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Speech Language Pathology

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Rehabilitation Center

About our Speech Language Pathology Services

At Guam Regional Medical City, our speech-language pathologists are knowledgeable in treating a wide range of conditions using the latest in applied research, technology, and proven treatments to help you recover. We offer one-on-one therapy sessions to assess, diagnose, and treat communication and swallowing disorders.

Our speech-language pathologists provide outpatient adult and pediatric rehabilitation services at a variety of locations. We also offer inpatient speech-language pathology services.

Services & Specialties

Conditions We Treat:
  • Alzheimer’s disease and other progressive neurological disorders
  • Aphasia
  • Apraxia of speech
  • Cognition, including memory, attention and processing
  • Dysarthria
  • Dysphagia (swallowing problems)
  • Effects of head and neck cancer and its treatment • Pre & post radiation treatment and management of dysphagia and communication • Pre & post-surgical treatment and management of dysphagia and communication • Trismus
  • Neurological conditions affecting speech, swallowing, & cognition
  • Parkinson’s disease
  • Speaking valve application
  • Stroke and other brain injuries
  • Voice disorders
  • Expressive/Receptive language disorders
  • Phonological disorders
  • Articulation disorders
  • Autism
  • Pragmatics
  • Alternative & Augmentative Communication (AAC)
  • Speech Generating Device (SGD)
  • Pediatric feeding & swallowing problems

OUR APPROACH TO CARE

A Customized Treatment Plan

Our speech-language pathologists work with you and your referring physician to create a customized treatment plan to help improve your success.
Treatments may focus on communication and cognition such as speech production, auditory comprehension, verbal expression, reading, writing, attention, problem solving and other related cognitive-communication issues.
We offer expert swallowing evaluations and tailored treatment plans, including recommendations about food textures, mealtime safety techniques, strategies to compensate for swallowing problems and patient specific exercise programs as well as follow-up care.
During your session, our therapists may use the following instruments to assess, and manage your swallowing or communication difficulties*:

  • Flexible Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES)
  • Modified Barium Swallow Study (MBSS) / Videofluoroscopic Swallow Study (VFSS)
  • Standardized Speech, Language, and Cognitive Assessments
  • Inspiratory/Expiratory Muscle Strength Training
  • Passy Muir Speaking Valve
  • Electrolarynx

Our Team

When looking for a speech-language therapist, finding a specialist with knowledge and expertise in the field is important.

At Guam Regional Medical City, our speech-language pathologists strive to provide the highest quality of care in Guam and the Micronesia islands.

All our therapists either hold or in the process of acquiring Certificates of Clinical Competence in speech-language pathology (CCC-SLP) from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Many of our therapists are also certified in *:

  • Modified Barium Swallow Impairment Measurement Profile (MBSImp)
  • SPEAK OUT! Or Lee Silverman Voice Treatment (LSVT)
  • Flexible Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES)
  • McNeill Dysphagia Therapy Program (MDTP)

NOTICE: Guam Regional Medical City Announces Internship Opportunities: SHINE Bootcamp and SHInE M.D. Physician Track

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