Our speech and language therapists assess, diagnose and treat speech, language, communication, voice and swallowing difficulties. Together, with our patients, we help identify goals and priorities to make communication and swallowing easier for you. Our therapists have experience working in the fields of stroke rehabilitation, acquired brain injury and progressive neurological conditions.
We assess, diagnose and treat speech, language, communication and swallowing difficulties. We consider each patient to help identify specific needs, set therapy goals and create a tailor-made treatment programme.
Our Hobbs Rehabilitation speech therapists will ask you and your partner, family or carer about your communication or swallowing difficulties and how they first started, and how they have changed over time. Some people’s communication and swallowing difficulties worsen and some get better gradually, and your treating therapists will talk about this in the sessions.
If you come to Hobbs Rehabilitation with a communication difficulty, your therapist will ask you to do some tasks so that we can see what you’re able to understand, say, write, or how your voice and speech muscles work.
If you come to us with a swallowing problem, we will watch you eat some food and have a drink and work out why you have the difficulties and where along the swallowing journey the problem is occurring.
Once our speech and language therapists work out where the difficulties are, whether it’s communication or swallowing, we will work with you to identify your goals – what you want to be able to do with therapy – and then we create a therapy programme for you.
Hobbs Rehabilitation Speech and Language Therapists are skilled in treating and helping to manage speech, language, communication, voice, eating, drinking, swallowing and facial movement difficulties. Treatment is tailored to your individual needs and may include:
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Communication Support & Technology
Groups & Courses
Hobbs Rehabilitation offers Speech and Language Therapy 1:1 or in groups, where appropriate. Sessions can be delivered face-to-face at our clinics or in the community, as well as via video call. We can also provide tailored training and education for family members, carers, teachers and other professionals.
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Intensive rehabilitation available at specific locations.
Hobbs Rehabilitation provides a multidisciplinary service to help ensure that every individual can reach their full potential. Discover our core multidisciplinary team or view all our services.
Depending on your needs, speech and language therapy may form part of a wider rehabilitation programme and can include a combination of the following services and specialist interventions:
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You will be contacted to determine your needs and assessment location
Your therapist will recommend the best course of treatment
Once you have booked you will be ready to start your treatment plan.
Speech and language difficulties can vary widely depending on an individual’s condition and needs. We tailor treatment plans to each person, focusing on their specific goals and supporting communication, independence, and everyday participation.
Our team is made up of highly experienced clinicians who are passionate about supporting people through their rehabilitation journey. Each member brings specialist knowledge, clinical expertise, and a patient-centred approach to their work.
Neurotechnology Supporting Speech & Language
Speech and language therapy can incorporate a range of technologies alongside personalised, multidisciplinary therapy.
We accept self-referrals and referrals from Consultants, General Practitioners, other Health Care Professionals and Case Managers, with this service available at the following Hobbs Rehabilitation centres:
Alternatively, call us on 01962 779796 to talk with our team or fill out our enquiry form on our contact page.
Explore a range of common questions about Speech and Language therapy, and see how you may benefit from an assessment.
We know it’s really important to involve your partner, family or carers in your rehabilitation journey, as communication is not a solo activity. We sometimes need to find out information about swallowing and communication difficulties from key people around you, and often need to hand over recommendations and home activity suggestions to your conversation partners. Sometimes we need to have just you in the room with us, so that we can find out exactly what you’re able to do and what you’re struggling with.
This very much depends on what the difficulty is. Some of our patients come once a week, some more frequently, and some less frequently. Research in rehabilitation tells us that the more intensive a therapy programme is, the better the outcome. We will always give you work to get on with at home when you’re not seeing us in the clinic.
This is a question all of our patients ask us, and the answer is a very difficult one to give, as it depends on so many things! We know that the more therapy we have, the better the outcomes, but this also depends on the nature of the condition, how flexible our brains can be, and how motivated we are. We will measure the change over time and be as honest as we can be about what our therapy is doing for you.
We regularly review the therapy goals to help us both stay on target and achieve outcomes, and if improvements aren’t happening we will look at ways to increase the therapy dosage, whether that’s giving you extra tasks to work on at home or other ways to work on the same goals. We may decide that the goals need to change. We may suggest getting involved in research or clinical trials to try alternative therapy approaches that are not immediately available in our clinic sessions. We always remain very open and honest with our patients about the treatment approaches and encourage you to do the same with us.
Yes! We love neurotechnology at Hobbs Rehabilitation and know it’s one way of increasing the amount of therapy you can do. Neurotechnology is the use of technological advances in a therapeutic setting to achieve specific goals or increase the intensity of therapy for better outcomes. Whether it’s beginning the process of swallowing again using flavoured air bubbles with Biozoon AIR, specific respiratory muscle strength training (RMST) with the EMST-150 or using apps/software to increase the dose of aphasia or dysarthria therapy using Tactus, CueSpeak or Beautiful Voice. There’s a whole world of neurotechnology within Speech and Language, and your Speech and Language therapist will recommend to you the best devices, apps or websites that will help assist you in achieving your goals.
Dysarthria is a speech difficulty caused by weakness or reduced control of the muscles used for speaking. It can affect how clearly, loudly or quickly someone speaks.
Aphasia, sometimes called dysphasia, affects how a person understands or uses language. It can affect speaking, understanding, reading and writing.
These are communication difficulties caused by changes in cognitive skills such as attention, memory, processing, organisation or problem-solving.
Voice difficulties can affect the quality, volume or reliability of the voice, causing it to sound hoarse, breathy, weak or strained.
Swallowing difficulties, or dysphagia, can affect eating and drinking. Difficulties may occur when chewing, moving food or drink around the mouth, or safely swallowing.
Facial weakness can affect facial expression, lip movement and the ability to form certain speech sounds. It may also affect eating, drinking and swallowing.
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