Speech Therapy

Are you experiencing difficulties with speaking loudly and clearly, swallowing, or finding and forming the right words? Speech Therapy may be right for you.

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About Speech Therapy

Neurological conditions and injuries such as Stroke, Parkinson’s, or Traumatic Brain Injuries, among others, can affect your ability to express yourself. Speech-Language Pathologists are trained to assess and treat issues related to communication. If you’re having difficulties being understood by those around you, you may benefit from Speech Therapy.

What to Expect

  • Assessment based on symptoms and goals
  • Individualized, functional, and engaging treatment
  • Patient-centered and research-based practice
  • Compassionate and informative care

What You Need to Know

  • No referral required
  • Treatment offered in English and French
  • Speech Therapy is covered by most insurance plans
  • Adult-focused (16+)

Why seek Speech Therapy services at NeuroGym®?

If your difficulty speaking or swallowing is physical or neurological in nature, our experienced therapists can help address your symptoms. Whether you’re already a client at NeuroGym® or not, a Speech-Language Pathologist can help you on your rehabilitation journey. Access care in a supportive environment with practitioners that have experience with neurological injuries and conditions.  

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Our Speech-Language Pathologist

Zeinab Garda, MHSc SLP

Zeinab is the founder of Hummingbird Speech Therapy. With several years experience working in both Ontario and Québec, in private and community settings, she brings her unique insight and skillset in working with individuals with neurological conditions to her treatment of speech and language disorders.

Zeinab offers services in English and in French.

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Avi Nativ, PhD BScPT

Owner, Founder

The NeuroGym® concept was founded over 30 years ago by Avi Nativ PhD (Kinesiology), BScPT. Avi received his doctoral degree in Kinesiology from the University of Waterloo, and was a registered physiotherapist in Ontario for more than 25 years. While doing his doctoral and post-doctoral research work, Avi’s focus was on brain organization, plasticity and rehabilitation.

Avi was intrigued with scientific research findings that indicated the remarkable capacity of the brain to adapt after injury, and envisioned how such plastic changes could be encouraged through inventive ways of enabling more patient-initiated, active movement rather than the more conventional passive therapy approaches. Through rigorous research, he developed a line of custom, patented equipment and an evidence-based, active approach which combined have been providing amazing opportunities for those with neurologic injuries (even years post-acute) to continue to improve their motor skills.

Zeinab Garda, MHSc SLP

Speech-Language Pathologist

Zeinab became a Speech-Language Pathologist in order to help patients along on their journey to recovery, striving to help them find quality of life despite any challenges they may be facing. She feels she learns as much about life from them as they learn from her about speech, language, and deglutition.

After obtaining her BA with Honours in Cognitive Sciences of Language at McMaster University and her Masters in Speech and Language Pathology from the University of Ottawa, Zeinab began her career as a Speech-Language Pathologist, practicing in Ontario and Québec, in both private and community settings. Using her knowledge and experience, Zeinab has now launched her own practice: Hummingbird Speech Therapy.

Most recently, Zeinab joined the NeuroGym® team to work with our unique clientele. She brings her experience working with Stroke rehabilitation, neurodegenerative conditions, and swallowing disorders as well as her focus on offering engaging and functional patient-centered care based on clients’ interests and research-based best practices. 

When Zeinab isn’t practicing Speech Therapy, she can be found spending time with her dog, cooking and trying new cuisines, or working on digital art and acrylic paint projects.

Qualifications:

  • BA Cognitive Sciences of Language – McMaster University
  • MHS SLP – University of Ottawa
  • Registered Speech-Language Pathologist – College of Audiologists and Speech-Language Pathologists of Ontario and Ordre des orthophonistes et audiologistes du Québec
  • SPEAK OUT!® Certification from the Parkinson Voice Project
  • MoCA Certification

 

Treatment Languages: English, French