SPEECH THERAPY IN

STATEN ISLAND, NY

Aside from the very telling looks our more comedic residents share with our team, most of us rely on speaking for communication. If your family member’s speech has suffered as a result of an illness or injury, our dedicated rehabilitation team looks forward to providing therapy to improve the ability to speak clearly.

Potential Causes

You may be surprised after a stay at a hospital for a serious illness or injury that, in addition to medications and physical therapy, your loved one requires speech therapy. Realize that our entire body works as a unified whole. While the body has various systems that function differently, a wide array of conditions may affect oral motor skills. Perhaps a recent stroke has impaired the ability to swallow, causing changes speech patterns. Maybe an extended period of inactivity has weakened facial muscles, thereby negatively affecting typical speech patterns.

Diagnosis and Assessment



Our speech pathologist and rehabilitation team meet with every resident. We realize your loved one may come to Verrazano feeling frustrated about un-welcomed, recent physical changes, but we assure you that we will do our best to help our patient regain optimal function. By reviewing health history and speaking with the patient to gauge your speech capacity, we will create a speech therapy program tailored to individual needs.

Speech-language pathologists don’t focus only on the physical aspects of muscle function. Improving verbal communication also rests heavily on a resident’s ability to think and recall clearly. Rest assured that as we diagnose those particular aspects of your speech that need to change, we take an empathetic, friendly approach so you will feel comfortable and, above all else, full of hope and excitement.