About Avivit Ben-Aharon
Founder & Clinical Director at Great Speech Inc. | Providing Innovative Alternatives to Speech Pathology Services
Entries by Avivit Ben-Aharon
Great Speech Expands Access to Innovative Virtual Speech Therapy Services to More Adults, Children and Seniors
/ 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?
/ 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?
/ 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?
/ 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 [...]
Can Weight Gain Cause Speech Problems?
/ in Speech Disorders & Articulation / by Avivit Ben-Aharon
It is widely known that being overweight can have significant effects on our health, from an increased risk of heart disease to mobility challenges. But the effects of obesity and weight gain on our brains and subsequent speech, language, and vocal abilities are not as frequently examined or discussed. The truth is that being overweight [...]
Great Speech Awarded Contract with Healthcare Highways: Provides Access to Virtual Speech Therapy for Members of Leading Health Plan
/ in Press Releases / by Avivit Ben-Aharon
HOLLYWOOD, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Great Speech, a pioneer and leader in virtual speech therapy, is pleased to announce its contractual partnership with Healthcare Highways, a leading developer and distributor of tailored healthcare products and solutions including high-performance networks and customized health plan services. As part of this agreement, Healthcare Highways will provide their members with [...]
Yes or No Speech Therapy Questions
/ in Virtual Speech Therapy / by Avivit Ben-Aharon
Yes and No are among the most powerful and meaningful words within the English language. Without these words, expressing a preference, agreement or refusal would be impossible. In the world of speech therapy, there is so much that can be accomplished simply by playing with the words yes and no. For individuals with speech or [...]
When Inflation Causes Stress Regarding Out-of-Pocket Healthcare Costs, Think Virtual Care
/ in Virtual Speech Therapy | healthcare | Voice Therapy | communication disorder | Heathcare / by Avivit Ben-Aharon
With U.S. and global inflation at a 40-year high, it should come as no surprise that some patients are canceling speech therapy sessions over as little as a $7 co-pay. Inflation-adjusted healthcare spending is falling for the first time in half a century, but that’s little help to patients who may need to [...]
National Alzheimer’s Month: Value of Speech Therapy to Manage the Disease
/ in Accent Modification | Alzheimer | Dementia & Alzheimer's Disease | Language Disorders | Virtual Speech Therapy | Speech Disorders / by Avivit Ben-Aharon
November is National Alzheimer’s Awareness Month, hosted by the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America, and it is the ideal time to stop and recognize the speech pathologists who help dementia patients maintain their quality of life. About 6.5 million people in the U.S. are diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease (AD), one of [...]
What is RPM Speech?
/ in Autism Spectrum Disorder & Asperger's / by Avivit Ben-Aharon
What is RPM? RPM refers to the Rapid Prompting Method which is a technique used to aid communication for individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder and other disabilities that affect communication. RPM encourages those who are struggling to communicate through spoken word to use techniques such as typing, pointing, and writing. The Rapid Prompting Method was [...]
What is a Lazy Tongue?
/ in Uncategorized / by Avivit Ben-Aharon
The highest quality voice and the broadest vocabulary aren’t worth much if the articulation of the words is not correct. The words we speak in the English language are comprised of individual sounds that are referred to as phonemes. These phonemes are combined to form words and give meaning. In order to produce sounds [...]
Speech Therapy Exercises to Try at Home
/ in Uncategorized / by Avivit Ben-Aharon
What is Speech Therapy? Speech therapy is the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of speech and language disorders and other communication challenges. The goal of speech therapy is to improve speech, language, and communication skills, focusing on things such as fluency, phonology, and articulation. Speech therapy also helps to boost comprehension abilities, independence and confidence. Speech [...]