Speech & Language Therapy

If you have difficulty communicating or swallowing, you’ll find the care and support you need at Beaufort Memorial. We offer inpatient and outpatient speech and language therapy services to children and adults at several Lowcountry locations.

Learn more about speech therapy services by calling 843-522-5630.

Referrals may be faxed to 843-522-5001.

Who Can Benefit from Speech Therapy?

Our licensed speech therapists can help patients with a variety of issues, including:

• Dementia/Alzheimer’s Disease
• Fluency disorders
• Impaired cognitive skills
• Language and speech disorders
• Laryngectomy
• Memory deficits
• Motor speech disorders
• Parkinson’s Disease
• Stroke
• Swallowing disorders – Assessment through Modified Barium Swallow and Treatment in clinic
• Traumatic brain injury
• Voice disorders

Speech Therapy Services

Our team of speech therapists use the latest technology to make a diagnosis, then work with you to create a personalized care plan, which may include:

• Exercises that strengthen the muscles used in speaking and swallowing
• Exercises that strengthen the vocal cords and improve voice quality
• Electrical stimulation (also known as e-stim), including VitalStim Therapy, to help retrain the muscles responsible for swallowing
• Connecting you to other resources and technology that may be available, including augmentative or alternative communication devices (AACs), picture communication boards and electronic speech generating devices
• Hearing aids or cochlear implants

We also offer several specialty programs, including:

• Lee Silverman Voice Treatment (LVST): Helps improve loudness, articulation, tone and voice quality for patients with Parkinson's disease and other neurological conditions.
• VitalStim Therapy: Helps patients who suffer from dysphagia (a condition that often arises after a stroke or brain injury) improve their swallowing ability through electrical stimulation. This innovative technology uses electrical current to stimulate motor nerves and gradually retrain muscle groups to swallow.

Pediatric Speech Therapy

At Beaufort Memorial, our pediatric speech-language pathologists provide evaluation and treatment to children and adolescents who show a speech, language, and/or feeding disorder secondary to a developmental delay, motor disorder or injury. Some of the specific pediatric speech therapy cases we treat include:

To learn more about our pediatric speech therapy services call 843-522-5900 for our Beaufort location or 843-522-7180 for our Bluffton clinic.