Speech-Language Therapy
Look to the speech-language pathologists at Virginia Hospital Center for help addressing difficulty speaking or swallowing.
Conditions We Treat
Your doctor may recommend working with a speech-language pathologist (SLP) if you're an adult who experiences:
- Cognitive communication disorders
- Difficulty swallowing
- Head and neck cancer
- Neurological conditions, including stroke and brain injury
- Voice disorders
Services & Treatments
Trust our experienced therapists for:
- Cognitive communicative evaluations
- Fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES) – Uses a small tube with a camera and light on the to see what happens when you swallow
- Functional analysis of speech and swallowing
- Modified barium swallow (MBS) studies – Use real-time X-rays and food or liquid coated with a special contrast material to see how you swallow
- Speech and language evaluations
- Voice therapy – Helps improve the pitch, volume or quality of your voice
