What is Speech Therapy?

Speech Therapy (or Speech Language Pathology) helps people improve their communication skills, so they can fully understand and participate in the world around them.

How does Speech Therapy help adults?

We help adults with:

• Communication problems after a concussion, stroke, brain injury, or illness 
• Swallowing disorders: difficulty chewing, difficulty swallowing foods, coughing or choking after swallowing, foods sticking in your throat 
• Cognitive communication disorders: Difficulty with cognition and language related language, including difficulty recalling what was said, difficulty comprehending, difficulty with verbal reasoning, difficulty with concentrating on conversation 
• Stuttering/fluency disorders: Difficulty with speech fluency, repeating words / partial words, difficulty getting words out, extra non speech noises 
• Voice disorders: hoarse or harsh vocal quality, nasal vocal quality, problems with vocal loudness 
• Communication following a laryngectomy, as well as rehab following treatment for head and neck cancers 

How does Speech Therapy help kids?

As part of CMH’s Pediatric Rehabilitation Program, we help kids with:

• Language disorders: Not meeting language developmental milestones in the expected timeframe, difficulty communicating, difficulty with grammar, difficulty comprehending language, difficulty reading, difficulty writing. 
• Articulation disorders: Difficulty pronouncing words correctly, substituting sounds, difficult to understand 
• Swallowing disorders: Difficulty nursing/taking bottle, Difficulty advancing to solid foods, difficulty chewing, coughing, gagging, choking frequently, messy eating, reduced oral motor skills for eating 
• Stuttering: Difficulty with speech fluency, repeating words/partial words, difficulty getting words out, extra non speech noises 
• Voice disorders: hoarse vocal quality, nasal vocal quality, vocal loudness issues 
• Concussion, brain injury, and stroke rehab 
• Social communication disorders: difficulty with social skills, figurative language, expected social behaviors 

Specialized Speech Therapy Programs in Cloquet

Click on each program name below to learn more about how Speech Therapy can help: