Speech Therapy in Plant City, Florida

The South Florida Baptist Speech Therapy programs help with verbal communication, including speaking, reading, understanding, and cognition. Speech therapy may be helpful in patients with swallowing disorders, stroke rehabilitation, head and neck cancer or other communication disorders.

Conditions We Treat:

  • Dysphagia (difficulty swallowing)
  • Speech/Language
  • Neurogenic Communication Disorders
  • Voice Impairments
  • Speech and swallowing difficulty following head and neck cancer
  • Aphasia
  • Articulation
  • Cognition
  • Dysfluency

Services We Provide:

  • Evaluation and Treatment  
  • Modified Barium Swallow Study 
  • Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of the Swallow (FEES) 
  • Neuromuscular electrical stimulation
  • McNeill Dysphagia Therapy Program
  • LSVT and Speak Out® Parkinson Programs 
  • Aphasia Support Group 
  • Speak Out® Parkinson Voice Maintenance Group  

SPEAK OUT!® Programs for Parkinson's Patients

Up to 90% of people with Parkinson’s are at high risk of developing a weak voice that can lead to serious speech and swallowing issues. Through SPEAK OUT!, South Florida Baptist Hospital speech therapists work with Parkinson’s patients to convert speech from an automatic function to an intentional act.

SPEAK OUT! typically consists of 12 individual speech therapy sessions. Together, the patient and speech-language pathologist complete speech, voice and cognitive exercises using a specialized workbook.  Patients would need a physician order for speech therapy.

The SPEAK OUT! Weekly Voice Maintenance Group is an opportunity for patients who have completed SPEAK OUT! to meet with a speech-language pathologist for no-cost group activities to improve and maintain their voice. SPEAK OUT! ® Weekly Voice Maintenance Group provides camaraderie, support and encouragement for this patient population that is battling a progressive, degenerative condition. Although participants do not need to be South Florida Baptist Hospital patients, they do need to make an appointment with the South Florida Baptist Hospital speech therapist for an evaluation before joining the group. For that, they would need a physician order. SPEAK OUT! ® groups will meet weekly in Bloomingdale and Plant City.

For more information about the program, contact the speech therapy department at (813) 707-9362, extension 1 for Plant City, (813) 586-8612 for Valrico/Bloomingdale.

To schedule a speech therapy appointment, call (813) 707-9362, extension 1 for Plant City, (813) 586-8612 for Valrico/Bloomingdale

To fax a physician order, fax (813) 757-9687 for Plant City, (813) 409-2094 for Valrico/Bloomingdale.

The SPEAK OUT!® therapy regimen was developed at Parkinson Voice Project ® in Richardson, TX.

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