Speech Therapy Services
At Texas Hearing Institute, we provide comprehensive evaluations and individualized speech therapy for children from birth through age 21. Whether you prefer the connection of in-person visits or the flexibility of virtual care, our services are designed to meet your family’s needs.
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Every child deserves the chance to communicate, connect, and be understood. At Texas Hearing Institute, our speech therapy team provides personalized care to help children build strong speech, language, and communication skills in ways that are fun, meaningful, and engaging.
Our speech therapists work with children who have a variety of developmental and communication needs, including autism spectrum disorder (ASD), developmental delays, apraxia of speech, Down syndrome, and other speech or language challenges. Therapy may focus on helping children speak more clearly, understand and use language, interact with others, or improve their fluency when speaking.
We also support children who experience feeding or swallowing difficulties. Our feeding therapists help families address concerns such as trouble with bottle or breastfeeding, difficulty chewing or swallowing safely, sensitivity to food textures, or picky eating.
We believe parents and caregivers are an essential part of the therapy process. By using evidence-based techniques in a playful, supportive environment, we help children develop the communication and feeding skills they need to succeed at home, in school, and in everyday life.
At Texas Hearing Institute, our speech therapy services include:
- Comprehensive speech and language evaluations
- Speech sound development: Articulation, Phonological Processing, and Apraxia
- Language understanding and expression
- Social communication, conversational skills, and social skills development
- Fluency and stuttering support
- Feeding and swallowing therapy, including sensory feeding and picky eating
- Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) support and intervention
Our speech therapy team includes highly trained hearing loss specialists with advanced expertise in building listening and communication in children who are deaf and hard of hearing who utilize all communication modalities.
We believe in supporting language development in the child’s home language or language of choice.
Texas Hearing Institute currently has several certified Listening and Spoken Language Specialists in Auditory-Verbal Therapy (LSLS Cert. AVT) on staff, along with others actively working toward their certification.
We work hand-in-hand with families, caregivers, educators, and audiologists to ensure every child has the tools they need to thrive.
Our goal is to help each child reach their full potential—developing language, strengthening listening skills, and building confidence in communication every step of the way.
The Speech Therapy Services department at Texas Hearing Institute offers a wide range of services for children with hearing loss, including:
- Comprehensive speech, language and listening evaluations, including cochlear implant evaluations.
- Auditory-Verbal Therapy
- Auditory-based speech therapy for children with hearing loss
- Aural rehabilitation following cochlear implantation
- Parent infant services offered at no cost to families
- Bilingual speech therapy services, including Spanish, Arabic and sign language
- Virtual speech therapy services
Every child grows and learns at their own pace, but there are general milestones that can help you keep an eye on how your child is developing their spoken language. If you ever feel unsure or have concerns about how your child is communicating, it’s a good idea to talk with your pediatrician or schedule a speech evaluation.
Here are some general guidelines for when children demonstrate different speech and language skills:
- By 12 to 15 months: You’ll likely hear your child say their first real words.
- By 21 to 24 months: You might notice them putting two words together, like “more juice” or “go outside.”
- By 3 years old: They should be using three-word phrases regularly.
- By age 4: Most of what they say should be understandable to people outside the family—about 90% of the time.
- By kindergarten: They’re often speaking in full sentences most of the time.
