More than just speech
Speech Therapists at Dominican Rehabilitation Services do far more than what many individuals may consider the profession's main function: correcting articulation in children.
Therapists are specialized in treating individuals who have had strokes, brain injuries or other neurological conditions; head and neck cancer; voice dysfunction; and/or difficulty with swallowing. They provide services in stuttering, voice distorders, tracheotomy care and help those who have suffered permanent loss of voice due to laryngectomy.
Patients with Parkinson's disease will work with speech therapists who specialize in the Lee Silverman Voice Treatment Program, targeting vocal loudness. Voice therapy is also provided in Spanish and American Sign Language.
The speech therapy programs include: dysphagia (swallowing difficulties) training, modified barium swallow studies, speech-language therapy, cognitive-linguistic therapy (attention, processing, memory), Lee Silverman Voice Therapy Program, voice training; and laryngectomy services.