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Alta Bates Summit Speech and Language Therapy

Having speech, hearing and communication problems can be frustrating for you and your family. At Alta Bates Summit Medical Center, highly trained speech and language pathologists are dedicated to providing individualized evaluations, assessments and treatments aimed at helping you develop more effective communication skills.

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Speech and Language Care

If you’re experiencing speech, language or cognitive deficits, your primary care physician may refer you to a speech and language pathologist for evaluation. At Alta Bates Summit Medical Center, speech and language specialists are skilled in assessing, diagnosing and treating adults and children with a variety of communication problems.

On your first visit, your speech therapist evaluates your problem, reviews your medical history and conducts specific tests to assess your current capabilities. Your therapist then creates an individualized treatment plan with specific goals. Depending on your needs, treatment may begin right away or at your next appointment. Common treatments range from physical strengthening exercises, instructive or repetitive practice and vocal drills, to the use of audio-visual aids. Across the Sutter Health network, we offer breathing therapy, swallowing therapy, voice retraining and cognitive reorganization therapy.

Our speech therapy services include:

  • Aphasia/language evaluation and treatment — Addresses communication challenges after neurological trauma, such as stroke, brain injury or brain surgery. Includes word finding, auditory comprehension, reading comprehension and total communication techniques for use in home, work and community.
  • Speech intelligibility — Includes oral/motor training, melodic intonation therapy and self-monitoring skills addressing dysarthria and apraxia of speech.
  • Voice evaluation and treatment — Treating pitch, volume, resonance, breath support and vocal quality issues.
  • Swallowing evaluation and treatment — Including Modified Barium Swallow, FEES and Vital Stim.
  • Cognitive linguistic treatment — For executive function, verbal thought organization and problem solving, information processing, attention/recall deficits and sequencing of verbal expression.
  • Dysfluency — Addresses stuttering and cluttering speech disorders.

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Helping Brain Injury Patient Communicate

Having a brain injury as the result of a traumatic incident or stroke can make speaking and articulating thoughts extremely difficult. Learn how to help your loved one or friend better communicate by using strategies suggested by our medical experts.

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Doctors at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center

The following doctors are part of the Sutter Health network. Learn about the doctors on this site.
Hussam I. El-Gohary, M.D.

Hussam I. El-Gohary, M.D.

  • Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Matthew D. Johnson, D.O.

Matthew D. Johnson, D.O.

  • Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Henry Koh, M.D.

Henry Koh, M.D.

  • Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Ernest Y. Cheng, D.O.

Ernest Y. Cheng, D.O.

  • Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Shirley Chi, M.D.

Shirley Chi, M.D.

  • Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

David C. Bradshaw, M.D.

David C. Bradshaw, M.D.

  • Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Allison Pollock, M.D.

Allison Pollock, M.D.

  • Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Lawrence Weil, M.D.

Lawrence Weil, M.D.

  • Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Mark H. Chan, M.D.

Mark H. Chan, M.D.

  • Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

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Alta Bates Summit Medical Center | Herrick Campus

Alta Bates Summit Medical Center | Herrick Campus

2001 Dwight Way

Berkeley, CA 94704

(510) 204-4444

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Alta Bates Summit Medical Center | Summit Campus

Alta Bates Summit Medical Center | Summit Campus

350 Hawthorne Avenue

Oakland, CA 94609

(510) 655-4000

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