Speech and Language Therapy

About us

We assess communication and/or swallowing difficulties at an outpatient appointment and work closely with patients and their families or carers to provide advice or treatment as appropriate. We offer clinics at a range of locations throughout the county.

Treatments offered include:

• voice therapy
• stammering
• aids to help with communication
• communication/swallowing after stroke
• communication/swallowing after a head injury
• communication/swallowing associated with long term neurological conditions such as Parkinson's Disease or Motor Neurone Disease
• communication/swallowing after cancer of the head and neck
• videofluroscopy – This is an x-ray which allows the Speech and Language Therapist to view a patient's swallow, to assess the severity of the difficulty; strategies may also be recommended to manage it. Videofluoroscopy may be requested whilst the patient is an in hospital, or it can be arranged as an out-patient appointment
• Voice Clinic - a specialist clinic where video or photographs are taken of the larynx to help with treatment planning.

Useful links

• Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists support speech and language therapists by providing leadership, setting professional standards, facilitating research and promoting better education and training.
• Health Professions Council
• Giving Voice
• Carers Gloucestershire
• NHS.UK