The Speech Rehab Centre

09/12/2025

Introducing The Speech Rehab Centre’s new team member, Dr Ashleigh Beales. Ashleigh has over 10 years experience working in neuro communication rehab and has completed a PhD in primary progressive aphasia (PPA). She will be accepting referrals for PPA in addition to our usual stroke and traumatic brain injury communication rehab caseload. Ashleigh is offering telehealth as well as home-visiting in the Perth north coastal and Golden Bay areas (Australia). You can read more about Ashleigh’s clinical and research expertise here: https://www.speechrehab.com.au/about-ashleigh. Please contact admin@speechrehab.com.au if you would like to discuss any referrals.

01/08/2025

We're hiring! Join our team of Senior Speech Pathologists at The Speech Rehab Centre. We're a stroke and TBI communication rehab team providing home-visiting in Perth and telehealth Australia wide. Enquire now
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07/05/2025

We recently celebrated 1 year of The Speech Rehab Centre. What a year it has been! We opened our books to new clients and welcomed two new team members and two new babies! It’s been a privilege to offer stroke and traumatic brain injury specific Speech Pathology services to the community and help so many on their journey to recovery. Thank you to all of our clients, colleagues, families and friends who have supported us over the last year. Looking forward to seeing what we achieve over the next year and beyond. Watch this space!

19/11/2024

Introducing our new team member, senior speech pathologist Amanda Duigan (nee Rooney). Amanda brings a wealth of experience from working in acute neurology and in-home community practice. Amanda is passionate about helping people regain their sense of self by improving their communication. Read more about Amanda here: https://www.speechrehab.com.au/about-amanda

19/11/2024

Introducing our new team member, senior speech pathologist Haylee Andrews. Haylee brings a wealth of experience from working in acute hospital settings and more recently in the community disability sector. Haylee enjoys making a positive difference in people’s lives by empowering them to achieve their goals and advocate for their needs. Read more about Haylee here: https://www.speechrehab.com.au/about-haylee

10/10/2024

A cause close to our heart! ❤️❤️ PLEASE SUPPORT APHASIA WA ❤️❤️

This is Jordan. He has aphasia and tells his story. Jordan attends the F… Emily Brogan needs your support for Keep Aphasia WA support groups running for 2025!

27/08/2024

The Speech Rehab Centre in conjunction with Speech Pathology Australia celebrates 2024 Speech Pathology Week! The theme 'Communicate Your Way' reflects our commitment towards rehabilitation and compensatory strategies for people who have communication difficulties after a stroke or traumatic brain injury

20/05/2024

therapy frequently focuses on recovery of words. But recovery is more than words.
We recommend the following websites for information about aphasia support for mental health and wellbeing:
1. Aphasia WA: https://aphasiawa.com.au/
2. The Speech Rehab Centre (us!) https://www.speechrehab.com.au/post/getting-aphasia-support
3. Australian Aphasia Association: https://aphasia.org.au/living-with-aphasia/mental-health-and-wellbeing/
4. Aphasia Centre for Research Excellence: https://www.latrobe.edu.au/research/centres/health/aphasia

16/05/2024

Did you know that we create friendly versions of our resource posts? You can check out our latest about therapy dose here: https://www.speechrehab.com.au/post/how-much-aphasia-therapy-and-when-aphasia-friendly-summary

07/05/2024

The Speech Rehab Centre is a private practice offering stroke-specific rehabilitation for people with communication impairments. We currently offer home-visiting in Perth, Australia and telehealth services Australia-wide. We are open to taking referrals- to make a referral or self-refer visit our website and complete the contact us form: www.speechrehab.com.au

02/05/2024

How much aphasia therapy should I have and when? The holy grail question! We summarise the current evidence base in our resource post available at our website www.speechrehab.com.au

10/04/2024

What is cognitive communication impairment? We talk about it here in our latest resource post: https://wix.to/cWIgsiZ

A cognitive communication impairment is when communication is negatively affected by changes to cognition or thinking.