Speech Therapy Services
When you receive therapy and treatments at CentraCare, you’ll expand your speaking, thinking and hearing abilities.
You can get various PT services at a CentraCare rehabilitation location near you, including:
- Speech therapists can help you communicate better by:
- Assessing how well you swallow and treat problems with special therapy methods
- Finding the right communication device for you and teaching you how to use it
- Helping you adjust to Cochlear implants to improve your hearing
- Improving your thinking skills with cognitive therapy
- Offering voice exercises (LSVT – LOUD) to help you speak louder and clearer or speak with intent (Speak Out) if you have Parkinson's disease
- Testing your thinking abilities to see if you can make decisions, live on your own or drive safely
- Using hands-on techniques to relax tight face and neck muscles (myofascial release)
- Working with you to understand speech better if you have trouble with language
Speech Therapy Services by Location
Some CentraCare rehabilitation services are available only at certain locations. The following shows which locations have speech therapy services.
Locations with Adult Speech Therapy services
- CentraCare – Long Prairie Hospital – 320-732-7264
- CentraCare – Melrose Hospital – 320-256-4231, ext. 24241
- CentraCare – Paynesville Hospital – 320-243-7704
- CentraCare – Paynesville – Richmond Clinic – 320-243-7704
- CentraCare – Redwood Hospital – 507-637-4606
- CentraCare – Sauk Centre Hospital – 320-351-1772
- CentraCare – St. Cloud Home Health & Hospice – 320-259-9375
- CentraCare – St. Cloud Plaza Rehabilitation (Adult) – 320-229-4922
- CentraCare – St. Cloud Southway Rehabilitation – 320-240-6955
- CentraCare – Willmar Rehabilitation Center – 320-231-4175
Children’s Speech Therapy
Find a variety of pediatric speech-language therapy services for your infant, child or teen at CentraCare rehabilitation locations.
Team-Based Care
You may need help from a combination of rehabilitation therapists at CentraCare. Your speech therapist may work with a physical or occupational therapist to give you the most comprehensive care for:
- Adaptive equipment
- Doing physical movements in a specific order
- Swallowing therapy