Speech Therapy

Adult speech difficulties are common and come in many forms including stuttering, dysarthria (a problem with motor control of speech), voice problems, and articulation difficulties. This can cause a person to not want to communicate and even become withdrawn emotionally. In addition, problems with swallowing and drinking can be a serious health problem. However, speech therapy can help many adults improve their speech and communication skills. This allows the individual to want to communicate, boosting morale and their purpose in life.

We offer private speech therapy sessions to our clients. Our purpose is to enable a person to improve their communication skills following an injury or illness. If someone is having any of the following difficulties they should seek the aid of a speech therapist. Here are a few areas Speech Therapy focuses on:

• Any chewing/swallowing difficulties or changes
• Difficulty expressing thoughts or identifying common objects or people
• Difficulty understanding written and spoken language
• Changes in memory, attention, orientation
• Muscle weakness or rigidity
• Changes in the quality of voice

What is a Speech Therapist?

Speech-language pathologists (SLP), or speech therapists, are the only health care professionals specifically educated and prepared to evaluate and treat children and adults with speech, language, cognitive, and swallowing problems. They address decreases in swallowing, cognitive, and/or communicative function following brain injury, stroke, and brain tumors, or coinciding with progressive conditions such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease.

SLPs help people develop effective speaking and listening skills, improve loudness or quality of voice, preserve the pleasures associated with eating, or re-train cognitive skills, such as memory and word-finding.

How Speech Therapy Helps

If you or someone you love is having difficulty with their speech, reach out for an assessment with our skilled speech  therapists. They can easily identify if there are any problems and then provide the right therapies to improve it. There may be difficulties with the neurological processing and possibly muscle function in the tongue and throat.

Just like muscles of the body need strengthening and coordination, so do the muscles of the tongue and throat to make proper speech. Our speech therapists work on neurological exercises and speech exercises to help with a wide array of speech/language difficulties. Our speech therapists work to improve understanding, pronunciation and forming of speech to help you be more social and communicate effectively.

For more information on speech therapy, contact our Laramie, WY physical therapists at Homestead Physical Therapy for an appointment.