Speech & Cognitive Therapy

Methodist Rehabilitation’s speech-language pathologists provide speech therapy and cognitive therapy programs for those patients who cannot articulate speech sounds or produce them clearly. This includes those with speech rhythm and fluency problems, voice disorders, problems understanding and producing language, and those with cognitive communication impairments, such as attention, memory, and problem solving disorders. They also work with patients who have difficulty swallowing.

Each patient who receives cognitive and speech therapy resources in our Dallas rehab hospital receives an individualized plan of care, tailored to his or her specific needs. For individuals with little or no ability to develop speech capability, our pathologists may select alternative communication methods, such as automated devices and sign language, and instruct the patient in their use.

Patients receiving our speech and cognitive therapy programs can expect to learn how to make sounds, improve their voices, enhance articulation, or increase their oral or written language skills to communicate more effectively. They are also taught how to strengthen muscles or use compensatory strategies to swallow without choking or inhaling food or liquid.

The end result is the development or recovery of reliable communication and swallowing skills so patients can fulfill their educational, vocational, and social roles.

Our speech therapy program includes:

• Speech / language / cognitive evaluation and treatment as appropriate
• Clinical Dysphasia evaluation and treatment as appropriate

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