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Adult Speech Therapy Singapore
Swallowing
Dysphagia (i.e., difficulty swallowing) affects a person’s quality life and can be distressing for both patients and their loved ones. For patients with dysphagia, food or fluids might enter the lungs, which can cause a lung infection. Patients with swallowing difficulty might also be at risk of malnutrition and dehydration.
Expected Clients: Those with neurological diseases (e.g., Parkinson’s, dementia, and stroke) and head and neck cancers
Usual Referral Source: ENTs, Neurologists, Respiratory Doctors
Service Delivery: Clinic sessions, nursing homes (if unable to go to site, may consider developing an SOP for tele-screening), teletherapy (for rehab cases), home therapy
Initial Session Length: 45 minutes
Review Session Length: 30 minutes to 45 minutes
Types of Intervention:
- Swallow rehabilitation
- Modifying food textures and fluid consistencies
- Postural adjustments while eating/drinking
- Safe feeding techniques
- Caregiver training
Cost: Similar price to pediatric speech therapy service
Stuttering
Those who stutter may continuously repeat sounds or words, stretch a sound out for a long time or have a hard time getting a word out.
Usual Referral Source: Walk-ins
Service Delivery: In clinic or teletherapy
Initial Session Length: Assessment (1hr)
Review Session Length: Intervention (45 mins to 1 hr)
Cost: Similar price to pediatric speech therapy service
Speech
A speech disorder is a motor disorder where a person may not sound clear, may be slurred or may have difficulties producing speech sounds accurately.
Expected Clients: Those with neurological diseases (e.g., Parkinson’s, stroke, brain injury) and head and neck cancers (e.g., tongue cancer)
Usual Referral Source: ENTs, Neurologists
Service Delivery: In clinic, home therapy or teletherapy (preferred for Parkinson’s patients where therapy involves loud speech which is an aerosol generating procedure)
Session length (both assessment and reviews) : 45 minutes to 1 hour
What is done in session?
- Speech tasks and jaw/lip/tongue exercises
- Compensatory strategies to improve patients’ ability to express themselves
- Caregiver training to teach communication strategies
Cost: Similar price to pediatric speech therapy service
Language and Cognitive - Communication
Difficulty understanding others, reading, expressing themselves appropriately, finding the words for speech or writing.
Expected Clients: Those with neurological diseases (e.g., Parkinson’s, stroke, brain injury) or brain injury
Usual Referral Source: Neurologists
Service Delivery: In clinic, home therapy or teletherapy
Session length (both assessment and reviews): 1 hour (at times, the session may be broken into shorter blocks if the client has attention issues)
What is done in session?
- Communication tasks to improve specific skills based on goals set by client
- Compensatory strategies to improve patients’ ability to understand others or express themselve
- Caregiver training to teach communication strategies
Cost: Similar price to pediatric speech therapy service
Speech Therapy Fees for Adults
60 – mins
Therapy Session
(A la carte)
from
$
190
/session*
60 – mins
10 Therapy Sessions (Package)
from
$
171
/session*
*Disclaimer – All prices are associated with weekday centre based therapy. Additional cost for Saturday sessions. For home based therapy, additional transport charges will apply. Pricing may change depending on the seniority of the therapist.