Brenda Bliss, M.S., CCC-SLP/A, LSLS Cert. AVT, is a dually certified speech-language pathologist and audiologist and a certified auditory-verbal therapist.  She is the director of Bliss Speech and Hearing Services, Inc., and has provided speech therapy & speech pathology services to a wide variety of children and adults in her well-established private practice in Dallas, Texas for over 20 years.

Ms. Bliss graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a bachelor’s degree in communication disorders. She pursued a double master’s degree in speech/language pathology and audiology graduating from the University of Texas at Dallas, The Callier Center for Communication Disorders. Following her formal schooling in speech pathology, Ms. Bliss had the opportunity to complete her fellowship years at the House Ear Institute in Los Angeles, California serving on the cochlear implant team under the direction of Dr. William House.

Ms. Bliss is internationally recognized in the field of hearing impairment, promoting auditory-verbal therapy services and providing intervention to children across the continents. She has spent time in Europe and Asia training speech pathology professionals and working with children providing tools to help them develop spoken language. In addition, she serves on the Pediatric Advisory Board for Med El Corporation.

At Bliss Speech and Hearing Services, Inc., Ms. Bliss believes that individualized speech therapy plans are essential and necessary and should be developed through careful assessment and observation along with obtaining input from the parents who remain involved in each speech therapy session. The goal is to provide the tools necessary to each and every child and adult allowing the individual to ultimately function independently in society, becoming the best communicator possible.