Speech Therapy
Speech- Language Pathologists assess, diagnose, and treat speech, language, and swallowing disorders. We serve everyone from infant to adults. Our therapists provide education, exercises, therapeutic tasks, and compensatory strategies to a patient who 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.
Settings for Speech Therapy
Speech Disorders
Swallowing Disorders
Communication
Settings for Speech Therapy
- Schools
- Hospital
- Inpatient & NICU
- Outpatient- Clinic Setting
- Home Health
- Assisted Living Facilities
- Nursing Home Facilities
Speech Disorders
- 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.
Swallowing Disorders
- 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.
Communication
- 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.