Physicians, business people, e-commerce professionals, and many others wisely enroll in accent reduction training with distinctspeech.com. We provide on-line one-on-one instruction at your convenience with a licensed and certified Speech Pathologist. Anyone who wants to be more easily understood by their patients, business clients, coworkers, and friends enroll with distinctspeech.com. The company’s founder is Suzanne J. McGaha, MS,CCC-SLP.
It’s critical that patients and loved ones understand what their physician is saying.
Accent reduction therapy is also known as accent modification, which addresses a speech difference, not a disorder. Accents are a natural part of spoken language and no accent is better than another. However, many English as a Second Language (ESL) speakers need to fine-tune their accent to be better understood by their native-English-speaking patients, clients, or on social media and during podcasts. Some call it “Americanizing” their speech. We call it becoming a more clear, confident and effective communicator.
distinctspeech.com clients keep the rich cultural aspects of their birth-language while adding Distinct Speech to their American English. Reducing one’s accent increases a person’s confidence and business success.
Distinctspeech.com works with foreign and regional accents. People enroll in accent modification services with distinctspeech.com because they’re experiencing:
- others can’t understand what they’re saying
- frequent need to repeat oneself to help people understand
- linguistics
- difficulty with English grammar and word meanings
- an accent can hinder professional advancement
- difficulty with American-English idioms such as “Cat got your tongue?” or “Straight from the horse’s mouth.”
Foreign accents emerge when a person learns English as a second language. While learning to speak English, the person uses their native language’s articulation and linguistic patterns, which disrupts their ability to easily and clearly communicate with native English speakers. For example, a Hindi speaker with an Indian background oftentimes imposes the features of their native language into their English.
Regional accents are speech differences among geographic areas. For example, a person from Boston, Massachusetts, will not likely sound like a person who grew up in Savannah, Georgia. Nor will they sound like a native Mid-western American. Again, no accent is better than another. Foreign and regional accents are a difference, not a disorder. Become a more confident professional. Whether it’s a regional or foreign accent, distinctspeech.com provides on-line, one-on-one, speech training at your convenience. All training is conducted by a licensed and certified Speech Pathologist. Our individualized instruction is tailored to your specific needs. Plus, we have a Video Gym and Resources for step-by-step practice.
Actors, politicians, social media and podcast personalities, news anchors, reporters, and many others enroll with distinctspeech.com.
Enrolling with distinctspeech.com can improve one’s corporate
communication skills, strengthen political campaign and social media skills,
bring finesse to one’s television, podcast and public speaking abilities.
Training may include learning to speak more slowly or more quickly. For some adults, speech therapy means saying “goodbye” to an articulation issue you’ve had since childhood. Go to our Video Gym and exercise your Distinct Speech Helpers. Increase your confidence. Improve your professional success with distinctspeech.com
Your employer may cover all or some of our services. Service statements can be made available for potential tax deductions or employer reimbursement.
