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For Patients and Visitors You are here:HomeHealth ProfessionalsAllied Health ServicesSpeech PathologyFor Patients and Visitors Speech pathologists work with people who have communication and/or swallowing difficulties. People can have communicating and/ or swallowing difficulties for many different reasons. At St Vincent’s we work with people who have communicating or swallowing difficulties due to injury or illness such as stroke, cancer, Parkinson’s disease and dementia. Injuries and illness can cause different kinds of communication and swallowing problems. Communication difficulties include difficulty with: Hearing (deaf and hard of hearing) Voice (dysphonia) Speaking (dysarthria) Planning speech (verbal dyspraxia) Understanding and finding words (aphasia) Understanding communication messages (right hemisphere communication difficulties) Thinking needed for communication (cognitive communicative difficulties) Reading (Dyslexia) Writing (Dysgraphia) Swallowing difficulties can include difficulty with; Oral care Swallowing (dysphagia) Thinking needed for swallowing (cognitive feeding difficulties) We work to optimise a person’s communication and swallowing abilities so that they are able to participate as fully as possible in their everyday life. We do this by: Comprehensive assessment of the communication or swallowing problem. Assessment of swallowing problems may involve: Videofluoroscopy Fibreoptic endoscopic evaluation study (FEES) Treatment to improve communication or swallowing ability Education and training for others Speech pathology services are provided at St Vincent’s Hospital, St George’s Health Service, Caritas Christi and across St Vincent's residential aged care facilities. Contact Locations St Vincent's Hospital - Speech Pathology Department Building F - Bolte Wing Ground Floor, 14 Nicholson St Fitzroy 3065 Ph: (03) 9231 3840 St George's Health Service - Speech Pathology Department Level 1, 283 Cotham Rd Kew 3101 Ph: (03) 9231 8232