Our Speech & Language Therapy Department
Our Speech & Language Therapists support patients living with communication, speech, voice, eating and/or swallowing difficulties
Services Provided:
- The department delivers therapy through one-to-one sessions, group therapy, and indirect training sessions, depending on each patient’s rehabilitation needs.
- SLTs in Clontarf Hospital support patients experiencing acquired communication disorders in addition to eating, drinking, and swallowing problems (dysphagia).
- The SLT team works closely with acute hospitals and specialist services to arrange advanced assessments and specialist supports, such as videofluoroscopy, endoscopy, and augmentative communication services as/if needed.
Service Hours:
Monday-Friday: 08.30-16.00
Contact:
For any queries about this service please contact us at 01 8332521 and ask for extension 139.
Our Aims:
The aim of the SLT Department in Clontarf Hospital is to work in partnership with the wider MDT to provide evidence-based rehabilitation for patients with speech, language, communication, voice, and swallowing difficulties, in order to support our service users to live well and to achieve their full potential, within the context of their own unique strengths and needs.
Education
Education and research are core tenets of the Department’s ethos, with an ongoing Practice Education relationship with Trinity College Dublin and involvement with several student research projects in the area of SLT in adult rehabilitation settings.
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