Speech Therapy

Overview

Speech-language pathologists work with individuals of all ages who may have a variety of speech, voice, fluency, swallowing, language, or cognitive disorders (difficulty with thinking, reasoning, judgement, and memory).

These problems can be caused by stroke, brain injury, development delay, cleft palate, hearing loss, emotional problems, autism, cerebral palsy, mental retardation, and genetic syndromes. Therapy is provided for toddlers through adults.

Speech therapy includes the evaluation and treatment of:

• Delayed speech
• Articulation (sound) disorder
• Autism
• Fluency (stuttering)
• Voice disorders

Other services include:

• Cognitive Therapy
• Augmentative Communication
• Modified Barium Swallows
• Dysphagia or Swallowing Therapy
• For questions about Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation speech therapy services at Columbus Regional Hospital please call Pre-Admission Screening at 812-376-5589.