Speech therapy treats conditions that affect your speech, voice, swallowing and other related disorders. Our therapists provide services to improve your ability to swallow, speak and communicate. Therapy can:
- Strengthen muscles of the throat and neck
- Improve tongue movements for better speech
- Improve vocabulary and grammar
- Increase understanding of directions
Our Speech Therapy departments have expertise in the diagnosis and treatment in the following areas:
- Dysphagia (swallowing disorders)
- Aphasia (expressive and/or receptive language disorders)
- Cognitive-linguistic deficits and voice disorders
- Modified Barium Swallow studies
- VitalStim™ a non-invasive therapy utilizing electrical stimulation to retrain the muscles that is used in conjunction with traditional swallow therapy
