Advance Speech Plus+

The team at Advance Speech Plus+ (ASP) have extensive experience working with adults with disability and acquired communication, speech, voice & swallowing difficulties.

Our speech pathologists have a range of experience including;

• developing specialist skills & knowledge working on the Intensive Care Unit & Medical Ward at Bunbury Regional Hospital with patients with acute medical issues such as tracheostomy management, respiratory & multiple organ failure and polyneuropathy.
• on the Rehabilitation Ward & an Outpatient Clinic with patients post stroke, Parkinson’s Disease or elderly patients after falls, requiring communication, speech, voice & swallowing therapy.
• accreditation in videofluoroscopy assessment, tracheostomy management and complex dysphagia assessment and management.
• as part of the South West Disability Services Commission & the Regional Therapy Team providing support to clients with complex disability & their families, including Alternative Augmentative Communication (AAC) assessment & prescription, mealtime management & positive behaviour programs.

Our team have expertise in the following areas:

• COMMUNICATION

  Adults may experience impairments in communication for a variety of reasons. For example, following a stroke or other brain injury. Changes can also be caused by head and neck cancer, surgery or a neurological disease.

  Our experienced speech pathologists can assess and treat communication difficulties including: speech, voice and language as well as alternative augmentative communication. 

• SWALLOWING

  Difficulties swallowing are also known as ‘dysphagia’. We are able to work with you to assess and manage changes to the way you can eat and drink, develop swallow rehabilitation plans, considering your goals and quality of life.

• VOICE

  Voice disorders can be caused by voice misuse or overuse, neurological disease (eg. Parkinson’s), surgery, reduced breath support, reflux or chronic cough. We are able to conduct a thorough objective assessment of your voice and develop a treatment plan specific to your needs. We are also able to work with your ENT for pre and post surgical education and voice therapy.