Personalized plans
We listen to your story, concerns and priorities. Learning about you leads to an effective, personalized plan incorporating your health, specific needs and lifestyle.
Speech Therapy
Connecting people through communication and living life to its fullest
Our approach to speech therapy
Communication and eating meals are important aspects of everyday life.
The inability to communicate effectively or swallow safely has a profound impact on our health and social wellbeing.
Our speech therapy team focuses on improving, restoring, and maintaining the ability to communicate and eat safely. We are here to coach you or your child expertly and patiently on improving communication skills and swallowing ability.
Conditions we treat
We address communication, cognition and swallowing skills that are affected by the following medical conditions and developmental disorders:
- adult swallowing difficulties
- ALS
- aphasia
- apraxia
- articulation
- autism
- cognition
- concussion
- developmental delays
- dysfluency/stuttering
- feeding difficulty for infants, pediatrics (SOS feeding program)
- head and neck cancer
- head injuries
- language disorders
- memory
- multiple sclerosis
- Parkinson’s disease
- stroke
- voice disorders
Tests and treatments
Speech pathologists use modern technology, best practice assessments and measures to evaluate and develop individual treatment plans.
- Modified barium swallow studies - a special x-ray that helps identify why you are having trouble swallowing
- Fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES) - a procedure used to assess how well you swallow
- Standardized testing across all areas
- Lee Silverman voice treatment (LSVT) - this activity helps people adjust how loud they think their voice is, so they can speak at a regular volume
- LOUD CROWD for Parkinson’s disease - specifically designed to address the voice and swallowing challenges commonly experienced by people living with Parkinson’s disease
- Evidence based therapy
Meet our experts
Our experts are experienced in speech therapy services and providing the right treatment plan for you.
Why choose WellSpan for speech therapy services?
Communication matters, and so does friendliness, expertise, compassion and convenience. Our goal is to create a medically sound plan around your needs and preferences.
Speech therapy for all ages
We offer speech therapy for infants to adults. Whether dealing with speech, language, memory or swallowing difficulties, our team of experts will work to address needs at any age level.
Modern and accomodating
We use evidence-based strategies for specific speech changes and can help you communicate verbally, non-verbally or with augmentative communication devices.
Experienced speech pathologists
Our therapists are state licensed and certified by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Our team works in our hospitals, outpatient clinics and virtual settings through telehealth therapy. Convenience dedicated to you.
We're close by
When recurring appointments are involved, no one wants a long drive. That's why we have rehabilitation offices that offer speech therapy across Adams, Cumberland, Franklin, Lancaster, Lebanon and York counties. We also offer telehealth visits that allow you to participate from the comfort of your home.