SPEECH THERAPY
Meet Laura Cramb:
Laura Studied at University Of Cape Town and Graduated in 2008 with a BSC(hon) in Speech Language Pathology.
She has worked in a variety of areas with work in a private Neurology practice in Cape Town as well as Grey’s Hospital in Pietermaritzburg. She also worked within a rehabilitation environment in Johannesburg before opening her practice in 2013.
Laura has a special interest in neurology and enjoys the adult and Paediatric population. Laura is Prompt trained and talktools trained.
Services rendered:
A variety of areas of speech therapy services are dealt with within the practice including the Neonatal, Paediatric and Adult populations.
All management of the neonate is done within a neurodevelopmental approach (little steps trained)
- Neonatal feeding and swallowing disorders or delays
- Retraining of the disorganised sucking pattern
- Reflux management
All management is done using a holistic approach to the child and their family;
- Delays and disorders of speech and language development in the preschool child including children with Cerebral Palsy, Down Syndrome, Autism and children with a cleft lip and or palate
- Articulation and phonology disorders or delays (speech sounds errors e.g. ‘rabbit produced as ‘wabbit’ lisps etc., including children with a cleft lip and or palate.
- Learning delays or disorders in the school aged child (reading and spelling difficulties, use and understanding of language) in all populations including ADD and ADHD
- Paediatric feeding and swallowing difficulties as well as feeding aversions in children including children with Cerebral Palsy, Down Syndrome, Autism and children with a cleft lip and or palate.
- Fluency disorders (stuttering) from the beginning stutterer to the move advanced stutterer.
- Rehabilitation of feeding and swallowing post stroke or traumatic brain injury
- Speech, reading, writing and cognitive rehabilitation post stroke or traumatic brain injury
All areas of care include working within A multi-disciplinary team where possible.
