What Does A Speech Therapist Do?

Our therapists provide a variety of services aimed at helping to develop effective communication skills. These include:

• Assist patients with articulation disorders in learning proper production of sounds.

• Train patients who stutter to speak more fluently.

• Assist patients with voice disorders to improve voice quality.

• Help patients with aphasia to relearn speech and language skills.

• Assist patients who have difficulty swallowing as a result of illness, surgery, stroke, or injury to regain the ability to swallow.

• Evaluate, select, and develop augmentative and alternative communication systems (such as voice synthesizing computers and communication boards) for patients with severe speech problems.

• Enhance communication effectiveness—improving everyday communication skills such as pitch, projection, accent, and nonverbal communication.

• Educate patients and caregivers on effective strategies to manage memory loss and cognition.