Melinda Sullivan Speech Pathology

31/05/2018

Tongue-tie in babies fact sheet Tongue-tie in babies What is a 'tongue-tie'? A tongue-tie is when the piece of skin under the baby’s tongue (called the frenulum) is tight, or shorter than normal. It is also called Ankyloglossia (pronounced ankle-o-gloss-ia). Signs and symptoms Signs of a tongue-ti...

13/03/2018

Dear NDIS, Why are you pushing all of your therapy providers away? We started this new exciting story with you in 2013 with hope in our hearts for a better future for people with disabilities in Australia. We wanted to be a part of that story. We brought our many, many years of skills and experie

25/08/2017

15/03/2017

Today is Swallowing Awareness Day! Dysphagia (difficulty or discomfort swallowing) affects about one million Australians. Did you know that speech pathologists are the professionals that treat dysphagia?

16/02/2017

06/08/2016

09/12/2015

After he learned that the little girl knows a bit of sign language, Santa and the child shared a heartwarming moment.

29/09/2015

By Jeffrey MacCormack and Ian Matheson Even though we've known for some time that working memory and learning disabilities (LDs) are related, we still don't fully understand their relationship. Working memory is our ability to store information temporarily while our brain is busy with a different task. We use our working memory to learn language, solve

19/09/2015

WOW! A real reminder about why to use visuals and allow processing time of verbal information!