Adult Speech Therapy

Providing speech therapy services to adults

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Common treatment areas:

• Difficulty with language (aphasia): producing and understanding language

• Loudness and Parkinson's related voice therapy; SPEAK OUT! provider

• Slurred speech (dysarthria)

• Cognitive deficits (memory, attention, orientation, sequencing)

• Swallowing (chewing, eating, diet texture modifications, oral-motor therapy)

• Voice (breathing, raspy voice, loudness)

• Accent modification

• Stuttering

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Common diagnoses:

• Stroke

• Traumatic brain injury

• Parkinson's Disease

• Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

• Dementia

• Aspiration Pneumonia

• Cancer

• Multiple Sclerosis

• Voice disorders/vocal damage

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Helpful Resources:

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American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA)- Adult Resources

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Aphasia- ASHA Resources

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Swallowing Disorders- ASHA Resources

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National Stuttering Association