Obstructive sleep apnea is a dangerous and life-threatening condition that affects about 20% of the adult population. Left untreated, it can lead to high blood pressure, stroke, and heart failure. It can also exacerbate depression and attention deficit disorder. Even more alarming, sleep disorders, including obstructive sleep apnea, affect [...]
How many sets of braces are necessary to permanently align someone’s teeth? Theoretically one set should do it, although we all know people who had braces as a child and again as an adult. What would you think about a 32-year-old adult who has had two sets of braces along with [...]
Dear Parents (who are still on the fence), We believe your child can be very successful in life! We see him graduating from high school and moving on to college. We see him interacting with his peers and professors – engaging in intellectual discussions. We see him choosing a [...]
You have 7 seconds to make a first impression! Within the first 7 seconds, people decide if they want to hire you or date you or even be your friend. That’s fast! When you make a new acquaintance, you’d better be on your toes; that means have an engaging [...]
Lauren’s pediatrician referred her to us when she was 71⁄2. Her “r” sounds were not emerging. Our evaluation revealed the usual reason for delayed speech development in a 7 year old; Lauren had a tongue thrust. She had a history of allergies, which caused nasal congestion and open-mouth breathing, [...]
Jeff didn’t receive the early intensive intervention he needed to overcome his dyslexia and have a balanced life. This is what CAN happen if you take the band-aid approach to intervention, or even worse, just wait and see. As a preemie, Jeff had challenges from the day he was [...]
We’ll help them find their unique gifts to share with the world. Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid. ~ Albert Einstein These were the words of Albert [...]
Living with an Auditory Processing Disorder When Anna was a little girl, she had a “cute” way of speaking. She would confuse her sounds and say “hangaber” for “hamburger” or “puzgetti” for “spaghetti”. She would forget her address and say she lived at 1510 Freda Lane, when it was [...]
Parents come to us all the time feeling helpless and concerned that their child “just isn’t getting it” at school or “is feeling left out” in social settings. Time after time, we identify speech/language challenges that were so subtle they were missed, or so ineffectively addressed via tutoring alone. [...]
Max’s parents were worried about his future. He was an intelligent kid who loved learning about history and current events. He was social and had strong relationships with his family and friends. But his grades were mediocre, at best. He could not write a legible essay with correct grammar and [...]