Speech Pathology

Our Speech Pathologist can assist both adults and children who experience difficulties communicating (written, oral or body communication) as well as those who are having trouble swallowing.

Some of the conditions that a Speech pathologist help with include: 

• Developmental delays
• Learning difficulties
• Intellectual disability
• Brain injuries
• Stroke
• Cerebral Palsy
• Hearing loss
• Dementia
• Others

Our local Speech Pathologists diagnose and provide therapy for conditions relating to:  

• Speech - the oral form of communication and the production of sounds and articulation
• Language - a whole system of words and symbols – written, spoken or expressed with gestures and body language – that is used to communicate meaning
• Voice - the basic sound for speech and singing. People may experience changes to their voice e.g. sounding hoarse, husky, being too loud or too quiet
• Fluency – This includes stuttering and cluttering 
• Multimodal Communication – Communication using sign, communication boards and other devices
• Swallowing – swallowing food, fluid and saliva management 

Service Delivery options:

• In clinic face-to-face appointments
• Telehealth
• Home visits (where necessary) 
• Kinda and School visits
• Aged Care facility visits

We also provide outreach services to the following towns:

• Quilpie (fortnightly)
• Cunnamulla (fortnightly)
• Surat (fortnightly)
• Dirranbandi (fortnightly)
• Eulo (Monthly)