At Washington County Regional Medical Center, speech-language pathologists are available to evaluate, diagnose, and treat the infant, pediatric, adult, and geriatric population in the areas of speech, language, fluency, cognition, voice, feeding, and swallowing. Our hospital is equipped to provide modified barium swallow studies with a radiologist present. Speech-language services are available for inpatients, outpatients, and individuals at the adjoining Extra-Care Facility. An interdisciplinary approach is used to treat patients who additionally qualify for occupational and physical therapy services.

Our speech-language pathologists treat communication and swallowing difficulties related to the following disorders/conditions:

• Accent Reduction/Modification
• Aphasia
• Apraxia
• Articulation Disorders
• Autism Spectrum Disorders
• Cognitive-Linguistic Disorders
• Craniofacial Syndromes
• Down Syndrome
• Developmental Speech Delay
• Developmental Language Delay
• Diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Dementia, Parkinson’s etc.
• Dysarthria
• Dysphagia
• Feeding/ Swallowing Difficulties
• Language Disorders
• Non-verbal Individuals
• Neurological Disorders
• Oral-motor Disorders
• Phonological Disorders
• Right Hemisphere Disorders
• Selective Mutism
• Stuttering
• Stroke
• Traumatic Brain Injury
• Voice Disorders

Department Manager:  Michelle Evans

Email: mevans@wcrmc.com

Phone:  (478) 240-2176