Speech and Language Therapy
Presbyterian’s speech and language therapists help patients regain or improve their communication skills, speech production, thinking abilities, voice and swallowing. These impairments may be a result of a developmental delay, brain injury, concussion, neurological disease, cancer, or the effects of an illness or other injury. This program requires a physician referral. Once referred into the program, your speech language therapist will develop a personalized treatment plan and home program. Our team can assess and treat a variety of speech-related disorders.
Services / Conditions Treated
Some common conditions treated by our speech and language therapy team include:
Articulation difficulties (or problems making clear speech sounds)
Childhood eating difficulties, such as food selectivity or refusal (“picky eater”), or problems with gagging, choking or vomiting
Chronic cough
Chronic hoarseness
Cleft lip and cleft palate in children
Cognitive deficits such as poor attention, memory, awareness and problem-solving issues
Expressive language difficulties (difficulty speaking or writing)
Feeding difficulties
Pragmatic difficulties (problems using language in social situations)
Receptive language difficulties (difficulty listening, reading or visual processing difficulties)
Swallowing difficulties
Word-finding difficulties
Vocal cord dysfunction
Voice disorders (quality, pitch, loudness, resonance)
Pragmatics
Treatments/Tests Performed
Some common treatments and tests performed by our speech and language therapy team include:
Cleft lip and cleft palate treatment in children
Video fluoroscopic swallowing studies (an x-ray study for swallowing assessment)
CLINICS & FACILITIES
Speech and Language Therapy in Albuquerque at the Healthplex Speech and Language Therapy at Santa Fe Medical Center Speech and Language Therapy at Socorro General Hospital Speech and Language Therapy in Albuquerque at Kaseman Hospital Speech and Language Therapy in Clovis at Plains Regional Medical Center Speech and Language Therapy in Rio Rancho on Southern Blvd Speech and Language Therapy in Ruidoso at Lincoln County Medical Center
