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Divine Speech and Swallowing Solutions

Ellie Zamora, M.A., CCC-SLP, is committed to heart-felt and highly personalized therapy solutions.

Divine Speech and Swallowing Solutions provides a comprehensive range of speech, swallowing, voice and cognitive therapy for adults 18 and up. We specialize in treating disorders that stem from head and neck cancer, traumatic brain injuries, neurological conditions, aging muscles, TMJ, tongue thrusting issues and more. Ellie Zamora, our medical speech language pathologist, is certified in VitalStim, AMPcare, Myofascial Release, and Deep Pharyngeal Neuromuscular Stimulation therapies. She is also expertly skilled in lymphatic massage, myofunctional therapy and EMST. We provide comprehensive standardized testing for aphasia, cognitive-communication disorders, dysarthria and apraxia.

12/23/2025

As we step into a brief period of reflection and renewal from 12/22/25-1/4/26, we're excited to return with renewed energy and even more purpose on Monday, 1/5/26, ready to support you in the new year. We wish you a holiday season that's filled with meaningful moments, profound connections, and a sense of possibility.

12/19/2025

Today's coffee toast is dedicated to our wonderful Patient Care Manager, Makayla, as she embarks on her final day with us at DSSS, shining brightly on her way to a new horizon. With her heart full of passion for teaching, Makayla will be nurturing young minds in her new role as a teaching assistant, starting January. We're honored to have shared this journey with her and are deeply grateful for the compassion and love she showered upon our patients. Let's unite in raising our cups to her remarkable spirit and wishing her a future filled with joy, growth, and fulfillment.

12/18/2025

🫶𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲🫶 Take a moment to see the good.

A new, heartwarming trend is taking place called "Grandma Stands." These pop-up booths feature a rotating group of volunteer grandmas who lend a listening ear and offer wisdom to complete strangers. "Anyone can walk by the purple lemonade stand and sit down across from a real grandmother to chit-chat, ask advice, or just vent a little to someone who’s seen it all."

This trend began when a reporter directed a struggling friend to ask his grandmother for advice. It went so well that this same reporter had his grandma set up a virtual booth in Brooklyn. Now in McKinney, Texas, a team of volunteer grandmas rotate counselor roles for the holidays behind the same style of purple lemonade stand that this reporter first used.

One of the grandmas stated, “We kind of know in our gut that we’ve lost a lot of connection, and true face-to-face connection. Which I think is what people find so refreshing [about] the novelty of sitting down in that setting.”

12/17/2025

𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐲 𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲! 🤓

This week's challenge is to utilize this festive word when decorating your Christmas tree: 𝒃𝒂𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒆

bau·ble
ˈbȯ-bəl

1 (British) : a shiny ball that is hung on a Christmas tree as a decoration

Ornaments? Never heard of them. No, our tree is filled with baubles! 😉🎄🎁

12/15/2025

🧠𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲!🧠

Did you know? Being able to access information quickly (i.e. on the Internet) makes you less likely to remember it!

It’s highly convenient being able to access almost any piece of information in a few seconds with a string of typed words. Resources such as Google, Wikipedia, and YouTube have been major players in a revolution of how we find information. However, studies suggest there is another aspect to being able to access information so conveniently: if the brain knows it can find an answer again so easily, it’s less likely to remember the information itself!

So, if you really want to remember a fact, maybe try the older version of the internet-- head to the library! The more work you put into discovering an answer to a question, the more likely you are to remember it.

12/13/2025

🚨𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐦 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲🚨

"According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), at least $212 million was stolen through gift card-related scams in 2024"

In some cases, criminals will actually spend the gift cards before they are purchased. They’ll steal cards sitting in store racks, record the numbers and PINs, then reseal and replace the cards. When someone buys and activates the card, they swiftly drain the value. A survey showed that 25% of consumers have either given or received a $0 gift card.

In addition, many scams prefer gift cards as a payment. "Whether pretending to be a seller online or an official notifying you of a supposed debt, they’ll ask you to buy gift cards and read them the serial and personal identification numbers (PIN) on the back of the cards."

"Scammers may pretend to be from the IRS, for example, and say you owe money that can be paid with a gift card. This is a scam, says Pitt: 'No legitimate government agency will ever accept payment in the form of a gift card.'"

Read more about this common holiday scam here: https://www.aarp.org/money/scams-fraud/gift-card/

12/12/2025

Today's coffee toast holds profound significance for me, a heartfelt tribute to a patient who practices Buddhism. Despite our differing faiths, we share a beautiful bond of mutual respect, understanding and a deep-seated belief in the transformative power of love. Love is the very foundation upon which our respective beliefs are built. One day he walked into the treatment room and he graciously presented me with a stunning, hand-crafted (by him) Buddhist prayer, eloquently colligraphed with the poignant words, 'For as long as space endures, And for as long as there are beings to be found, May I continue to likewise to remain, to drive away the sorrows of the world.' He then said, “No one embodies this prayer more than you”. His thoughtful gesture left me deeply humbled and overwhelmed with emotion, in other words, I ugly cried! In our practice, we strive to create a sanctuary where our patients can experience profound healing and unconditional love. His heartfelt gift now proudly adorns the walls of our practice, a poignant reminder that our mission is being fulfilled and that we will continue to radiate love, compassion and empathy, ensuring that EVERY individual feels seen, heard and valued. I raise my cup up to you this morning and thank you for such an extraordinarily thoughtful gift!

P.S. Permission was given to share

12/11/2025

🫶𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲🫶 Take a moment to see the good.

Wade Milyard, a retired cop in Maryland has made it his mission to provide laundry services for those experiencing homelessness. His mission began a few years ago when he was responding to a domestic dispute at a homeless camp.

Soon after he investigated the disturbance, a voice from above rang out.

“Ask them about their laundry…”

Milyard heeded the voice, asked the question, and unknowingly set the course for a prayer-fulfilling future. The homeless couple he interviewed told him they typically washed their laundry in a nearby creek.

His newly founded mobile laundry service, Fresh Steps, has now washed over 2,000 lbs. of laundry with more on the horizon. Though it may seem like a small thing, Milyard says, "If having clean clothes can help them just a little bit, then my mission is fulfilled.”

Read the rest of the story here: https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/retired-cop-now-drives-mobile-laundry-van-to-wash-clothes-for-the-homeless/

12/10/2025

𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐲 𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲! 🤓

This weeks word has a classic regional dialect difference : 𝒕𝒐𝒃𝒐𝒈𝒈𝒂𝒏

to·bog·gan
tə-ˈbä-gən

1: a long flat-bottomed light sled made usually of thin boards curved up at one end with usually low handrails at the sides
2: a downward course or a sharp decline
3 (chiefly Southern US and Midland US ): stocking cap

Whether you wear your toboggan, or fly down a hill of snow in one, I think we can all agree it's a fun word to say! Especially if you try it with a Midwestern accent :)

12/08/2025

🧠𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲!🧠

Did you know? Over the past couple of decades, studies have been done on the importance of forgetting. We are often focusing on remembering, but how does forgetting play a role in our memory?

"In a world buzzing with information, it is essential to be able to turn down the noise and discard useless details, so they don’t interfere with access to new learning or ideas. Without our awareness, and particularly during sleep, the brain is constantly sorting out which memories to keep and which can be purged and forgotten. The ability to forget helps us prioritize, think better, make decisions, and be more creative. Normal forgetting, in balance with memory, gives us the mental flexibility to grasp abstract concepts from a morass of stored information, allowing us to see the forest through the trees."

Next time you forget a thought, don't be too hard on your brain-- it might just have been trying to make room for other thoughts!

Read more about this complex topic here: https://www.columbiapsychiatry.org/news/why-forgetting-good-your-memory

12/06/2025

🚨𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐦 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲!🚨

🎄It's that time of year! One filled with joy, laughter, family, and scams. Wait-- scams?!

Yes, unfortunately, the holiday season is when scammers ramp up their tactics and frequency. Be careful when shopping online or buying from places that are not official businesses. Remember that you should choose what type of card you pay with online carefully. Always double check that the adorable gift you are so excited to purchase for a loved one is actually what it's advertised to be.

A scam not mentioned on the image below is the delivery scam that we highlighted a few weeks ago. These will also be more prevalent since deliveries are more common. 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑎𝑦 𝑣𝑖𝑎 𝑡𝑒𝑥𝑡 𝑚𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑘𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢!

Keep yourself up-to-date with all the scams around the holiday season by reading more here: https://www.aarp.org/money/scams-fraud/holiday/?cmp=PDSWJQVY064JX&gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=14713279396&gclid=Cj0KCQiAosrJBhD0ARIsAHebCNrdiz1mPBWp5xdqO4Z7Gv3Srhuyc37Xrrb_E7qiy2AOgzir05k8D18aAg4dEALw_wcB

12/05/2025

THIS IS A BIG ONE! Today's coffee toast Friday goes out to Hal! When I met Hal, he arrived in a wheelchair. He was very weak and barely said a word. He had a suction machine to manage his secretions and had a feeding tube to sustain nutrition. Hal was diagnosed with a very rare disorder and had some additional setbacks in the hospital/rehab that took a significant toll. Hal's wife was a beacon of support. They traveled an hour one way to come for therapy three times a week. She was determined to help him overcome. She revealed to me on our first visit that his last swallow study did not go very well. They had a specialist travel up from Orlando who stated that they felt uncertain if Hal would ever eat again. Thankfully, one of their inpatient rehab SLP's told Hal and his wife Carolyn about us, and his journey began at DSSS! As you see from the photos below, Hal just graduated from therapy and is eating again! In fact, his wife sent me a picture of him enjoying Thanksgiving dinner with a message of how thankful she felt. Hal went from a quiet and frail man to the original Hal, known to be funny, talkative, and a real prankster! We will miss seeing them and having Hal play tricks on Makayla, our patient care manager, but we have so much joy in knowing that they have their quality of life back! Raise your cups up high, Hal and Carolyn, this one's for you!

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