Speech Therapy Staff:
1 Speech Therapist
Services:
- LSVT LOUD Voice Therapy for Parkinson’s Disease
- In-patient Hospital Care
- In-patient Nursing Home Care
- Outpatient Clinic
- Local School Visits
- Telehealth Services Over Computer or Tablet
Patient Services Include:
- Speech Sounds/Articulation
- Language
- Voice
- Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC)
- Stroke Rehab/Aphasia
- Motor Speech Disorders (i.e. Parkinson’s)
- Swallowing/Dysphagia
- Social Communication and Autism
- Stuttering and Fluency
- Cognition
Speech therapy uses evidenced-based practices to provide assessment and treatment for speech, language, and communication disorders. This also includes swallowing disorders and issues. The Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) provides quality care and works to co-treat with the occupational therapist and physical therapists when possible.
Sheridan Memorial Hospital’s Rehabilitation Department is excited to be offering LSVT Big and LSVT Loud for treatment of Parkinson’s Disease and other neurological conditions. Big and Loud are treatments that are backed highly by research and have long-lasting results. These programs involve personalized sessions that help bring back your bigger steps, faster walking, and louder voice. Kelley O’Toole, SLP-CF, and Leana Kolbeck, OTR-L, are certified clinicians in the LOUD and BIG programs and are currently accepting new patients. To begin your personalized LSVT BIG or LOUD sessions at our rehab department at SMH, please obtain an OT or Speech referral from your provider.