
Speech Language Pathology
LifeCare Medical Center’s speech language pathologist treats adults and children for a variety of disorders.
Adult Treatment
The adult program provides evaluation and treatment in the following areas:
- Stroke – aphasia – language disorder
- Stroke – right hemisphere cognitive deficits
- Motor speech disorders
- Dysarthria – slurred speech
- Apraxia – motor planning disorder
- Voice disorders
- Laryngectomy
- Voice prosthetics
- Esophageal speech
- Dysphagia – swallowing difficulties
- Fluency
- Tramatic brain injury
Child Treatment
We provide evaluation and treatment for children in the following areas:
- Language delay or disorder
- Articulation – phonology disorders
- Autism or related disorders
- Augmentative communication
- Swallowing and eating/feeding problems
- Stuttering – fluency disorders
- Central auditory processing disorder
- Motor speech disorders
- Voice disorders
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Justine Schumacher, MS, CCC-SLP