Paediatric Speech Pathology

Our Speech Pathologist assists children who have difficulty communicating and/or swallowing due to developmental delays, learning disability, intellectual disability, cerebral palsy, and hearing loss, as well as other problems that affect speech and language.

Please see Vital Health Roma for Adult Speech Pathology.

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

• Developmental delays
• Learning difficulties 
• Intellectual disability
• Brain injuries
• Disability
• Hearing loss
• Others

Our local Paediatric Speech Pathologists diagnose and provide therapy for children with 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 

 OurPaediatric Speech Pathologist provides in person services to the following towns:

• Quilpie
• Taroom
• Mitchell
• Morven
• Injune & Bymount

Service Delivery Options: 

• Face-to-face in clinic
• Telehealth 
• Kindy and School Visits