Speech Therapy for Adults

---

Intensive Comprehensive Aphasia Program

Pleasant Care Intensive Comprehensive Aphasia Program helps people who have language difficulty due to damage to the brain caused by conditions such as stroke or traumatic brain injury.

Research shows that people with aphasia respond positively to intensive speech and language therapy. Patients receive therapy for three to four hours per day, four days a week, for three consecutive weeks. Treatment includes both individual and group speech–language therapy, as well as sessions that include music and computers to promote communication skills.

The goal of the program is to enhance the quality of life by helping people with aphasia improve their ability to communicate. Pleasant Care is a leader in aphasia treatment, having been one of the first medical facilities in the country to provide therapy for people with aphasia.

Adult Neurogenic Communication Disorders Program

Our inpatient speech–language program addresses disorders that result from a stroke or other brain disorder or injury. Many different types of communication problems can result from a stroke or other brain injury. Each patient’s treatment is geared to their particular condition.

We help people with neurological problems including stroke, brain tumor, traumatic brain injury, primary progressive aphasia, cerebellar degeneration, epilepsy, and other neurological diseases or conditions.

Cochlear Implant Speech-Language Pathology Program

We provide speech–language pathology services to children and adults with cochlear implants—devices that convert sound waves into electrical signals and transmit them to the brain, allowing people with severely impaired hearing to hear sounds in their environment.

Patients range in age from 6 months to more than 90 years old and include people with both acquired and congenital hearing impairment. Services are delivered by a dedicated clinical specialist in speech–language pathology, and include pre- and post-implant speech–language assessments of expressive and receptive language and annual follow-up assessments. Patients receive treatment for any of the various speech–language difficulties that can arise following cochlear implantation, along with patient and family counseling on how to overcome them.

Voice Therapy

Voice therapy is an essential component of treatment for many patients with voice disorders—it’s often the most effective treatment recommendation. A voice disorder is anything that changes the sound quality of your speech. Therapy is provided by a clinical voice specialist in these areas. 

Care of the Injured Voice

This successful voice therapy program is designed to help you improve the sound of your voice while the injury heals. This can also help you avoid vocal damage in the future. For patients who need surgery, preoperative and postoperative voice therapy ensures the best outcome and can reduce the possibility of recurrence and in some cases, speed up the rate of recovery. 

Neurological Voice Disorders

If you receive a diagnosis of a neurological voice disorder, behavioral treatment may be prescribed in addition, to, or as an alternative, to medical treatment.