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Health Plans Integrate Virtual Speech Therapy to Improve Access to Care

2023-01-19 / in Heathcare / by Avivit Ben-Aharon

There are many compelling reasons for numerous health plans, both commercial and Medicare Advantage, to now offer and cover a well-designed virtual speech therapy solution in their benefits packages. Here are a few of the leading components that account for increased adoption among managed care organizations: 1. Health plans want to enhance opportunities for member [...]

Great Speech Virtual Therapy Services Support Cigna Commercial and Medicare Advantage Members

2023-01-17 / in Heathcare / by Avivit Ben-Aharon

Members of Cigna’s Medicare Advantage and Commercial coverage plans now have in-network coverage for Great Speech’s virtual speech therapy services. Through Great Speech’s national network of specialized therapists with over 200+ licenses, members are connected with a therapist that works best for their individual needs regardless of their location. This plan allows [...]

Great Speech Announces Partnership with Health Network One: Provides Access to Virtual Speech Therapy Services for Members, Expands Payer’s Specialt

2023-01-10 / in Press Releases / by Avivit Ben-Aharon

January 10, 2023 10:00 AM Eastern Standard Time – HOLLYWOOD, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Great Speech, a pioneer and leader in virtual speech therapy, is now partnering with Health Network One, a leader in specialty healthcare network management serving Medicaid, Medicare Advantage and commercial health plans, to provide in-network specialized speech therapy services to more than [...]

Great Speech Announces Partnership with Centivo, Expands Access to Virtual Speech Therapy for Self-Funded Employer Health Plans

2022-12-21 / in Press Releases / by Avivit Ben-Aharon

HOLLYWOOD, Fla.–December 21, 2022 –(BUSINESS WIRE)–Great Speech, a pioneer and leader in virtual speech therapy, is pleased to announce its partnership with Centivo, a new type of health plan for self-funded employers anchored around leading providers of value-based care. This agreement with Great Speech, effective December 20, 2022, enables Centivo to provide its [...]

Mid-Year Academic Assessment: Could your Student Benefit from Speech and Language Therapy?

Parents can feel like they are on a perpetual hunt for better ways to support academic achievement for their children, especially when a mid-year academic assessment shows that their child is struggling or not performing up to expectations. Communication skills play a significant role in how well a student performs throughout their entire school journey, [...]

Speech Therapy May Help Reduce Emotional Responses to Communication Struggles During the Holidays

2022-12-19 / in communication disorder | Virtual Speech Therapy | Social Pragmatic Communication Disorder | Cognitive Speech Therapy / by Avivit Ben-Aharon

Effective communication skills help sustain a personal sense of well-being, but as we age, physical and psychological changes can impact those abilities. This leads to situations where adults want to engage but are unable to due to diminishing communicative abilities. According to a recent study, older adults in particular can start to feel isolated, depressed, [...]

What is Lisping?

2022-12-10 / in Speech Disorders & Articulation / by Avivit Ben-Aharon

Lisping is a common speech impediment that often appears in young children. A lisp makes producing certain letter sounds correctly difficult, due to improper tongue positioning when speaking. A lisp is often related to an orofacial myofunctional disorder. An orofacial myofunctional disorder is defined as improper patterns and behaviors in the function of muscles and [...]

What Is Cluttering In Speech?

2022-12-07 / in Speech Disorders & Articulation / by Avivit Ben-Aharon

What is a Cluttering Disorder? Cluttering in speech is a fluency disorder that is characterized by an irregular or rapid rate of speech, uncontrolled disfluencies, and in some cases other symptoms such as phonological or language errors and challenges related to attention. Individuals who use cluttered speech can be very difficult to understand and produce [...]

Great Speech Expands Access to Innovative Virtual Speech Therapy Services to More Adults, Children and Seniors

2022-12-06 / in Press Releases / by Avivit Ben-Aharon

HOLLYWOOD, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Great Speech, a pioneer and leader in virtual speech therapy, announces today it is in-network for Cigna Medicare Advantage and Cigna Commercial customers, expanding access to virtual speech therapy that is available through a national network of specialized therapists with over 200+ licenses across the United States. Its innovative approach matches [...]

How Long Does It Take For Voice Therapy To Work?

2022-12-02 / in Voice Therapy / by Avivit Ben-Aharon

What is Voice Therapy? Voice therapy focuses on helping individuals with voice disorders change and adapt their vocal behaviors and heal and support their vocal cords. The therapy helps your voice sound stronger and more like it did before the voice disorder. Voice therapy can also be helpful in preventing damage to the vocal cords [...]

How Can Seniors Improve Their Speech?

2022-11-28 / in Speech Disorders & Articulation / by Avivit Ben-Aharon

When we think about speech therapy, most of us likely think of younger children and school-based speech specialists helping children to pronounce certain words or correct a lisp. But effective communication abilities are essential at any age, including for seniors, whose speech is often affected by advancing age or various medical conditions. Apart from the [...]

Does Corticobasal Syndrome Affect Speech?

2022-11-22 / in Uncategorized / by Avivit Ben-Aharon

What is Corticobasal Syndrome? Corticobasal syndrome (also referred to as CBS) is a rare medical condition that for the most part affects movement abilities. CBS causes changes to occur in the brain and can also worsen the affected individual’s speech, memory, and swallowing abilities over time. CBS is a type of atypical parkinsonism and [...]