Speech Therapy

Overview

Guthrie’s Speech-Language therapy program treats speech and language disorders and restores speaking functions after illness and trauma.

Guthrie speech pathologists offer diagnostic and treatment services for:

• ADD/ADHD
• Auditory processing disorders
• Autism
• Developmental disabilities
• Hearing impairment
• Learning disabilities
• Cognitive disorders
• Stuttering
• Voice disorders and/or receptive/expressive language disorders

Speech therapy may also be required for:

• Head and neck surgery
• Stroke
• Traumatic brain injury
• Vocal cord injury
• Cerebral palsy with complications
• Huntington’s Chorea
• Multiple Sclerosis
• Myasthenia Gravis
• Parkinson’s disease

Diagnostic services include video fluoroscopic swallowing studies and formal standardized assessments for cognition, speech and/or language abilities. In addition to traditional speech therapy, other services include pediatric/early intervention, foreign/regional accent reduction, and assistance with augmentative communication devices, diet modifications, and swallowing therapy that may include use of neuromuscular electrical stimulation.