Speech-Language Pathology Services
Speech and Communication Services for Adults
Adult speech therapy addresses challenges with speech, language, voice, and swallowing. Our licensed therapists create individualized treatment plans to support progress and quality of life. Explore our therapy options designed to meet your specific communication needs
Aphasia
Dysarthria
Dysphagia/Swallowing Disorders
Aphasia is a communication disorder resulting from damage to the language centers of the brain, which are located in the left side of the brain in most people. It is most often caused by stroke, but sometimes results from traumatic brain injury, tumors, or other neurological diseases.
Dysarthria is a motor speech disorder that affects the strength, speed, or coordination of muscle movements for speech. It may affect the muscles of the mouth (lips, tongue, jaw, palate), throat (vocal cords, etc), and/or muscles related to breathing.
Dysphagia is a swallowing disorder that makes it difficult or uncomfortable to move food, liquids, or saliva safely from the mouth to the stomach. It can affect any stage of swallowing and may increase the risk of choking, aspiration, or poor nutrition and hydration.
Voice and Resonance Disorders
Apraxia
Executive Functioning
Normal voice is produced by the vibration of the vocal folds (vocal cords), two small muscles in the larynx (voice box). Voice disorders include impaired ability to produce voice (dysphonia) and inability to produce voice (aphonia).
Resonance refers to the way that air is shaped as it passes through the mouth and nose while speaking. If this closure, called the velopharyngeal valve, is impaired in any way, resonance disorders may result.
Cognitive-Communication Disorder
Apraxia of speech is a motor speech disorder. It causes difficulty speaking, not due to muscle weakness, but due to a breakdown in the brain's coordination of muscle movements.
Stuttering and Fluency Disorders
Stuttering is a speech disorder characterized by dysfluencies, or interruptions in the flow of speech. All people produce dysfluencies sometimes, but these dysfluencies differ in quality, quantity, and duration in those who stutter.
Cognitive-communication disorder is a condition that affects a person’s ability to think and communicate. It can result from brain injury, stroke, dementia, or other neurological conditions and often impacts skills like attention, memory, organization, reasoning, and social communication.
Executive functioning disorder is a condition that affects a person's ability to organize and manage behavior. It is not a specific stand-alone diagnosis but rather a symptom of various neurological, mental health, and behavioral disorders. These disorders can include conditions like depression, ADHD, and Alzheimer's disease, which can severely impair executive functions. Symptoms of executive functioning disorder may include problems with planning, organizing, strategizing, paying attention to details, and managing time efficiently. These skills are essential for completing tasks and interacting with others, and their impairment can lead to difficulties in achieving goals and managing behavior effectively.
Speech and Language Therapy for Pediatrics
Articulation/Phonological Therapy
Speech Sound Disorders (SSD) include articulation disorders, in which a child has trouble physically producing a sound or sounds, and phonological disorders (also known as phonological process disorders)
Language and Literacy Disorders
The broad term language disorders refers to problems with any or all aspects of language, including understanding language, expressing ideas through appropriate vocabulary and grammar, reading, or writing.
Apraxia
Apraxia of speech is a motor speech disorder. It causes difficulty speaking, not due to muscle weakness, but due to a breakdown in the brain's coordination of muscle movements.
Stuttering and Fluency Disorders
Stuttering is a speech disorder characterized by dysfluencies, or interruptions in the flow of speech. All people produce dysfluencies sometimes, but these dysfluencies differ in quality, quantity, and duration in those who stutter.
