Speech Therapy

UK St. Claire offers quality speech therapy services across the lifespan from the very youngest of children to older adults and everyone in between. Whether the problem is a developmental delay in childhood, difficulty swallowing or feeding after an injury or illness (such as cancer or stroke), or difficulty communicating, speech therapy can offer significant benefits to a patient's quality of life.

Our specially trained speech language pathologists (SLPs) can help patients:

• Improve oral-motor skills
• Improve memory
• Become a verbal communicator
• Become an intelligible speaker
• Increase cognition levels
• Process and comprehend spoken language
• Put words together to formulate their thoughts with age-appropriate grammatical skills
• Diminish "jargon" and replace with effective verbal communication
• Be able to understand directions and language beyond their memorized routines
• Problem-solve to reduce falls and injuries
• Desensitize children and adults to their difficulties and instill confidence, trust, and self-esteem
• Improve weight loss, dehydration, and malnutrition concerns
• Improve speech delays and/or stuttering

St. Claire offers specialized speech therapy services including:

• Dementia Management
• Feeding & Swallowing Therapy
• Hard of Hearing Therapy
• Modified Barium Swallow Studies

Ask your healthcare provider to schedule an appointment for you with St. Claire Speech Therapy. For more information, please call 606.780.5516 to learn more.