THE KORMMUNICATION KORNER
Compassionate, holistic support for your child's speech/language needs
WELCOME!
Welcome to The Kormmunication Korner! We are a speech and language private practice located in Baltimore, Maryland. Our mission is two fold and in no particular order; To provide short or long term consultation to parents who have questions or concerns about their children’s speech language development (located in and out of Maryland), and second, to provide direct speech and language assessment and intervention to children in their homes and via teletherapy (located in Maryland only).
We recognize that personality and culture impact how we as individuals communicate. At The Kormmunication Korner, we aim to know you and your child, and to hear, respect and value what is most important to you as we develop speech/language goals and address the needs you and your child face holistically and with compassion.
What We Offer?
Free initial 20 minute phone consult
Certified & Licensed Speech Language Pathologists
In person & teletherapy visits for children
Phone & video consult for parents
Evidence based therapy practices
DO YOU KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SPEECH AND LANGUAGE?
The Kormmunication Korner aims to not only provide speech and language therapy services to children, but also to educate parents to understand their children’s needs and be the best advocates for them. It begins with understanding whether your concerns are related to the area of speech or language or both.
SPEECH
Speech refers to our sound production and includes:
Articulation: How we make speech sounds using our articulators such as the mouth, lips, and tongue. For example, we need strong muscles of the tongue as well as an unrestricted tongue to be able to say the “r” sound to say “rabbit” instead of “wabbit.”
Voice: How we use our vocal folds and breath to make sounds. Our voice can be loud or soft or high- or low-pitched. We can hurt our voice by talking too much, yelling, or coughing a lot.
Fluency: The rhythm of our speech. We all repeat sounds or pause or insert “uh” and “um” in our sentences while speaking. This is typical; however, some people do this excessively, and with physical concomitants such as tapping and jaw clenching. These may indicate stuttering or cluttering.
– American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
LANGUAGE
Language refers to the words we use and how we use them to share ideas and get what we want. Words used do not have to be verbal only; they can be conveyed through sign language or the use of speech generating devices. Language includes:
1. What words mean. Some words have multiple meanings ex. “star” can be a bright object in the sky or someone famous.
2. Formulating new words ex. “friendly” or “unfriendly” can be derived from the base word “friend” – and each means something different.
3. Formulating phrases or sentences. For example, in English we say “Peg walked to the new store” rather than “Peg walk store new”.
4. Social use of language. This involves knowing what to say at different times, such as politely asking “Would you mind moving your foot?”. However, if the person does not move, we may change our tone and say “Get off my foot!”. It also incudes topic maintenance, turn taking and non verbal language such as eye contact.
– American Speech-Language-Hearing Association