Speech Therapy For Adults

Adult Speech Therapy Home Visit – Service Details

It can be difficult for you or your loved one to travel to a clinic to receive ongoing therapy after being discharged from hospital.

Speech Therapy at home can be more practical and tailored to your specific needs after such events as a stroke or a head injury. Swallowing assessments can also be more comfortable in your own environment and our therapists can assist you in selecting appropriate foods to eat directly at home.

We take immense pride in our team of speech therapists who are not only meticulously selected and thoroughly vetted, but also stand among the most qualified and expert professionals in the field. Their commitment to providing top-tier service ensures that our clients receive exceptional care and support tailored to their individual needs.

Medelit’s Speech Therapists use a personalised, flexible approach to speech and language assessments. This allows them to gain the best picture of your communication issues and develop a unique therapy plan based on the your needs and time availability. The goal of our tailored approach is that of maximising effectiveness and accessibility of speech therapy for all our patients.

How it works

A home visit with our Speech Therapists can be easily booked any day of the year, including weekends and bank holidays.

We will fix your appointment directly at home or wherever you may need it, and according to your own schedule. We have no waiting list and appointments are flexible and available within a few days.

Adult speech and language difficulties are quite common and can come in many forms including

Voice problems

Many adults experience problems with their voices (dysphonia) which occur for various reasons:

• Stressful lifestyle
• Voice misuse
• Injury or illness of the vocal cords, the larynx
• Following a laryngectomy

A voice problem can deeply affect an individual’s quality of life and many things can be done to help with both speech therapy and positive changes in lifestyle.

Dysarthria

When the part of the brain that controls speech is damaged, this affects the connection between the brain and the speech muscles. Dysarthria can affect phonation, respiration, prosody, resonance and/or articulation and it can present in varying degrees of severity depending on the entity and localisation of the brain damage.

A person affected by dysarthria may speak in a strained, hoarse, slurred or jerky way, sometimes at a low volume or at a variable rhythm or pitch and may be very hard to understand if not incomprehensible.

The brain injury behind dysarthria can be due to stroke, degenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s, brain tumours, cerebral palsy or certain medications.

The speech and language therapist’s treatment will involve techniques aimed at strengthening or relaxing speech muscles, using compensatory techniques.

Stammering

Stuttering or stammering is a common disorder among adults, and it can have a major impact on the lives of those affected. Dysfluency is usually present since childhood, but it can sometimes suddenly appear in adulthood because of a neurological problem or a head injury.

Stuttering is a speech disorder where the flow of speech is interrupted by involuntary repetitions and silent pauses or blocks, as well as prolongations of sounds.

In those cases where the dysfluency remains unresolved to adulthood it can relevantly affect people’s lives making them avoid social interaction and affecting their confidence.

There are a number of different types of treatment, and for some people these treatments work, but sometimes only temporarily. Many believe that the underlying psychological issues of dysfluency should be addressed achieve lasting changes.

Aphasia

The afasia can affect different individuals in different ways and the main sign this condition is a difficulty in communication. Symptoms usually develop immediately where the aphasia is caused by a brain injury, a stroke or a severe head injury, . However, where the damage to the brain is gradual and progressive, such as in case of  a brain tumour or dementia, there is a gradual development of symptoms may.

Aphasia can be expressive (difficulties in expressing thoughts to others) or receptive (difficulty in understanding things heard or read).

A particular type of aphasia is primary progressive aphasia, which occurs in patients with a specific type of dementia and usually starts with the patient referring a difficulty in remembering an object’s or a person’s name or  “finding the right word”.

Eating and Swallowing Disorders

The inability to swallow liquids or food with ease is named swallowing difficulty. Who has a hard time swallowing may choke on liquid or food when swallowing. The medical name this condition is dysphagia. The symptom is not always sign of a medical condition: swallowing difficulty may be temporary and go away on its own.

Autism Spectrum Disorders

Autism, or autism spectrum disorder, is a range of conditions such as challenges with speech and nonverbal communication, social skills, repetitive behaviors. There are many types of autism, caused by different combinations of genetic and environmental influences. The term “spectrum” reflects the wide variation in challenges and strengths possessed by each person with autism. The most obvious signs of autism tend to appear between two and three years of age ( but it can be diagnosed also at 18 months). Developmental delays, associated with autism, can be identified even earlier.  Early evaluation and intervention can improve outcomes.

Language & Speech Therapy for Adults

There are a variety of reasons for which an adult may experience speech and language difficulties.

If you have any Speech, Language, Swallowing or Communication issues, or you identify with any of the above list,  it might be a good idea to see a Speech and Language therapist.

Medelit’s Speech Therapy for Adults is a private service with a special interest in communication and swallowing difficulties in the adult population.

We are a mobile service, providing care and rehabilitation directly in your home, as well as in hospitals and care homes.

Our therapists have extensive experience in acute and progressive neurological disorders including Stroke, Traumatic Brain Injury, Parkinson’s Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, and Dementia.

What can our Therapists do for Speech Problems?

Medelit’s  Speech and Language Patologists have gathered relevant experience within their field or practice. Thanks to this experience, they are able to prevent, screen, assess, identify and treat speech, language, voice, fluency, swallowing and feeding problems in adults of all ages.

Our aim is to help people return to everyday life after a stroke, improve their swallowing and repair or prevent communication breakdown in conversation. Furthermore, our dedicated support can also help improve voice disorders, increase the clarity of language and reinforce memory processes.

Our speech therapy for adults is based on many different treatment methods. speech therapy for adults london

Our treatment plans are specifically designed for each of our patients, tailored according to their strengths and weaknesses, and will depend on the type and severity of their speech disorder.

What happens after your Speech and Language Assessment?

After your first Speech and Language assessment an individual plan will be drawn for you so as to ensure that every session is functional and effective, and is supported by the best therapy resources.

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Bespoke Adult Speech Therapy, directly in the comfort of your home.

About our Home Visiting Speech Therapists

All our Speech Therapists are:

• Fully registered with the HCPC
• Fully Insured
• Vetted with a full background check, reference check and interview with our managing Doctors
• Selected for their highest levels of experience and qualifications.

Medelit’s Speech-Language Therapists are selected for their exceptional levels of expertise. They have all gathered relevant experience in the NHS and/or in private healthcare. Medelit’s speech therapists also work together and within a multidisciplinary team, and have tight-knit connections with the main Clinics and Hospitals in London, so they can plan your care around your individual needs.