Speech therapy assists patients who need training to overcome voice disorders or to regain speech following an injury or health event, such as a stroke. Licensed speech pathologists also work with people who have dysphagia, or difficulty in swallowing. These patients may receive swallow retraining, modified barium swallow studies and dietary modifications.
Patients with cognitive deficits and memory problems may benefit from speech and language therapy, cognitive and memory skills, and oral motor musculature strengthening.
Speech and language therapy is available for pediatric patients with developmental delays in speech.