Speech therapy provides evaluation and treatment to individuals with speech, voice, and language disorders. Speech problems may be related to fluency, rhythm, pitch, or quality.  Speech therapists also assess and treat swallowing impairments due to developmental delays, stroke, or traumatic injury.

Valley Regional Hospital provides speech therapy to individuals of every age on an inpatient and outpatient basis. Therapy is designed to improve functioning and skill.

Valley Regional Hospital’s areas of expertise include:

• Articulation
• Child language delays
• Adult speech, language and swallowing disorders commonly associated with neurological impairments, (i.e. stroke, head injury and Parkinson's Disease)
• Voice disorders