Our Services
Personalised Care for Communication and Swallowing Difficulties.
Problems with Communication, Eating & Swallowing result from a variety of medical and surgical conditions, neurological conditions such as stroke or traumatic brain injury, age or even stress and anxiety.
Hawthorn Speech Pathology provide assessment and therapy which improve a patients communication and or eating, swallowing and of course, quality of life.
We are able to see patients referred in from the community or those who have just left hospital and need some ongoing care immediately after their hospital stay.
Swallowing
Hawthorn Speech Pathology have advanced clinical skills in the assessment and management of swallowing troubles (Dysphagia) for patients with general swallowing conditions and for those patients who live with a tracheostomy tube or laryngectomy.
We can complete comprehensive objective joint ENT and SP swallowing assessments such as Videofluoroscopies (VFSS) and Fiberoptic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES) through Melbourne Swallowing Analysis Centre (MSAC), Richmond.
Communication
Hawthorn Speech Pathology have advanced clinical skills in the assessment and management of voice (dysphonia) & speech (dysarthria) difficulties. We also have advanced skills for communication options for those patients who live with a tracheostomy tube or laryngectomy.
We can complete comprehensive objective voice assessments such as videostroboscopy through a joint ENT and SP consultation through The ENT Clinic, Brighton.