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Speech Therapy

In a perfect world, children are born with no problems, and every child passes each developmental goal with flying colors. In that imaginary world, every young child is beginning to put words together, mimicking sounds and developing the early stages of language. When reality intervenes and your child’s speech and language development falls short of these perfect expectations, Coshocton Regional Medical Center Speech and Language Pathologists are here to help.

For further information or appointments, contact us at 740-623-4069.

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Our speech pathologists are trained to identify language disorders in children, including problems such as:

Expressive language disorder: The child has difficulty sharing thoughts, ideas and feelings
Articulation disorder: Has difficulty with sounds and often uses one sound for another (“f” sound for “s”)
Receptive disorder: The ability to understand language

When a problem is suspected by the pediatrician or family medicine physician, the child is referred to us for evaluation and diagnosis of the language problem. Some functional disorders can be corrected with the speech therapist’s intervention, but other problems may be a part of a more complex medical problem such aphasia, autism, hearing impairment or learning disabilities. In these cases, our speech pathologists work with patients to develop the skills needed to reach whatever level of communication is possible.

Speech Problems Aren’t Unique to Kids

While many speech and language disorders surface in childhood, there are a host of other issues that can also be encountered at any time of life. Speech pathologists are trained to assist with a range of communication disorders resulting from voice disorders, traumatic brain injuries, stroke or other health issues.

We work to address a variety of speech and language problems in adults including:

Swallowing dysphagia – Difficulty swallowing as a result of a stroke, brain injury, weakness of function, disease or breakdown of head or neck structures.
Aphasia – An acquired communication disorder that impairs a person’s ability to express him- or herself in written and/or verbal form, but does not affect the person’s intelligence. Aphasia is often the result of a stroke or brain injury.
Dysarthria – A motor speech disorder that affects the production of speech, often associated with the in coordination of speech musculature. This is a condition that can affect both children and adults.
Hearing impairment – Therapy to improve speech affected by hearing loss

Coshocton Hospital’s Speech Therapy Services are located on the lower level of the Coshocton Regional Medical Center 311 Building at 311 S. 15^th St. If you or a loved one of any age from infant through maturity may benefit from speech and language therapy, please contact us at (740) 623-4069.