About Us
The Speech Effect is a company dedicated to addressing communication inefficiencies within a company’s workforce.
As Speech Pathologists, we are uniquely trained to assess all the intricacies of communication, analyze areas of communicative breakdown, and determine how to fix them.
Meet the founder and CEO, Erin Aquilino M.Ed. CCC-SLP
Erin Aquilino is a licensed Speech-Language Pathologist with a Master’s of Education in Communication Disorders from the University of Virginia. She has her Certificate of Clinical Competence through the American Speech and Hearing Association, is licensed in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania, and is a certified Rupp-Method clinician for accent modification.
Erin started her career in education, equipping her with the skills to offer differentiated learning, and cultivating her skills for helping others. She then decided to pursue higher education to focus on helping others in the profession of Speech- Language Pathology. She held several medical-based positions, including 4 years at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, one of the most elite hospitals in the country due in part to its diversity of patients and complexity of cases. This opportunity equipped her with the skills to seek out new and innovative treatment, and base her practices solely on evidence based practice. Erin then transitioned to working for a speech therapy telepractice company, offering clinical services, business communication coaching, and accent modification services.
After seeing the tremendous impact she was having with individuals in the corporate space, she then decided to open her own business, focusing on the areas of business communication coaching and pronunciation coaching. It was a long and winding road, but she believes that all her experiences have led her to pursue her true passion of helping individuals lead more confident lives.
Testimonials
See what our clients are saying about us!
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Erin has been such a great help in improving my confidence and being a better communicator. I have always struggled with articulating myself and often times am asked to repeat myself. She helped me realize that I speak in vocal fry more than I should and showed me ways to improve that so I can communicate more clearly. As a clinician in training, Erin helped me prepare for difficult conversations that I will be facing on a daily basis by simulating those scenarios and giving me feedback on things that I did well and things that I could improve on. I learned so much during my sessions with her, and I think she is a great resource for anyone who would like to improve their communication skills!
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I worked with Erin over the course of several weeks to confront a problem that I’ve spent my whole life struggling with. Prior to working with Erin, public speaking had always been a source of great anxiety for me. During our sessions, Erin shared tools and techniques with me that helped improve my mindset around public speaking and how it was affecting me. I also learned & practiced tangible skills like controlling pace, intonation, articulation, and using pauses while speaking. I still feel nerves when speaking in public, but I now have skills that I can rely on to help me through the challenge. I continue to improve each and every day, and my confidence has grown immensely. If you’re looking to improve your skill and confidence with speaking in public or business settings, I highly recommend reaching out to Erin!
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Erin is wonderful! Before taking classes with Erin, I struggled to improve my English pronunciation and my accent. Erin’s expertise helped solve some of my long-lasting pronunciation problems. She is not only professional at her work but also a very considerate and communicative teacher. I really appreciate working with Erin on improving my spoken English.
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I had the pleasure working with Erin in the last 6 months. She was experienced, professional and amazing! She helped me to find out the areas I need to improve on, assigned practices targeting those areas. She also focused on my accents, provided techniques and tips to practice on. The improvement was huge. I am so grateful for the services and definitely recommend to anyone who wants to improve their accents and speaking skills.
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Erin really creates a safe space to learn. She has a keen ability to take the many complexities of communication and deconstruct them to their simplest form.
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Erin is absolutely fantastic – incredibly patient and kind. Working with her during our sessions has significantly boosted my confidence in using English as my second language. I noticed immediate improvements from our collaborative efforts. Thank you Erin!!
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Erin is such a fantastic coach and resource!! She is everything you’re hoping for when you embark on this type of work; supportive, warm, incredibly knowledgeable, and flexible to your individual needs and questions. Erin and I worked together for about six months and during that time I always felt like I was focusing on the areas I was most interested in. I’ve made so much progress and feel I have the tools I need to continue the work on my own. Thanks again, Erin!