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Speech-Language Pathology
Speech-Language Pathology is a rehabilitation profession directed at restoring and enhancing an individual's cognitive and communication skills. This is accomplished through the use of a variety of functional cognitive-linguistic tasks that are essential to the person's day-to-day life. A Speech-Language Pathologist's education enables him/her to work with individuals who are experiencing swallowing, cognitive, linguistic, speech, and/or vocal impairments.
Speech-Language Pathology programs include:
- Stroke Recovery
- Brain Injury recovery
- Language Therapy including:
- Auditory Comprehension
- Verbal Expression
- Reading Comprehension
- Written Expression
- Alternative & Augmentative Communication
- Motor Speech Therapy including treatment of:
- Dysarthria
- Oral and/or Verbal Apraxia
- Oral Motor Skills
- Cognitive-Linguistic Therapy including:
- Attention
- Memory
- Reasoning and Problem Solving
- Organization
- Dysphagia Therapy including:
- Deep Pharyngeal Neuromuscular Stimulation
- Swallowing Strategies to improve safety of swallow
- Diet consistency modifications
- Voice Therapy including treatment of:
- Dysphonia 2nd to hyperfunctional voice use
- Vocal cord paralysis/paresis 2nd to stroke
- Community Re-entry
- Pediatric Speech and Language Evaluations for Mass Rehab Disability Determination
How do I get started?
Anyone interested in participating in Speech-Language Therapy must have a prescription from a physician
For more information call:(413) 547-2616.
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