Adult Speech Pathology

Home Visits to Brisbane Northside Suburbs

Making Waves Speech Pathology

Making Waves is a small home visiting clinic in Brisbane’s Northwest.

We provide services for ADULTS needing support with

Communication and/or Swallowing.

At Making Waves, we provide practical and personalised

support, and sessions are tailored to you and your goals.

Contact us today to join our waiting list:

admin@makingwavessp.com.au

Ph: 0403 864 016

Tuesday PM and Fridays.

Do you have trouble making yourself heard or understood?

Are you having difficulty chewing or swallowing?

Do you have trouble following or joining in a conversation?

Are you avoiding certain foods or drinks because they are hard for you to swallow?

Contact us to find out how we can help.


About

Making

Waves

Making Waves is owned by Megan Mathers, a Speech Pathologist on Brisbane’s Northside with a wide range of experience helping adult clients.

Megan graduated from the University of Queensland (UQ) in 2005 with a Bachelor of Speech Pathology. Since graduating she has worked across hospitals, rehabilitation services, community settings, and aged care, in both the public and private systems.

Megan is a Certified Practising Speech Pathologist, providing a home visiting service to ADULT clients on Brisbane’s Northside.

Over the years, Megan has gained invaluable experience working with hundreds of adult clients, helping them work toward their communication or swallowing goals.

Megan has a particular interest in helping adults who are needing communication and/or swallowing support due to: general aging, chronic or complex medical factors, or neurological conditions such as stroke, dementia, or Parkinson’s Disease. Accent Modification is another area of interest, and sessions for this are also available through Making Waves.

At Making Waves, Megan treats her clients with kindness and compassion, and makes sure sessions are practical and personalised.

Adult Speech Pathology

Through assessment and treatment, adult speech pathology services may help to improve an individual’s quality of life.

Megan offers a range of assessments and treatments for adults needing support with:

  • Language (Understanding and Expression)

  • Speech (including Accent Modification)

  • Literacy (Reading and Writing)

  • Social Skills

  • Voice projection related to some health conditions (enquire for more info)

  • Swallowing

Megan has been helping adults since graduating as a Speech Pathologist 18 years ago. She uses a wide variety of strategies and resources that may help to improve the effectiveness of communication and / or the safety and comfort of swallowing.

At Making Waves, Megan provides support to individuals with a wide range of health conditions and who present with a variety of communication and / or swallowing difficulties. See below for some examples:

  • There are many reasons adult clients come to Making Waves for support with their Communication and Swallowing:

    • Changes due to general aging

    • Stroke

    • Chronic illness

    • Dementia

    • Neurological conditions including Parkinson’s Disease

    • Traumatic Injury

    • Multiple complex medical diagnoses

    • General motivation to receive support and make changes to their communication and/or swallowing

    And Many More…

  • Megan can assess and treat clients who are presenting with:

    • Trouble expressing themselves

    • Difficulty understanding others

    • Unclear speech

    • Word finding difficulties

    • Reduced social communication skills

    • Trouble recalling information

    • Needing to find ways of alternative communication

    • Impaired reading comprehension

    • Difficulty with writing

    • Trouble projecting their voice

  • Megan is able to help with improving swallowing comfort and safety through education, strategies, exercises, and diet and fluid texture / consistency recommendations.

    Megan is able to support individuals experiencing the following types of concerns:

    • Coughing / choking with eating and drinking

    • Discomfort with eating and drinking

    • Taking a long time to have meals / drinks

    • Needing to modify their foods

    • Changes to voice (wet voice) when eating / drinking

    • Regular chest infections (as a result of food/drink entering airway)

    • Trouble chewing hard foods or refusing to eat certain textures of food

    • Sensation of food getting stuck in throat

Contact Us

We’ll be back in touch soon via email. If you’d like to chat over the phone, please leave your best contact number. Available Tuesdays (PM) and Fridays.