"I was extremely blessed with the services we received from Ann at akspeech. I brought my son, then 2, to see Ann for an evaluation as he was only using grunting sounds and making hand gestures to try to communicate. After the evaluation, my son was found to be delayed for his age in speech and we began weekly sessions with Ann.
Less than a year later my son has reached all the milestones for his age and can clearly speak to communicate. Ann took the items that interested my son into the weekly sessions and adapted his sessions based on his love of sports and race cars. Every week my son was thrilled to see “Dr. Ann” as he called her and looked forward to his time, little did he know this time was designed to get him to speak. I am truly thankful for the service we received by Ann at akspeech and highly recommend her services."
C. Callahan, Language Delay
"At akspeech, I was able to receive quick treatment for a minor lisp I had struggled with all my life. My lisp made it difficult and embarrassing for me to participate in certain activiteis at school. Ann was very helpful with teaching me how to hear the lisp myself so I can correct it immediately. This skill will allow me to improve my speech in the future. Ann helped me gain self-confidence in my abilities, and I am no longer afraid to give speeches or presentations in school. I am very grateful for the services I received through Ann at akspeech."
Name Withheld, Articulation
"Ann’s ability to connect with my daughter has been nothing short of extraordinary. Her effective methods and engaging style have vastly improved my daughter’s fluency in a remarkably short period of time. The results have far exceeded any of our expectations, and my wife and I are extremely grateful for all of her efforts and expertise."
Brendan, Preschool Stuttering
"The quality of service Ann provided to Brendan was outstanding. Through her work, research, and attention to detail, Brendan has managed to resolve his stutter. In addition, Ann's approach also helped to build Brendan's confidence, social skills and emotional development. Ann's professionalism, extensive research and commitment to always finding the latest and greatest app, research conferences and newest approaches, were refereshing and enlightening. Lastly, Brendan enjoyed his time with Ann, looked forward to working with her -- it was never a struggle. Thank you!"
Andrea Flaherty, Preschool Stuttering
"I believe Ann was very successful with Jacob, using fun games to get him to communicate and enunciate words he typically has trouble with. This is certainly something my wife and I could not get him to do. Jacob can now speak more clearly and rarely, if ever, do we not understand what he is saying....We thank Ann for her help!"
Mark O'Hara, Articulation
"The quality of service Ann has provided has been excellent. She has adapted all Daniel's therapy to exactly what he needs. He has improved tremendously in the year that he has been seeing Ann."
Kerrie D., Child Language
"My 11 year old daughter had a mild lisp that we felt needed correcting, so her confience with public speaking and class participation would increase. Ann was very friendly and accomodating with scheduling. The environment was very inviting and kid friendly. She made my daughter feel comfortable and empowered her to be an integral part of the process of correcting her speech. In addition to her weekly therapy session, "homework" assignments were given, which helped prepare her for her session and kept her practice up. She enjoyed this extra work and looked forward to sharing her stories with Ann. I am very satisfied with the correction that is evident in my daughter's speech. I would highly recommend Ann Kulichik and akspeech to anyone seeking private speech therapy."
Susan Alto, Articulation
"I had a stroke 8 years ago, which affected the left side of my body. For 8 years I have had drooling, and my face drooped on the left side. Ann treated me for the droop, which went away after one session. I'm not drooling now. I notice in the morning my pillow is not wet. She took it away with her magic wand! My swallowing has become easier too, when I take pills."
P.A.K., Swallowing Problem
"The first time I met with Ann for speech therapy, I was immediately comfortable working with her; she is such a genuine and caring person. Ann taught me techniques that I will use for the rest of my life, and I am forever grateful. I have been to many speech therapists in the past and Ann is, by far, the most dedicated and knowledgeable. I couldn't have asked for a better speech therapist!"
Eryn, Stuttering
"For five years after throat surgery, I'd been struggling with not only food, but even fluids I would find to be stuck in my throat, and I would struggle to get them down. After one session, I felt a 75% increase in my ability to swallow. After the second visit, I felt like I was 100% better than I was for the entire previous five years. Now my food and fluids are going down with no difficulty whatsoever."
Douglas Smith, Swallowing Problem
"My husband had a major stroke that left him dependent on a feeding tube. He had seen other speech pathologists, but was left on baby food, which he refused to eat. He reached a point where he didn't want to work with his previous therapists anymore. Ann saw potential in my husband where others were unsuccessful. She has a playful style, and was able to easily engage him in treatment tasks. She worked on retraining his swallowing muscles and he advanced all the way to regular food! You should have seen his face when he got his first hamburger! He has better quality of life now, and it's fun to see."
Nancy Beane, wife of stroke survivor with a Swallowing Problem
"My 14 year old daughter, Maggie, loves to sing, but she was constantly losing her voice and having a painful throat. Choir and music lessions were very frustrating because she couldn't participate. She was diagnosed with early nodule formation by an ENT doctor, who examined her vocal cords. Maggie then started speech therapy with Ann Kulichik. Ann was very knowledgable and knew exactly what to do with Maggie. Ann took objective measurements, which progressively improved with Ann's recommendations and exercises. Although it would take us 1 hour to travel to see Ann, Maggie and I felt that Maggie was successfully learning how to protect and use her vocal cords effectively. Visits with Ann were always fun and interesting and building on the previous week's lesson. Ann always explained what she was doing. In a return visit to the ENT physician, we learned that Maggie's vocal cords are clear of nodules and normal! Maggie has learned life-long skills to help her singing and has returned to participating in choir without limitation, thanks to Ann Kulichik!"
Patsy MIttleman, Voice
"My daughter came to akspeech unable to pronounce "K" and "G" words clearly. Ann spent an hour playing with my daughter, teaching her the right way to pronounce clearly. My daughter looked forward to meeting Ann and playing with her, realizing little that she is learning to speak right. Today is her last therapy session, and her speech is more than 98% clear. I definitely recommend Ann to anyone."
R.A., Articulation
"I want to thank you for the time you spent with my mother. You really made a huge difference in not only her speech and communication abilities - but in her whole outlook on her life and about herself. She really looked forward to working with you and wanted to be 'ready' for you each session. You obviously have a gift for doing your work so well and so compassionately. You brought a smile to my mother's face with your skills and their results."
T. Vazquez, Aphasia
"You care about what you’re doing. Because of you, I’ve got my voice back. Working with the spirometer and the voice exercises has got me singing!"
Muriel R., Multiple Sclerosis/Asthma
"[Your treatment] made a big difference. It gave me an uplift and put me where I wanted to be. It made me feel well again. I was overjoyed when you told me that I can now have regular meals. It’s affected my whole life."
Anne L., Swallowing Problem
"The speech therapy has been very productive, with positive results. Everything you have done has been beneficial to me. I’m speaking clearer and louder. My swallowing is much better too. Much easier to swallow."
John B., Parkinson’s disease
"I started off speaking really low. People couldn’t even hear me. They said “What?” to me a lot. Now they stop and talk to me and show they understand me. I’m very proud now. I feel better about myself after all the hard work I put into it. I’m going to keep doing this."
Liz, Multiple Sclerosis
"The memory therapy made me feel calmer. Makes me feel blessed with the gifts I have been given, in socializing and sharing my life with others. The blessings I have received have given me strength."
Camilla T., Dementia
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