Adult Therapy

We provide evaluation and treatment of adult speech, language, and swallowing disorders. Some of the conditions we treat include the following:

Aphasia:

An acquired neurogenic language disorder which occurs as the result of damage to the language centers of the brain. An individual with aphasia may exhibit deficits in language comprehension, language expression, written expression, and/or reading comprehension. While stroke is the most common cause of aphasia, it can also occur following traumatic brain injury, brain tumors, brain injury, or progressive neurological diseases such as dementia.

Apraxia:

Apraxia is a motor speech disorder caused by damage to the parts of the brain that control motor planning for speech purposes. The most common causes include stroke, traumatic brain injury, and brain tumor.

Cognitive-Communication:

Cognitive-communication disorders are problems with communication that have an underlying cognitive deficit. Attention, memory, organization, and problem solving are some areas that are commonly impaired resulting in difficulty concentrating, recalling information, and safely performing common activities of daily living.

Dysarthria:

Dysarthria is a motor speech disorder that results from damage to the parts of the brain that control our speech muscles, including our face, lips, tongue, throat, and muscles used for breathing. Dysarthria occurs with brain damage such as stroke, brain tumors, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, and cerebral palsy.

Dysphagia:

Disorders of swallowing, known as dysphagia, which can occur as the result of numerous medical conditions, such as stroke, dementia, head and neck cancer, and neurological diagnoses including Parkinson’s disease and multiple sclerosis.

Voice:

Disorders of voice occur when vocal quality, pitch, and loudness are judged to be abnormal. Voice disorders can be the result of vocal nodules, inflammation of the larynx (laryngitis), or trauma to the larynx (intubation, chemical exposure). A voice disorder could also occur due to phonotrauma (yelling, excessive throat clearing), vocal fatigue (vocal overuse), or secondary to a neurologic diagnosis such as Parkinson’s disease and multiple sclerosis.

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