Speech Therapy

The Speech Therapy department specialises in swallowing management and communication disorder management.

Our team of speech therapists provides these services to inpatients and outpatients within the main hospital, and at the TTSH Rehabilitation Centre located within Ang Mo Kio Hospital. We also collaborate with the Ministry of Health to provide regular service to various nursing homes located throughout the island; as well as home visits to patients through the Community Rehabilitation Program (CRP).

The speech therapists work as part of a multidisciplinary team that includes various medical and allied health professionals to provide holistic care for patients.

Referrals to speech therapy are initiated by a medical doctor. The Speech Therapy Department provides a range of services including:

Swallowing (dysphagia) Management

• Dysphagia management
• Videofluoroscopy (VFS) clinic
• Fibreoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES) clinic
• Surface Electromyography (sEMG) biofeedback clinic
• Tracheostomy management

Speech and Communication

SPEECH DISORDERS

• Apraxia of speech
• Dysarthria
• Stuttering
• Voice therapy for individuals with Parkinson’s Disease

LANGUAGE DISORDERS

• Aphasia
• Cognitive-communication disorders

COMMUNICATION OPTIONS

• Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)
• Speech for individuals with tracheostomies

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

• Continual clinical research and quality projects

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

• Student clinical attachments
• Lectures and workshops for polytechnics and other facilities such as nursing homes and hospices on invitation.
• Professional talks, workshops and seminars
• Public forums
• Quality assurance programs

Visit these useful links:

• Speech and Hearing Association Singapore (SHAS) 
• Malaysian Association of Speech-Language and Hearing (MASH) 
• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) 
• Canadian Association of Speech-Language Pathologist and Audiologists (CASLPA)