Speech Therapy After Stroke | Memorial Hospital - Belleville and Shiloh, IL
Speech Therapy After Stroke | Memorial Hospital - Belleville and Shiloh, IL
Diane Chamblin-Bevirt, a speech pathologist at Memorial Hospital, discusses speech therapy after a stroke.
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Memorial Orthopedic and Neurosciences Center
4700 Memorial Drive
Belleville, Illinois 62226
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6.376 -> Diane Chamblin-Bevirt Speech Pathologist
Speech Therapy After Stroke
9.534 -> What is the role of speech
therapy for stroke victims?
12.08 -> Speech-language pathologists in a hospital setting
14.72 -> assess, diagnose, and treat patients that
have speech and language, cognitive, voice,
20.56 -> and swallowing disorders. Brain damage that
can be caused after a stroke often leads to
25.68 -> a variety of disabilities, including those
most commonly treated by speech therapy.
29.84 -> Describe some communication problems
patients may experience following a stroke.
32.08 -> One type of communication problem
is aphasia. That's the medical term.
35.52 -> It's a language impairment that can affect
the patient's ability to understand spoken
39.92 -> and written language. For example,
they may have difficulty with reading
42.88 -> comprehension. They may have difficulty
understanding what is said to them.
46.72 -> They may not be able to follow directions...that's
called receptive aphasia. Expressive aphasia
51.36 -> affects the patient's ability to speak and
write language. They may have difficulty
56.72 -> naming objects or expressing what they want
to say. They may know what they want to say,
61.76 -> but they have difficulty organizing their thoughts
in order to speak the words that they want to say.
66.96 -> Discuss the treatment plan for aphasia.
69.68 -> Treatment for aphasia involves assessing
the patient to determine their strengths
73.68 -> and weaknesses. And what we try to do
in therapy is build upon the language
77.52 -> that is still intact. Therapy may
involve working on word association,
82.8 -> word finding, word retrieval, word recognition,
and then organizing those thoughts and ideas in
90.16 -> order for the patient to be able to speak
meaningful words, phrases, and sentences.
94.48 -> Describe some of the therapy methods for
treating speech issues after a stroke.
96.64 -> What we do in therapy is we use a variety
of things to help them achieve functional
101.2 -> language. We might use computer programs. We
might use mobile therapy apps, and we also
107.68 -> teach them to use compensatory strategies
to maximize their communication abilities.
113.84 -> What do you recommend for patients
with severely impacted speech issues?
115.04 -> Patients that have severely impacted speech may
benefit from an augmentative communication device.
120.32 -> It's a specialty device that has phrases loaded
onto it. It's programmed specifically for the
126.56 -> patient. You can use the patient's own real voice
to program those phrases, and it just helps them
133.04 -> to be able to communicate their wants and needs,
their feelings, and what their thoughts are.
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEzR6iFUTxU