AAC refers to methods and tools used to support communication for individuals with speech or language difficulties. We can help you explore the AAC methods or device that works best for you. AAC options include:

• Gestures and facial expressions
• Writing and drawing
• Pointing to letters, photos or pictures
• Apps on tablets
• Speech-generating devices (computers with a "voice")

Cognitive communication therapy aims to improve communication skills impacted by conditions like brain injury, stroke, dementia or other neurological disorders. Speech therapy is an important part of your recovery. Our experts can help you improve overall function and speech, communication, thinking skills so you can participate in your daily activities.

Speech-language pathologists often work with hospitalized patients after a stroke, traumatic brain injury, acute illness or recurrent pneumonia. We help determine safe swallowing guidelines and treat problems such as slurred speech or difficulty with word-finding and comprehension. Our goal is to help you better communicate with loved ones and hospital staff.

It’s common for children to be picky eaters. But some children have feeding challenges that go beyond pickiness. Children who have stress and difficulty around mealtimes may benefit from feeding therapy.

Our speech-language pathologists use a range of tools to help differentiate between picky eating and feeding difficulties. We use play and food exploration to help children gain oral motor skills and increase food acceptance, both in our clinic and in their daily routines.

Speech-language pathologists support children who are not meeting their expected developmental milestones for speech or language. Our speech therapists teach strategies to help your child find their words or say them more clearly, so that they can communicate what they want to say, when they want to say it.

We offer two programs for people with Parkinson’s disease. LSVT LOUD™ is a speech therapy program to help people learn to speak at a more typical volume and trains them to know how loud or soft they sound to others.

The SpeakOUT!® Program helps people with Parkinson’s disease maintain communication and speaking skills while lowering the risk of swallowing complications.

Speech therapy is an important part of stroke recovery. Our speech therapists evaluate and treat your speech, language, attention, memory and problem-solving skills. In some cases, we may also offer treatments to help improve swallowing.

If you experience problems with eating or drinking, an evaluation with a speech-language pathologist may be helpful. These experts use several tests to evaluate your swallowing muscles and oral movements during eating and drinking.

If your speech therapist needs more information about how you swallow, they may refer you to ear, nose & throat (ENT) specialists for a modified barium swallow (MBS) test. This allows your provider to see if food is going into your airway (aspiration) instead of your stomach or to identify which parts of your mouth or throat may not be working well.

They can recommend what kinds of foods are safest for you to swallow and specific positions or strategies to help you swallow better.

TBI rehabilitation is a comprehensive program designed to help individuals recover from brain injuries. Rehabilitation can help you improve mobility, strength, coordination and help with daily activities to regain independence.

Voice therapy may be appropriate for people who have had difficulty using their voice due to strain, had a hoarse voice for more than two to three weeks or been diagnosed with a problem, such as a vocal cord nodule or paralyzed vocal cord. Speech-language pathologists work closely with otolaryngologists (ENTs) to evaluate and diagnose voice disorders.

Voice evaluations include assessment of your vocal quality, pitch, volume and other characteristics. Depending on your needs, you may work with one of our therapists to improve your vocal cord flexibility and strength, vocal hygiene habits, muscle tension or breath support.