Dr. Physio Therapy & Wellness in Fort Lauderdale and Delray Beach, FL provides therapy specifically tailored to the speech, voice, language, and swallowing needs of both our adult and pediatric patients.
Our speech therapist works hard to help patients develop strong speaking skills as well as refine volume and quality of voice. They can help decrease issues patients have with eating, drinking, swallowing, and communicating.
If you or your child are struggling with an issue that is impairing your speaking capabilities, contact our clinic in Fort Lauderdale or Delray Beach, FL today to learn more about how speech therapy may benefit your condition.
Speech therapy can help children and adults
Dr. Physio Therapy and Wellness works with patients of all ages and ensures the best quality of care for everyone. Our clinic at Dr. Physio Therapy & Wellness in Fort Lauderdale and Delray Beach, FL offers speech therapy for both children and adults.
Many factors can cause a child to have difficulty with speech, swallowing, aversions to food, or cognitive issues. Our pediatric patients face developmental delays and have challenges meeting their milestones with speech and language, making it difficult for them to interact with others, learn, explore and play.
Adult speech difficulties are common and come in many forms including stuttering, dysarthria (a problem with motor control of speech), voice problems, and articulation difficulties.
These issues can cause a person to not want to communicate or become emotionally withdrawn from others. Some of our adult patients may struggle with speech and voice disorders as a result of nerve damage or traumatic injuries as well.
Areas speech therapy can strengthen
Speech therapy encourages individuals to develop effective speaking and listening skills, improve loudness of voice, and re-train cognitive skills. It also aids in improving confidence and morale.
Treatment at our Fort Lauderdale and Delray Beach, FL clinics focus on the following issues in children and adults:
- Any chewing/swallowing difficulties or changes
- Food aversions
- Difficulty talking
- Difficulty expressing thoughts or identifying common objects or people
- Difficulty understanding written and spoken language
- Muscle weakness or tightness of the tongue or throat
- Changes in memory, attention, orientation
- Changes in the quality of voice
Our therapists at Dr. Physio Therapy & Wellness in Fort Lauderdale and Delray Beach, FL utilize neurological and speech exercises to help with a wide array of speech/language difficulties and can properly assess a person’s speaking abilities to determine if there are major problems. From there, their goal is to create a treatment plan with specific exercises to improve the condition over time.
What to expect at your first appointment
Our speech therapist at Dr. Physio Therapy & Wellness in Fort Lauderdale and Delray Beach, FL is educated and prepared to evaluate and treat children and adults with speech, language, cognitive, and swallowing problems. They address decreases in swallowing, cognitive, and/or communicative function following brain injury, stroke, and brain tumors, or coinciding with progressive conditions such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease.
When you or your child arrives for the initial consultation, a speech therapist will conduct a simple examination to determine the best possible treatment plan. Treatment depends on a patient’s specific situation and speaking abilities.
Your therapist will be able to determine your strengths and weaknesses and how they change or improve over time. This will allow them to adjust your treatment plan accordingly to include a multitude of different methods, including the following:
- Advanced oral-motor treatments
- Neuromuscular reeducation
- Functional computer retraining
- Intensive voice programs
- Traditional speech therapy techniques
One of our Fort Lauderdale or Delray Beach, FL speech therapists will work with you in a relaxed, friendly setting on a series of exercises. The speech therapy exercises can range from tasks that strengthen the muscles of the face, tongue, and throat to vocabulary development and even basic communication skills like making eye contact when speaking to others.
Contact Dr. Physio Therapy and Wellness today for speech therapy
There is no reason to let a speech problem get in the way of your child’s development or your own wellbeing. Rest assured that you’re in good hands at our clinic. We do our best to create a warm and welcoming environment in which you or your child can improve your speaking skills.
It’s our #1 priority to see all of our patients through to the end of their treatment and have them feel more confident in their speech and language abilities. If you or a loved one is struggling with a speech impediment, swallowing issue, or voice problem, contact our clinic today to make an appointment for an evaluation.
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