Speech Therapy in New Jersey | Hackensack Meridian Health
When to Seek Speech Therapy
We provide speech therapy services for patients experiencing these conditions:- Aphasia (loss of language skills)
- Articulation disorders
- Autism spectrum disorder
- Cognitive impairment, dementia and memory loss
- Dysphagia (swallowing) disorders
- Expressive or receptive language disorders
- Fluency (stuttering) disorders
- Head and neck cancer complications
- Stroke
- Voice disorders
Our Speech Therapy Services
Hackensack Meridian Health offers hospital-based and outpatient speech therapy. Services include:Electrical stimulation. A non-invasive therapy that uses an electrical current to stimulate the muscles responsible for swallowing.
Electrolaryngeal voice training. Training for patients who are learning to use the electrolarynx, a battery-operated machine that produces sound, to replace their voice after a laryngectomy (removal of their larynx).
Esophageal speech training. Training for patients who are learning to use esophageal voice —the use of air in the esophagus to vibrate the esophagus muscle — to replace their voice after a laryngectomy.
LSVT LOUD®️ and SPEAK OUT!®️ Therapy. Evidence-based treatment programs to improve speech and voice for patients with Parkinson’s Disease.
Modified barium swallow. A fluoroscopic (type of X-ray) procedure for patients with swallowing problems used to determine whether food or liquid is entering a person’s lungs, which might cause aspiration pneumonia.
Tracheoesophageal puncture prosthesis (TEP) fitting and training. Fitting and training for patients learning to use TEP to restore their voice after a laryngectomy.
Voice and pitch evaluations. Our speech therapists use specialized technology to evaluate voice strength and clarity through analysis of pitch, volume, rate, rhythm and tone.
