Speech and Language Therapy
The inpatient and outpatient speech team at Genesis offers services tailored to meet the needs of patients needing rehabilitation for a variety of diagnoses, including stroke, brain tumor, neurological conditions, neuromuscular disease, head and neck surgery and any other condition that affects daily tasks.
The licensed speech-language pathologists work with orders from your physician to ensure the best possible care. Speech-language pathologists treat cognitive deficits in various areas, including orientation, attention, memory, reasoning, problem-solving, and safety awareness. Speech-language pathologists assess and treat swallowing disorders, speech and voice disorders, and expressive and receptive language disorders.
Our speech-language pathologists work as an integral part of the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) interprofessional team to address feeding, swallowing and neurodevelopmental needs. Speech-language pathologists provide education and support to families, helping them prepare to transition home with their infant.
Conditions we treat
Speech therapy involves treating muscles and functions from the neck up, including swallowing, speech/language and memory. The speech-language pathologists will evaluate and treat patients, developing a personalized plan of care tailored to each patient’s needs and implementing a range of techniques and exercises to improve and enhance functional skills.
- Aphasia (difficulty reading, speaking or writing)
- Apraxia (motor, movement or speech disorder)
- Asperger's syndrome
- Autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
- Brain injury speech rehabilitation
- Brain tumor speech rehabilitation
- Cognitive communication disorders
- Dysarthria (slurred or slow speech)
- Dysphagia (trouble swallowing)
- Feeding disorders
- Memory loss
- Neurological conditions
- Neuromuscular disease
- Pediatric disorders
- Sensory processing disorder
- Speech developmental delays
- Stroke speech rehabilitation
- Stuttering
- Voice disorders
Treatments and procedures
During your speech therapy sessions, our speech-language pathologists will use a variety of techniques based on your therapy treatment plan. The type of exercises a patient needs will depend on their diagnosis, physical limitations, cognitive status and specific symptoms. Our speech and language therapy treatments include:
- Compensatory strategies to enhance functional skills and decrease symptoms
- Cognitive communication disorders
- Diet texture changes, when necessary, to increase safety
- Exercises to improve the functioning of the swallowing muscles
- Exercises to increase mental flexibility and improve skills
- Exercises to strengthen the speech muscles
- Speaking strategies to improve speech intelligibility
Make an appointment for a speech assessment
Outpatient speech therapy is available at Genesis Outpatient Rehabilitation, Genesis Pediatric Rehab, Genesis Coshocton Medical Center and the Genesis Perry County Medical Center in Somerset. For more information about our outpatient speech therapy services, call Genesis Rehabilitation Services at 740-455-5151.
Speech therapy is also available for patients in the hospital. If you’d like information about our inpatient speech therapy services please call today.