The Speech Pathology department at Southside Regional Medical Center (SRMC) is dedicated to providing excellent and comprehensive treatment of speech, language, and swallowing disorders. Our Speech Pathologists are licensed by the state of Virginia and have obtained a Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech and Language Association. Our full-time Speech Pathologists have over 30 years of experience and have received exceptional continuing education in the areas of speech, language, and swallowing disorders.
In addition to providing one to one services on an outpatient and inpatient basis, we are able to offer advanced treatment of speech and swallowing disorders through the use of excellent equipment and treatment tools provided at SRMC. At SRMC, our patients’ families are an integral component of our patient-focused treatment plan. We strive to educate and provide each patient’s family with the knowledge and information needed to play an active role in the recovery of their loved one.
Speech evaluation and treatment is available at the main hospital and our two outpatient clinics. We treat speech impairments associated with the following disorders:
- Stroke
- CVA
- Cognitive Deficits
- Dysphagia
- Parkinson's disease
- Aphasia
- Apraxia
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Head and Neck Cancer
- Fluency/Stuttering
- Voice Disorders
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Dysarthria
- other neurological Speech and Language disorders.
In addition to these services we are able to offer VitalStim and the more advanced Experia treatment for dysphagia. For further information on this program, call the Dysphagia Clinic at SRMC at 804-765-5170.