Hi there.

I’m Nana—lovely to meet you! I’m a Speech-Language Pathologist with a passion for working with adults who have acquired language and communication difficulties. I’m also the lead designer behind the Sanapsis family of applications.

We began developing Sanapsis back in 2009. Our private practice, Speech Clinic Ltd (Puheklinikka), specializes in adult neurological speech therapy. Originally, Sanapsis was created as an internal tool. We wanted something that gave us quick access to high-quality, real-life content that reflected our patients’ everyday environments. Just as importantly, we needed a tool that allowed for flexible goal setting and supported meaningful interaction between therapist and patient. Thus, this library of materials and ideas to guide our own clinical work started to take shape.

After a lot (and we mean a lot!) of trial and error, SanapsisPro began to resemble the ideal we had imagined.

Thanks to the positive feedback from both patients and therapists, we decided to share Sanapsis with our colleagues. Along the way, the app has grown into a trilingual tool, and today, we’re proud to have offices in both in Finland, and California.

We owe a huge thank you to our wonderful patients, who have been deeply involved in designing and testing the app. You’ll even see some of their faces featured in the materials—they are truly a part of the Sanapsis story.

In early 2021, we launched Sanapsis+, based on popular demand, to support independent use at home. If you’d like to test it with your patients, just let us know. We love to hear from colleagues and would gladly share a promotional code to download the app.

Want to know more about our approach to adult speech therapy and the future of technology in rehabilitation? Head over to our blog, where I share thoughts on  All The Things I Love About Speech Therapy With Adults. Looking forward to connecting, please feel free to reach out anytime!