My daughter is currently a patient in Ms. Chen's speech program, and my husband and I are very…read morehappy with the progress we are seeing. We have been seeing our speech therapist, Gabby, twice a week for sessions for approximately six months. Gabby is energetic, playful, and terrific with children, and my daughter (who is 2) loves her. We have also worked with Madeleine, Eliza, and Devon (as a secondary therapist in our daughter's sessions) and we think they are all wonderful. One of the biggest benefits for us was that this office accepts our insurance (Aetna) and submits claims on our behalf. I would also like to mention that our older daughter had a great experience in speech therapy here as well about 18 months ago. Ms. Chen does a great job finding the right therapists to work with children who are knowledgeable and caring. I would highly recommend this practice to anyone thinking about having their child tested for a speech delay!

A little over a year ago, my daughter was evaluated, identified, and began receiving speech therapy…read morethrough Josephine Chen's office, and we could not be more pleased. My daughter's therapist is positive, engaging, and able to captivate my daughter's attention and effort such that she has been able to practice and make progress on the sounds that are challenging for her. This is a remarkable skill - especially when working on a skill that is innately challenging to a 3-4 year old. In the last year, the clarity of my daughter's speech has improved tremendously, and most importantly, she is a far more confident, happy girl as she is able to communicate effectively with friends, teachers, and family. She is happy attending and truly enjoys her speech sessions. Josephine and her therapists are professional, exceptionally well trained, kind and great at what they do. We feel so lucky to have found this gem and highly recommend this practice.

Katie is an excellent SLP for young children. We have worked with her since our son was 2 years…read moreold in 2022. Her patience, kindness, and love draw children near to her allowing them to quickly integrate her therapies to resolve speech issues. Her level of experience and commitment to her patients allows her to quickly identify pathology and start a focused treatment plan. Not only does she work well with children but also parents. Her guidance made me the best Mommy I could be for my son. He is now 5 years old and we moved out of NYC back to our home state of KY. Katie continues to offer resources and support over the phone as we navigate resources in a new location. I would highly recommend Katie. She is by far the best therapist we have worked with.

We found Katie when our son needed speech therapy. He had suspected apraxia and was struggling with…read morehis motor planning which was limiting his speech. Katie is an incredible speech therapist and just the kindest, warmest and most patient wonderful person we could have hoped to work with. Our son absolutely adored her and made phenomenal progress. Highly highly recommend.

I didn't see that many reviews of City sounds when I was looking a few months ago, so wanted to add…read moreour experience. My 4 yo son attended daycare on the UWS and qualified for speech services. We worked with 3 city sounds speech therapists over the past 8 months. He had AMAZING improvement in the clarity of the speech and every single one of the therapists were so nice and fantastic! Main office for the most part was very responsive and helpful in communicating with us and keeping us informed.

I cannot say enough good things about City Sounds and all of the amazing therapists who work there…read more My son had the privilege of working with two of City Sounds therapists over the course of a year and a half. His significant processing and articulation delays not only disappeared, but he was able to move on to work that was ahead of his age-level. He is now thriving in a gifted and talented program! I recommend City Sounds to the highest degree. Good luck!

Our experience with Ilene was superb. She was very engaging with my 5 year old son, who had a lot…read moreof problems with pronunciation. He had trouble making friends due to his problems with speech. Ilene's sessions were like a playdate instead of therapy. After working with Ilene, there was a total transformation within him. My son became so communicative and confident. We cannot thank Ilene enough!!!

My husband and I are happy we found Ilene. Our 3 yr old son has been working with her for 3 months…read morenow and we see progress. We are confident Ilene will help our son improve his speech/articulation in no time.

I'm posting an update to my initial review, since Linda has replied to it…read more 1. As I stated in my original review, Linda did honor our request that our son work with her. But it remains true that initially she had him working with different graduate students from week to week, and she did not discuss this with us first. We were charged the full amount as well. 2. I did ask for the worksheets to be sent to me, after discovering the website we'd been directed to wasn't working, but was told no by some of the therapists/students we'd worked with initially. Linda only stopped in briefly to check in during our sessions for the first month or so, and I barely had a chance to talk to her. Then when I did get to see Linda more and talked about the website not working, she told me to search for worksheets on Pinterest instead. I was very disappointed that this was her response. 3. If working on one sound at a time is standard, and having two sessions per week is also standard, I respect following that protocol. But neither Linda nor any of the therapists/students we worked with ever explained either of these issues to me as a treatment plan. In fact, we were told to expect the opposite, that his issues were minor and could be addressed with once weekly sessions in a limited time frame. In our last session, Linda expressed surprise at "discovering" another articulation issue. She said something like "Guess what we found," while as stated in my original review, this had already been identified in my son's initial evaluation. I've taken the time to compose these reviews only in hopes of sharing information with other parents seeking assistance for their children.

My daughter has been blessed to have been under the care of Linda and her staff for 8 months at the…read moretime of this review. At the time we started attending my daughter's ability to understand or communicate with us was extremely limited. Her own frustration was manifested in aggression and she went into her own world quite frequently. Due to the skill, compassion and diligence that Linda has brought to my daughter, she has become a completely different little girl. She is no longer frustrated to the point of aggression, she is frequently able to have long conversations with us about what she had done, her likes, and her dislikes. She is able to communicate her needs effectively to us and is present to us in the moment. Linda has just been such a gift in life for my daughter! 5 stars are way too little for this superstar speech pathologist.

Our daughter's last report card revealed she is above grade level for reading (she finished…read morekindergarten but reading at early 1st grade). Peter was really wonderful to work with - my daughter has autism and resists everything related to school "work" and he was patient and kind and thoughtful and met her where she was.

Our daughter has been seeing the wonderful Andrea Schwartz (speech therapist) for 8 months now and…read moreshe is like a part of the family. We absolutely adore her and couldn't be more thrilled with the passion, dedication and skill displayed.

As an occupational therapist with over 15 years of experience in pediatrics, I have worked with…read moremany Speech and Language Pathologists. I can attest to Jennifer and Maria's superb clinical expertise, passion and professionalism. I respect their commitment to professional development and their ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team. I am extremely selective with my referrals and have no reservations recommending families to Jennifer and Maria. They are truly amazing!

I highly recommend Jen. She has done such an excellent job assisting me and my 17 month old son…read morethrough virtual speech classes due to COVID. Helping a toddler with speech through zoom is not easy, but Jen did a great job and was always very patient. She also provided me with the necessary tools to help me son during the week. She followed up each session with an email and notes on what we worked on and some skills to work on during the week so I never felt "lost". I saw major improvements with my son's speech in a short period of time. Jen was always on time, professional and never canceled a session.

I was made aware of my daughter Londyn's speech disorder by her then teachers at Preschool. It…read morecame as such a shock because I was able to understand every word she spoke clearly. I immediately scheduled an appointment with her pediatrician and once again it was confirmed Londyn has an impairment. I spoke with several speech pathologists in my area, however no one seemed to fit, whether it was scheduling flexibility price or personality. I was referred to Having Our Say by Londyns preschool. From our very first evaluation, Shontaye was very professional warm and welcoming. She identified all of Londyns deficiencies and devised a plan best suited for Londyn to succeed. Shontaye worked with Londyn 2-3 times weekly for over a year. Together they worked on reading exercises and making Londyn aware of which sounds come from throat or the roof of her mouth. Shontaye also reinforced positive techniques such as reminding Londyn to speak like a turtle (because she spoke very fast) so that she can be better understood. That is actually a technique that we still use to date and I've made her current teachers aware of. Shontaye created a solid foundation for Londyn to be conscientious of her pronunciation and speed in which she speaks. Londyn has developed confidence and is less frustrated when speaking in public. Londyn has had two speaking parts at her school in front of large audiences and I believe that is all attributed to Having Our Say. Thank you for time flexibility in schedule and efforts. Your commitment to Londyns growth and development will last a life time.