Best Speech Therapists In Johannesburg Near Me

4worldlovers: In November 2017, I sustained a gunshot on the left side of my head in a robbery. I was in a coma for three weeks and when I came to I could only say three words – Ah, Hmm, and Ja. In the beginning, I was scribbling on a writing board (I mostly drew diagrams in the first week or two) to talk to visiting friends. I was diagnosed with apraxia because I had difficulty pronouncing words. At this stage, I felt like a three-year-old learning to speak again.

I met Gina in a rehabilitation unit when I was out of intensive care for one focused speech session per day as part of extensive therapy. (I’m really thankful to all who helped me during this time because I had extensive occupational and physical training too). The speech therapy started initially saying monosyllables properly - ma, me, mee, mo, moo, and so on. For the first month, I struggled to say “Hello”, “Good morning”, “How are you?”, “I am fine”, pronouncing the numbers from one to twenty, the days of the week (Monday – Sunday), the months of the year (January – December) for example. It was stressful and annoying because I was using these words for the past 40 years! After three weeks I was only using the writing board if I couldn’t make myself understood using speech and hand motions. After a month I got rid of the writing board but I had problems formulating full sentences and pronouncing multi-syllabic words – pronouncing Venezuela was impossible. After two months of therapy, I was speaking more or less, and I could even book a table in a coffee shop! Correctly pronouncing Venezuela took more time.


Gina is an extrovert and extremely patient which made the therapy sessions a lot easier and fun. I found the sessions enjoyable and very helpful despite the frustration with the injury.

4worldlovers: Hope Studio offers Sensory Integrative based Occupational Therapy, Neuro-developmental (NDT) Physiotherapy, Speech Therapy and Educational Psychology/ Play Therapy.

Hope Studio is a practice that feels it is important to provide a safe place for parents to feel supported while their child receives professional, quality and scientific based therapy


Provide therapy to infants, toddlers, children and adolescents based on each child’s individual needs

See each child reach their full potential, irrespective of their difficulties or circumstances and to work together with the family, school and other health care professionals to reach this goal.

Give families and/or individuals hope regarding development, potential and achievable outcomes

Provide a service of a high standard by having fully equipped therapy rooms, continuing with our education through courses and workshops on a regular basis and participating in weekly team tutorials

Give parents and teachers the necessary skills through education, problem solving and school or home visits, for them to be able to teach, discipline and guide their children effectively

Through the above intervention, to minimise both the parent’s and child’s stress regarding their functional difficulties (e.g. struggling at school) and to assist them in developing better coping mechanisms

Assisting in placing children in the school most appropriate for their needs and will execute school readiness assessments if required