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                                    • Help for Brain Fog, Voice and Swallowing Problems after COVID-19

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                                      |Date: May 18, 2021
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                                      Help for Brain Fog, Voice and Swallowing Problems after COVID-19

                                      Help for Brain Fog, Voice and Swallowing Problems after COVID-19

                                      Speech-language pathologists can help patients regain health and quality of life. An estimated 10 to 30% ...

                                      Speech-language pathologists can help patients regain health and quality of life. An estimated 10 to 30% of COVID-19 survivors experience “long-haul” symptoms including brain fog, hoarseness, and swal ...

                                      May 18, 2021
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                                    • Reading with Your Child: Tips for Active Conversation While Looking at a Book

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                                      |Date: May 04, 2021
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                                      Reading with Your Child: Tips for Active Conversation While Looking at a Book

                                      Reading with Your Child: Tips for Active Conversation While Looking at a Book

                                      Content derived from speech-language pathologists Barbara Bryant, CCC-SLP and Natalie Carroll, CCC-SLP in ...

                                      Content derived from speech-language pathologists Barbara Bryant, CCC-SLP and Natalie Carroll, CCC-SLP in Children’s Therapy Reading books with children is important because it increases language deve ...

                                      May 04, 2021
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                                    • Head and Neck Cancer: Will It Affect My Cognition and Ability to Chew and Swallow?

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                                      |Date: April 19, 2021
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                                      Head and Neck Cancer: Will It Affect My Cognition and Ability to Chew and Swallow?

                                      Head and Neck Cancer: Will It Affect My Cognition and Ability to Chew and Swallow?

                                      Content derived from articles from Sohi Oh, MA, CCC-SLP & Erin Hawes, MA, CCC-SLP Head and neck cance ...

                                      Content derived from articles from Sohi Oh, MA, CCC-SLP & Erin Hawes, MA, CCC-SLP Head and neck cancer is a broad term used to refer to cancers in the head/neck region of the body and typically in ...

                                      April 19, 2021
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                                    • Popping Lips, Vibrating Vocal Chords, Tongue Behind Teeth–Speech Sounds 101

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                                      |Date: January 24, 2020
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                                      Popping Lips, Vibrating Vocal Chords, Tongue Behind Teeth–Speech Sounds 101

                                      Popping Lips, Vibrating Vocal Chords, Tongue Behind Teeth–Speech Sounds 101

                                      Have you ever wondered how different speech sounds are made in our mouth and why some are easier to learn ...

                                      Have you ever wondered how different speech sounds are made in our mouth and why some are easier to learn than others? All babies are born with the ability to hear hundreds of sounds, many of which ar ...

                                      January 24, 2020
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                                    • Giving Us Things to Talk About!

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                                      |Date: May 16, 2017
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                                      Giving Us Things to Talk About!

                                      Giving Us Things to Talk About!

                                      Check out the many ways speech-language pathologists help patients improve communications and more.  At V ...

                                      Check out the many ways speech-language pathologists help patients improve communications and more.  At Valley Medical Center's Children’s Therapy clinic, our speech-language pathologists do so much! ...

                                      May 16, 2017
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