Brenda Blum
MA, CCC-SLP, CBIS (she/her/hers)
Brenda is the owner and founder of Soundwave Speech Therapy. She is a certified medical speech language pathologist and brain injury specialist with 19 years of experience treating adolescents and adults with speech, language, cognitive and swallowing disorders. She has worked in a variety of healthcare settings, including skilled nursing facilities, acute care, inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation, and a community-based brain injury treatment program.
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She is certified by the American Speech Language Hearing Association and is licensed in the state of California. She received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from California State University, Fresno. With a passion and commitment to lifelong learning, Brenda has completed extensive continuing education, earning the ASHA Award for Continuing Education (ACE Award) in 2021, which is equivalent to 70 contact hours of advanced clinical education.
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Her areas of clinical interest are acquired brain injury, patient-provider communication for patients with speech and language disorders, mindfulness-based approaches to brain injury recovery, and accent modification. Brenda enjoys travel, crafting and DIY projects, singing, hiking and adventures with her husband and daughter.
Happy Clients
It wasn’t until suffering a traumatic brain injury that I understood how integral speech therapy is during the rehabilitation process and beyond. As a patient, I understand that it can be daunting to begin therapy, but Brenda is one in a million when it comes to this field. She is extremely compassionate, dedicated, energetic and will tailor your experience to fit your lifestyle.
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I was lucky enough to be under Brenda’s care during the hardest months of my life and she was a major component in my healing and getting my life back. Brenda literally inspired me so much that I am now pursuing my master’s degree to become a speech-language pathologist myself!
-Shauna
Brenda is absolutely amazing. During the toughest time in my life, her skills, insight, and assistance were everything that I needed. She was my savior. Without her, I would not be anywhere close to where I am today.
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She was the key for me to be able to get back to my job and my life. She had all of the tools to help me fully recover. She did so many different and ingenious things to help me relearn how to speak, write, and think. Even more impressive is her ability to engage and energize a patient like me who did not want to do the hard work at the beginning.
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Brenda is deeply knowledgeable as a speech therapist and is also incredibly patient and kind. Anyone in need of assistance would be very lucky to get to work with her.
-Zoli
Brenda is awesome! I really enjoyed working with her. Her warm and kind demeanor helped me overcome my TBI frustrations to move forward and grow.
-J.B.
I cannot express how thankful I am for Brenda. The time she invested in my road to recovery means the world to me, from the constant motivation to the life skills she retaught me. The patience and hard work she showed me is going to stick with me for life.
-T.D.