Speech & Language Therapy

Speech Language Therapy

The Newman Regional Health speech and language program addresses swallowing problems, speech-language impairments, voice disorders, and stuttering.

Newman Regional Health has speech and language therapists who provide inpatient, outpatient, and in-home services.

Inpatient Therapy

(620) 343-6800
ext. 22276

Fax: (620) 340-6187

Inpatient Speech Language Therapy

The speech-language pathologists assess, diagnose, treat, and help to prevent speech, language, cognitive, communication, voice, swallowing, fluency, and other related disorders.

Services include:

Speech rhythm and fluency problems and stuttering
Voice quality problems, such as inappropriate pitch or a harsh voice
Problems understanding and producing language
Cognitive communication impairments such as attention, memory, and problem-solving disorders
Oral motor problems causing eating and swallowing difficulties.

Outpatient Speech Language Therapy

Speech therapy provides services not only for correcting articulation of speech but regaining cognitive aspects of communication as well. Speech therapy also focuses on the swallowing mechanism and how to regain its functional use.

Services include:

Receptive language
Speech function
Voice
Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Attention
Memory
Problem-solving
Executive function skills
Feeding
Swallowing
VitalStim – Pairs electrical stimulation with swallowing exercises to assist in strengthening muscles used in the swallowing process and restoring function.
LSVT® – Lee Silverman Voice Treatment, LSVT LOUD® and LSVT BIG® are programs that improves the communicative abilities by focusing on the vocal loudness of patients with Parkinson’s Disease
Modified Barium Swallow Study – Allows the therapist to assess the structures and function of the swallow with the use of radiology to determine appropriate diet consistencies, swallowing strategies and therapeutic plan of care.