Speech-Language Therapy
Look to the speech-language pathologists at Virginia Hospital Center for help addressing difficulty speaking or swallowing.
Conditions We Treat
Your doctor may recommend working with a speech-language pathologist (SLP) if you're an adult who experiences:
- Cognitive communication disorders
- Difficulty swallowing
- Head and neck cancer
- Neurological conditions, including stroke and brain injury
- Voice disorders
Services & Treatments
Trust our experienced therapists for:
- Cognitive communicative evaluations
- Fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES) – Uses a small tube with a camera and light on the to see what happens when you swallow
- Functional analysis of speech and swallowing
- Modified barium swallow (MBS) studies – Use real-time X-rays and food or liquid coated with a special contrast material to see how you swallow
- Speech and language evaluations
- Voice therapy – Helps improve the pitch, volume or quality of your voice
Late Cancellation & No-Show
At VHC Health, we recognize the importance of our patients’ time and are committed to providing efficient and timely care. By giving us advance notice, you help us accommodate as many patients as possible and minimize disruptions to the schedule.
Speech-Language Therapy is now requiring advance notice for appointment changes or late cancellations. This notice helps us accommodate as many patients as possible and minimizes disruptions to our patient schedule. Failure to notify us less than 24 hours in advance of your scheduled appointment time, or failure to show for your scheduled appointment, may result in a late cancellation or no-show fee of $50.
