Speech Therapy

Clear communication shapes nearly every part of your life, from your career and relationships to your confidence and independence. When speech, language, voice, or swallowing problems make daily life harder, the right support can help you get back to what matters most.

At Summit Health, our adult speech therapy program helps you regain and strengthen essential communication and swallowing skills. Our experienced Speech Language Pathologists evaluate and treat a wide range of adult speech and language disorders. These include changes caused by stroke, brain injury, neurological conditions, and voice strain.

Speech therapy begins with a thorough evaluation to understand your unique needs. From there, your speech therapist creates a personalized treatment plan built around your goals. Each session uses practical, encouraging, and motivating exercises designed to improve how you speak, understand, think, and swallow. We also teach you strategies to use at home, at work, and in social settings so your progress carries into everyday life.

As part of a multispecialty practice, our speech therapy team works closely with your physicians and other specialists. This coordinated approach means you receive comprehensive, connected care in one trusted place.

We offer day and evening appointments for speech therapy, making it easier to fit care into your schedule.

Our Speech Language Pathologists evaluate and treat the following adult communication and swallowing disorders:

• Articulation disorders: Difficulty forming certain sounds correctly, which can make speech hard to understand.
• Expressive and receptive language disorders: Challenges finding the right words, forming sentences, or understanding what others say. These are often linked to aphasia after a stroke or brain injury.
• Motor speech disorders: Speech problems caused by weakness or poor coordination of the muscles used for speaking, such as dysarthria and apraxia of speech.
• Cognitive communication disorders: Difficulty with attention, memory, problem-solving, or organizing thoughts that affects how you communicate.
• Voice disorders: Hoarseness, vocal strain, loss of voice, or changes in pitch and volume.
• Swallowing disorders: Trouble chewing or swallowing food and liquids safely, also known as dysphagia.
• Stuttering disorders: Interruptions in the flow of speech, such as repeated sounds, prolonged sounds, or blocks.

How speech therapy can help

Adult speech and language therapy can help you improve:

• Comprehension and expression through spoken and written language
• Speech sound production to increase overall speech clarity and intelligibility
• Voice quality, strength, and endurance
• Swallowing safety and function
• Fluency and confidence when speaking
• Memory, attention, and problem-solving skills that support communication