Services

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• Screenings, Group or Individual	• Independent Program Consultations
• Evaluations	• Swallow Studies
• Treatment Program Planning	• Continuing Education Courses

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ADULT SERVICES, may target one or more of the following...

• APHASIA, problems speaking, understanding, reading, writing, telling time, and or using numbers due to strokes, tumors, or brain injury.
• APRAXIA difficulty planning muscle movements due to neurological damage that make speech difficult or impossible to understand
• ALARYNGEAL SPEECH, speech without a larynx (voice box) using an artificial larynx (and external device that provides a new source of voice), a voice prosthesis (an implated device), or esophageal speech (producing voice in the esophagus rather than the larynx)
• ALTERNATIVE & AUGMENTATIVE COMMUNIACATION (AAC) used with severe patients, when appropriate, and range from simple hand gestures or alphabet boards to more complex and high-tech electronic devices that produce speech for the individual. SLPs help person with the use, programming, and care of appropriate AAC devices.
• COGNITIVE-COMMUNICATION DISORDERS, problems of memory, reasoning, problem-solving, attention to task, and awareness of surroundings resulting from damage to the brain, head injury, or dementia.
• DYSARTHRIA weakness or incoordination of the speech muscles due to neurological damage that makes speech difficult or impossible to understand
• DYSPHAGIA swallowing problems that can lead to dehydration, malnutrition, pneumonia as a result of misdirection (aspiration) of food or liquid into the airway (not the stomach), less pleasure in eating, embarrassment or isolation at mealtime, or the need for tube feeding or other alternatives for nutrition.
• VITALSTIM® THERAPY The only neuromuscular electrical stimulation that is cleared by the Food and Drug Administration to treat dysphagia. VitalStim Therapy uses small electrical currents to stimulate the muscles responsible for swallowing. At the same time, trained specialists help patients "re-educate" their muscles through rehabilitation therapy.
• VOICE DISORDERS that cause changes in pitch, loudness, and vocal quality. Nasometer testing via computerized speech lab is also available for resonance disorders.

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PEDIATRIC SERVICES, include a school or home follow-up focus and may address one or more of the following service areas:

• APRAXIA difficulty planning purposeful movements for speech that make speech difficult or impossible to understand
• ALTERNATIVE & AUGMENTATIVE COMMUNIACATION (AAC) used with severe patients, when appropriate, and range from simple hand gestures or alphabet boards to more complex and high-tech electronic devices that produce speech for the individual. SLPs help person with the use, programming, and care of appropriate AAC devices
• CENTRAL AUDITORY PROCESSING DISORDERS difficulty understanding spoken language in a meaningful way in the absence of what is commonly considered a hearing loss.
• FEEDING & SWALLOWING PROBLEMS IN INFANTS & CHILDREN difficulty feeding that can include refusal to take a bottle or breast, apnea (turning blue), refusal of certain textures, gagging, vomiting and congestion during feeding; can result in respiratory complications, malnutrition, dehydration, repeated pneumonias multiple episodes of sinusitis and middle ear infections, aspiration.
• VITALSTIM® THERAPY The only neuromuscular electrical stimulation that is cleared by the Food and Drug Administration to treat dysphagia. VitalStim Therapy uses small electrical currents to stimulate the muscles responsible for swallowing. At the same time, trained specialists help patients "re-educate" their muscles through rehabilitation therapy.
• FLUENCY DISORDERS effortful or strained disturbances in the flow of speech including repetitions, prolongations, and hesitations that common show up between the ages of 2 and 7 years
• LANGUAGE DELAYS & DISORDERS difficulty expressing thoughts verbally or through writing, problems understanding what is spoken or when the information is spoken or written; usually shows up as the child grows and develops and is not the result of a childhood brain injury.
• LANGUAGE & LEARNING DISABILITIES difficulty in developing and using listening, speaking, reading, writing, reasoning, or mathematical skills, which is believed to be caused by central nervous system dysfunction.
• PRAGMATIC LANGUAGE DISORDERS difficulty using language for different purposes; problems adapting or changing language according to the needs or expectations or a listener or situation; trouble following rules for conversations and narratives
• READING DISORDERS impairments in reading, spelling, and writing
• SPEECH SOUND DISORDERS difficulty producing speech sounds (usually consonants, but sometimes vowels) beyond the age when one would expect a child to have learned certain sounds
• VOICE DISORDERS that cause changes in pitch, loudness, and vocal quality. Nasometer testing via computerized speech lab is also available for resonance disorders.

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OFFICE HOURS

Outpatient therapy is available in the company office from 9:00 am. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, with most regional insurances accepted, in addition to Virginia Medicaid, TennCare, Medicare, and workers compensation claims.

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BILL OF RIGHTS FOR CONSUMERS OF SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY SERVICES

Patients as consumers receiving speech-language pathology services have:

1. THE RIGHT to be treated with dignity and respect;
2. THE RIGHT that services be provided without regard to race or ethnicity, gender, age, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, or disability;
3. THE RIGHT to know the name and professional qualifications of the person or persons providing services;
4. THE RIGHT to personal privacy and confidentiality of information to the extent permitted by law;
5. THE RIGHT to know, in advance, the fees for services, regardless of the method of payment;
6. THE RIGHT to receive a clear explanation of evaluation results, to be informed of potential or lack of potential for improvement, and to express their choices of goals and methods of service delivery;
7. THE RIGHT to accept or reject services to the extent permitted by law;
8. THE RIGHT that services be provided in a timely and competent manner, which includes referral to other appropriate professionals when necessary;
9. THE RIGHT to present concerns about services and to be informed of procedures for seeking their resolution;
10. THE RIGHT to accept or reject participation in teaching, research, or promotional activities;
11. THE RIGHT, to the extent permitted by law, to review information contained in their records, to receive explanation of record entries upon request, and to request correction of inaccurate records;
12. THE RIGHT to adequate notice of and reasons for discontinuation of services; an explanation of these reasons, in person, upon request; and referral to other providers if so requested.

These rights belong to the person or persons needing services. For sound legal or medical reasons, a family member, guardian, or legal representative may exercise these rights on the person's behalf.