Speech Therapy for Adults

 
Speech Therapy for adults involves targeted interventions to address communication and swallowing difficulties caused by various conditions like stroke, traumatic brain injury, or neurological disorders. Therapists employ exercises and techniques to enhance speech clarity, language skills, cognition, and swallowing abilities, enabling improved communication and quality of life.
 

We specialize in Speech Therapy services including

  • Aphasia (Receptive or Expressive Language Impairment)
  • Apraxia
  • Anoxic Brain Injury
  • Autism
  • Cognitive deficits including loss of memory, attention, problem solving, or executive function skills
  • Dysarthria (motor speech impairment)
  • Dysphagia (difficulty with swallowing including coughing, choking, or sensation of something stuck in the throat)
  • Dysphonia (voice disorders)
  • Fluency Disorders
  • Neuromuscular Disorders
  • Occupational Therapy (OT)
  • Oral Motor Deficits
  • Orofacial Myofunctional Treatment
  • Respiratory Insufficiency
  • Traumatic Brain Injury
  • Stroke

When a Speech Evaluation is Recommended

Recovering from a traumatic brain injury, stroke, or neuromuscular disorder, can be a frustrating and challenging process. Speech Therapy Plus offers services to help treat the deficits incurred from neurological injury to propel you or your loved one back to independent living.

 

A speech-language pathologist's role in the treatment of adults is varied but comprehensive. First, we treat a variety of cognitive deficits including trouble with memory, sustaining or dividing attention, and processing information.

You may notice that after a brain injury, you or your loved one has difficulty with problem solving and reasoning, organization and planning, or completing all of their normal household tasks. At Speech Therapy Plus, we help the brain form new connections around areas of injury through thorough evaluation and evidenced based practices. You or your loved one can relearn skills that help you maintain a household and get back to work!
In addition to cognitive therapy, we also offer language rehabilitation to help persons with Aphasia, a language disorder that often occurs after stroke. Whether you have trouble understanding or expressing language, Speech Therapy Plus can identify strengths and weaknesses to re-build language functioning, offer augmentative language access, and counsel family on how to support their loved one.

Many people don't realize that speech-language pathologists also offer rehabilitation for the swallow system, which may be damaged following a brain injury or with any type of neurological disorder. If you or your loved one is experiencing difficulty with oral management of food, excessive coughing during eating/drinking, choking, or feeling something stuck in their throat, you/they may be appropriate for a swallowing evaluation. Call the office today for more information!