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.
