Speech Therapy

CHI Health St. Elizabeth provides complete diagnostic and therapeutic speech therapy services offered on an inpatient and outpatient basis. Our one-to-one interactions and individualized treatment helps our patients recover quickly. Our services are designed to maximize each patient’s cognitive, communicative and swallowing abilities. Our speech-language pathologists are certified by the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association, licensed by the state of Nebraska and hold masters degrees.

Areas of Expertise

• Stroke rehabilitation
  • Receptive aphasia
  • Expressive aphasia
  • Dysarthria
  • Dysphagia
• Voice Disorders
  • Hoarseness
  • Breathiness
  • Rough or scratchy voice
  • Harshness
  • Pain while speaking
  • Decreased pitch range
• Vocal fatigue with prolonged use
• Pediatric dysphagia
  
• Adult dysphagia
  
• Modified Barium Swallow studies/Videofluoroscopic Swallow studies 
  • Patient instructions prior to study
• Laryngectomy and other head and neck cancer rehabilitation
  • Lymphedema