{"id":382,"date":"2019-03-29T17:28:50","date_gmt":"2019-03-29T21:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/augustaent.fm1.dev\/?page_id=382"},"modified":"2023-10-26T19:08:33","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T23:08:33","slug":"speech","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/augustaent.com\/speech\/","title":{"rendered":"Speech Center"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide overview overview-intro\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"788\" height=\"520\" src=\"https:\/\/augustaent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/speech-center.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/augustaent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/speech-center.jpg 788w, https:\/\/augustaent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/speech-center-768x507.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n\n<p>The speech language pathologists at the Speech Center at Augusta &#8211; Aiken ENT &amp; Allergy provide evaluations and treatments for a wide range of voice and swallowing disorders. Our experts have earned their certification of clinical competence in speech-pathology through the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide overview\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"788\" height=\"520\" src=\"https:\/\/augustaent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/voice-evaluations.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-934\" srcset=\"https:\/\/augustaent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/voice-evaluations.jpg 788w, https:\/\/augustaent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/voice-evaluations-768x507.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Voice Evaluations<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>Voice evaluations are required to determine the cause of your voice disorder. These include:<\/p>\n\n\n<ul><li>Perceptual evaluations of your voice including assessment of pitch (too high or too low), quality (hoarse, nasal) and loudness (too loud or too soft).<\/li><li>Videostroboscopic examinations of the larynx are performed to obtain magnified, well visualized slow motion video recordings of the movement of your vocal cords.<\/li><li>Radiographic evaluations help to detect causes of excessive nasal resonance. These are performed at Trinity hospital.<\/li><li>Differential diagnosis of paradoxical vocal cord movement requires a thorough history and voice assessment.<\/li><li>Preoperative analysis of laryngectomy determines the patients\u2019 ability to use and care for their speaking valves.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/augustaent.com\/speech\/voice-disorders\/\">Voice Disorders<\/a><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide overview\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"788\" height=\"520\" src=\"https:\/\/augustaent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/swallowing-evaluations.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-932\" srcset=\"https:\/\/augustaent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/swallowing-evaluations.jpg 788w, https:\/\/augustaent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/swallowing-evaluations-768x507.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Swallowing Evaluations<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>A clinical evaluation of your ability to swallow is completed with the use of:<\/p>\n\n\n<ul><li>Fiberoptic endoscopy evaluation of swallow (FEES) technology is used to visualize and track the food&#8217;s course into the esophagus.<\/li><li>Modified barium swallow studies (MBSS) are performed in partnership with either Doctors or Trinity Hospital&#8217;s radiology departments to detect blockage and\/or restriction of food passing through the mouth and into the throat.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/augustaent.com\/speech\/swallowing-disorders\/\">Swallowing Disorders<\/a><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide overview\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"788\" height=\"520\" src=\"https:\/\/augustaent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/voice-treatments.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-935\" srcset=\"https:\/\/augustaent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/voice-treatments.jpg 788w, https:\/\/augustaent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/voice-treatments-768x507.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Voice Treatments<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>There are a number of different treatment approaches, including:<\/p>\n\n\n<ul><li>Resonant Voice<\/li><li>Flow Phonation<\/li><li>Confidential Voice<\/li><li>Vocal Function Exercises<\/li><li>Lee Silverman Voice Therapy<\/li><li>Tension Displacement Protocol<\/li><\/ul>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide overview\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"788\" height=\"520\" src=\"https:\/\/augustaent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/swallowing-treatments.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/augustaent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/swallowing-treatments.jpg 788w, https:\/\/augustaent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/swallowing-treatments-768x507.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Swallowing Treatments<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>Swallowing problems are treated through the use of stabilizing strategies such as:<\/p>\n\n\n<ul><li>Chin tucks to protect the airway.<\/li><li> Head turns to direct passage of food though the most open passage.<\/li><li> Exercises to strengthen tongue base movement.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile alignwide overview\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"788\" height=\"520\" src=\"https:\/\/augustaent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/speech-locations.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-931 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/augustaent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/speech-locations.jpg 788w, https:\/\/augustaent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/speech-locations-768x507.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Speech Center Locations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Speech Center operates at the Augusta Location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The hours are as follows:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Augusta \/ Sutherland Mill<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Mon-Fri: 8:30am-5:00pm<br \/><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The speech language pathologists at the Speech Center at Augusta &#8211; Aiken ENT &amp; Allergy provide evaluations and treatments for a wide range of voice and swallowing disorders. Our experts have earned their certification of clinical competence in speech-pathology through the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. 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