Speech Therapy
Patients may suffer from speech, language, swallowing, or cognitive problems that require speech therapy. Such issues could be caused by hearing loss, dementia, stroke, cancer, Parkinson’s, brain injury, or other neurological or degenerative diseases.
Speech or swallowing issues could also be affected by disorders like Apraxia, Dysphagia, Dysarthria, or Orofacial Myofunctional Disorder and neurological diseases. These disorders alter the ability of certain muscles to coordinate movements, altering the ability to speak or swallow.
At Central Queens Rehabilitation & Nursing Center in Queens, NY, our trained and experienced speech therapy specialists meet with patients one-on-one to check their improvements in speaking and swallowing. During the speech therapy sessions, they monitor issues with self-monitoring, self-awareness, swallowing, eating, speaking and communicating.
Speech and rehab therapists also work with individual patients to correct issues with articulation, vocalization, stuttering, pronunciation, and literacy. The main goal is to help patients to achieve higher levels of communication and fluency.
Speech therapy also includes oral motor exercises designed to strengthen oral muscles. This therapy is designed to help patients achieve better swallowing and reduced risk of food and liquid inhalation and choking.
Contact us for more information about speech therapy we offer at Central Queens Rehabilitation & Nursing Center in Queens. NY.