Early detection and treatment of speech and language difficulties can significantly improve communication outcomes, particularly in children.
By helping individuals express themselves clearly, engaging with a speech pathologist can contribute to improved self-esteem, reduced frustration, and increased social understanding. After all, communication is a basic human right.
At Hear and Say, our mission is to evaluate, diagnose, and treat communication difficulties and disorders to help people achieve their speech and language goals through individualised therapy sessions. Our university-trained speech pathologists provide evidence-based, personalised therapy to support children and adults with communication, fluency, and voice needs. We’ve been trusted by Queensland families since 1992.
Sometimes a child’s speech delays are linked to changes in hearing. Even if your child passed their newborn hearing screen, hearing can change over time. That’s why we recommend checking hearing first. It’s a simple step that can make a big difference.
Meet the children, families, and adults whose journey with Hear and Say show the power of hearing, listening and speaking.
We support children across all stages of speech and language development, from first words through to school-age communication.
Helping adults strengthen their communication skills, from speech and language to fluency and voice.
Your speech pathologist will undertake an assessment in order to diagnose communication difficulties, determine the severity of the difficulty, identify strengths and weaknesses, and plan individualised speech pathology therapy.
Where multiple issues are identified, a comprehensive assessment is required to thoroughly complete this assessment process. This ensures that evidence-based therapy is able to be provided to support an individual’s specific needs.
Following the assessment, your speech pathologist will explain the results in detail and provide recommendations for next steps. A report is generated and, if consent is provided, this is shared with relevant health professionals.
You may be able to access support through:
Our team can help guide you through your funding options.
Speech pathology services will look different for every individual.
To help us deliver the most accurate and personalised care, our team will email you a link to complete a short case history form prior to your appointment. It is critical that this case history is completed prior to your appointment to ensure that your clinician is able to prepare the most relevant and appropriate assessment options.
It’s important to bring any past reports, letters, diagnoses, or other relevant information. This information allows your speech pathologists to better understand the concerns to be assessed and any relevant family, medical, and past therapy information.
If you can’t make it to a centre, Hear and Say also offers speech pathology services via telehealth. This allows you to access support from the comfort of your home, no matter where you live in Queensland.
