Speech Therapy
Speech- Language Pathologists assess, diagnose, and treat speech, language, and swallowing disorders. We serve infant to adult population. Our therapists provide education, exercises, therapeutic tasks and compensatory strategies when a patient cannot communicate effectively or swallow safely. We strive to provide the best care to our patients in order to improve their overall quality of life.
- Schools
- Hospital
- Outpatient- Clinic Setting
- Home Health
- Assisted Living Facilities
- Nursing Home Facilities
- Articulation disorders are defined as substitutions, omissions, additions, or distortions of speech sounds.
- Fluency disorders are defined as having a disruption in speaking rate, rhythm, and repetitions of sounds (i.e. stuttering).
- Voice disorders including abnormal vocal quality, pitch, loudness, or intonation, when speaking, vocal nodules and polyps, vocal fold paralysis, and plicae ventricularis.
- Dysphagia (pronounces “dis-FAY-juh”) is a condition where an individual has difficulty chewing or swallowing.
- Treatments includes strengthening muscles, improving range of motion, and implementing strategies to compensate for presented swallowing difficulites.
- VitalStim is offered at some locations.
- Cognitive Aspects including attention, memory, sequencing, problem solving, planning and reasoning; may include neurological disorders such as CVA, TBI, Parkinson’s, and dementia.
- Social Aspects- behavior management, social skills, and communication opportunities, may include patients with autism spectrum disorders and other social/pragmatic disorders.
- A communication device may help facilitate communication for individuals who need assistance expressing daily wants and needs.
