Talking Lab Live

Lindsey shares her experiences of being diagnosed with ADHD in her thirties and the difficulties she faced in navigating the healthcare system and advocating for herself to get the support she needed. Lindsey also shares her story of intensive and invasive jaw surgery and orthodontic input due to the impact of thumb sucking on her adult teeth. Lindsey reflects on how having speech therapy as a chi...

Help! My child is stammering! This is a common enquiry we receive here at Talking Lab, so we've made this episode to answer all your questions about stammering including: - what is a stammer? - do I need to seek help for my stammer or my child's stammer? - what does speech and language therapy support for a stammer look like? If you or someone you know is a stammerer, this episode is for you! I Ta...

Have you ever wondered about life on a submarine? Former Petty Officer Joe Dowds joins us at Talking Lab HQ to talk all about what it's like living and working at great depths under the ocean. Forget what you've seen on Vigil, Joe gives us the real, behind -the-scenes action on board the Vanguard class of naval submarines. We delve into the fascinating world of communication on board and find out...

In this episode of Talking Lab Live I’m sharing the incredible story of Jean Domonique Bauby, a fashion magazine editor who suffered a devastating stroke at the age of 43 in December 1995 which resulted in locked-in syndrome, a state of total paralysis in every part of his body except his eyes. Jean-Do as he was known to his friends had to learn a new way of communicating with the support of his t...

Have you ever wondered what happens in a speech and language therapy assessment? We're giving you all the inside information of the process of a speech and language therapy assessment with Talking Lab - from the initial contact right through to being given strategies and a clear plan for support. Step into our clinic and join us for a journey through a speech and language therapy assessment! talki...

In the first ever episode of Talking Lab Live we're talking about Helen Keller, a deafblind historical figure, and her tutor Anne Sullivan who taught Helen to communicate by using American Sign Language (ASL). Helen went on to learn how to read, write and even speak using the Tadoma method. More information about Helen Keller can be found in the film The Miracle Worker https://g.co/kgs/CBDXXeM If...