Cognitive Therapy for Children & Adults | Listening Ears

Cognitive Therapy

Why

Listening Ear

SLP team provides a practical, research-based approach to promote a child’s social, language and emergent literacy development during everyday interactions at home & in school and promote muscle condition and function.

Providing speech, feeding, and sensory solutions for children and adults who face obstacles in development.

Our Expertise Areas

Our Speech and Language Therapy Department combines expertise and experience to skillfully address a wide range of conditions.

Apraxia

Drooling

Stuttering

Dysarthria

Sensory impairments

Speech impairment

Articulation disorders

Cochlear rehabilitation

Delayed social skills

Cognitive Therapy Milestone

0 - 6 Months

Listens to own voice
Maintains eye contact
Responds to sound by smiling, head turning, startling
Responds to loud sounds
Express self by vocalizationns
Discriminate angry & friendly vocal tones

6-12 Months

Starts to respond with vocalizations when called by name Babbles Pa Pa, Ba Ba Localizes sound source with accuracy Longer attention span Imitates physical actions Appears to enjoy listening new words

1-2 Years

Understand more simple instrutions Auditory memory of one item at the end of a phrase/sentence Mostly vowels present Mainly producing front consonants (p, m, n, h, w) Consonants (k, e, t, n, g) emerging Enjoys sounds making toys & objects Frequently asks a questons

2-3 Years

Uses 2-3 word phrases more consistently Uses some personal pronouns e.g. me, you Consonants (f, y) emerging Answers "wh" questions e.g. What's that? Who? What's doing? Understands & answer "can you"? Uses negative e.g. don't know Whispers

4 Years

Starts to answer "what if?" Relays a message Uses "when" & "how many" question Can listen to a 10-15 minute story Understands more difficult concepts Constants (j, v, th) emerging Uses more appropriate loudness Uses how much? How? questions

5 Years

Understands instructions using sequencing words First, Next & Last Understands adjectives (soft, hard etc.) Uses well framed sentences Generally Co-operates with play mates Understands time sequence like yesterday, today, and tomorrowFollows longer directions, book

What to expect

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