What is Speech therapy?
Speech therapy for adults helps to improve the quality of your verbal speech through a variety of therapeutic techniques due to a voice disorder, apraxia, or dysarthria. Therapy benefits people who are diagnosed with organic or functional voice disorders, neurological damage due to a stroke, trauma, accident or infections, or neurological disorders.
What is language/memory therapy?
Language/ memory therapy for adults helps people who have suffered a loss of language understanding or expression, loss of memory and/ or the ability to perform every day skills involving math, reading, and writing due to a brain injury from a stroke or an accident. Therapy benefits adults who may have a diagnosis of Aphasia, Traumatic Brain Injury, or Early Onset Alzheimer's.
What is an evaluation?
An evaluation is the assessment of your communication skills as measured by standardized testing measures, informal assessments, observation and patient/ caregiver report to determine your current level of functioning and plan of care. An interview will be conducted to determine the patient's concerns, onset of symptoms, and health/ medical history. Bilingual Assessments are available in Spanish upon patient request. A speech and/ or language evaluation will be conducted depending on your area of concern.
A speech evaluation is the assessment of the patient's articulation/ pronunciation skills and pattern of errors or voice skills. A physical examination by an ENT or otolaryngologist is recommended prior to the evaluation if you have concerns regarding your voice skills. Symptoms of a voice disorder may include: hoarseness, loss of voice, pitch breaks, or difficulty maintaining loudness.
A language evaluation is the assessment of the patient's deficits in understanding and expression of language, cognitive abilities such as reading, writing, math, visual spatial skills,
and memory/attention skills.
How do I get started?
Call our office to schedule an appointment. We take many insurances and private pay options. A referral from you Primary Care Physician may be needed for your evaluation to be completed. If seeking a
speech-language evaluation please download our adult case history form and bring with you to your evaluation appointment.
The
speech-language evaluation will take approximately one hour to complete. Assessments will be administered to determine your current level of functioning. Results from the assessment will be reviewed at the end of the evaluation with recommendations for treatment.
The Speech-Language Pathologist will write the evaluation and submit to your insurance company for authorization. A copy of the evaluation will be mailed or emailed to you directly. Once insurance authorization has been obtained, you will be contacted by one of our Speech-Language Pathologist to schedule your first appointment.
Our Adult Speech-Language Therapy Services
Our therapy services are provided by a Speech-Language Pathologist who is licensed and certified in the State of Florida with a Master's degree in Communication Disorders. Our therapists use the latest cutting edge therapy techniques. Each therapist keeps abreast of current treatment techniques through a variety of continuing education courses.
Therapy sessions are designed around an individualized plan of care to address your specific needs to improve your quality of life. Therapy will be conducted based on the frequency determined during your evaluation. Therapy can be conducted in one of our area clinics or your home. (Determination of therapy location maybe based on your insurance and availability in therapists' schedule. A travel fee may be added for travel to the home)