you get the right treatment when you schedule an appointment with us. Our speech therapists realize that any individual patient is unique and we treat them as such. Call and schedule your appointment today!
Post-Concussion Syndrome is a term used to describe mild traumatic brain injury or mTBI. If this description seems oxymoronic and confusing, the literature regarding the difference between TBI, mTBI, and PCC will further serve to obfuscate. The American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the Centers for Disease Control defines a concussion as "loss of consciousness for no more than 30 minutes or amnesia as a result of a mechanical force to the head, and a Glasgow Coma Score (GCS) of 13 to 15...". This model also uses the most commonly accepted definition of concussion as established by the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) as "trauma-induced alteration of mental status that may or may not involve loss of consciousness". Although not explicitly stated in the AAN definition, a concussion is generally viewed as a transient state from which the individual will recover fully in a relatively short period of time. In contrast, TBI is viewed as a permanent alteration of brain function. Furthermore, concussions are less likely than TBIs to involve motor neurons, and therefore rarely include fine and gross motor impairments. However, the cognitive effects of a concussion can be as devastating as those incurred in TBI.
Concussions can have a huge impact on your life. You want to make sure you get the proper concussion treatment to make sure you get back to your way of life. If you are in need of premier concussion diagnoses and treatment, our team proudly serves the greater Portland and Scarborough, Maine areas. Call us and schedule your appointment today!
The term CVA refers to Cerebral Vascular Accident and is synonymous with the term Stroke. Symptoms of CVA are sudden in onset and include symptoms of weakness and loss of sensation. When a person had suffered a CVA, the symptoms experienced are dependent upon the area of the brain that has been affected. The most commonly experienced are: complete or partial paralysis in the limbs on one side of the body, distortion or loss of speech, inability to understand and/or express language and impairment of visual perception.
There are two primary causes of CVA: Ischemic and Hemorrhagic.
An Ischemic event is the most common type of Stroke. This occurs when a clot forms in one of the blood vessels supplying the brain (a thrombus) or travels from another site to block off one of the arteries in the brain (an embolus).
In a Haemorrhagic event, which is much less common, a rupture occurs in one of the arteries in the brain. This is usually due to an aneurysm, which is an outpouching of an artery causing a weakness in the arterial wall.
If you suffer from debilitating depression, anxiety, or pain, it may seem like you've tried everything. From pills to physical therapy to natural supplements, nothing seems to work.
Although it's not new, there's another option that you may not have heard of. Keep reading to learn more about the Alpha-Stim and if it could be right for you!
What is the Alpha-Stim?
The Alpha-Stim is an electrotherapy device. The Alpha-Stim can be used when treating pain, depression, insomnia, and anxiety. This device doesn't use pills or other medications. The device instead uses cranial electrotherapy stimulation.
After all, the body is almost completely made up of electrical impulses. Why should you need to use medications that come with frustrating side effects to get your life back?
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