Speech therapy in New Jersey | Hackensack Meridian Health

Our speech language pathologists offer a wide range of nationally recognized speech therapy programs for people of all ages experiencing difficulty with communication, cognitive (thinking) skills, voice or swallowing. Our experts work closely with each patient, their families and their health care team to create a personalized treatment plan to reduce symptoms and improve quality of life.

When to Seek Speech Therapy

We provide speech therapy services for patients experiencing these conditions:

Aphasia (loss of language skills)

Articulation disorders

Autism spectrum disorder

Cognitive impairment, dementia and memory loss

Dysphagia (swallowing) disorders

Expressive or receptive language disorders

Fluency (stuttering) disorders

Head and neck cancer complications

Stroke

Voice disorders

Our Speech Therapy Services

Hackensack Meridian Health offers hospital-based and outpatient speech therapy. Services include:

Electrical stimulation. A non-invasive therapy that uses an electrical current to stimulate the muscles responsible for swallowing.

Electrolaryngeal voice training. Training for patients who are learning to use the electrolarynx, a battery-operated machine that produces sound, to replace their voice after a laryngectomy (removal of their larynx).

Esophageal speech training. Training for patients who are learning to use esophageal voice —the use of air in the esophagus to vibrate the esophagus muscle — to replace their voice after a laryngectomy.

Lee Silverman Voice Treatment (LSVT)™ SPEAKOUT™. Evidence based treatment programs to improve speech and voice for patients with Parkinson’s Disease which require specialized certification.

Modified barium swallow. A fluoroscopic (type of X-ray) procedure for patients with swallowing problems used to determine whether food or liquid is entering a person’s lungs, which might cause aspiration pneumonia.

Tracheoesophageal puncture prosthesis (TEP) fitting and training. Fitting and training for patients learning to use TEP to restore their voice after a laryngectomy.

Voice and pitch evaluations. Our speech therapists use specialized technology to evaluate voice strength and clarity through analysis of pitch, volume, rate, rhythm and tone.