Speech and language therapy

For speech, language and swallowing concerns, Prevea's speech-language pathologists can create a custom therapy plan for you.

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Why choose Prevea to help with your speech, language and swallowing disorders?

Our speech-language pathologists are specialty trained to help you manage and overcome speech, language and swallowing disorders. They will develop a custom therapy plan to help you overcome voice, swallowing or airway obstacles and reach your recovery goals.

Meet our physicians and providers

Donna Krebsbach
Donna Krebsbach, MS, CCC-SLP

Speech-Language Pathologist

Elle Linsmeyer
Elle Linsmeyer, CCC-SLP

Speech-Language Pathologist

Stacey Van Grinsven
Stacey Van Grinsven, CCC-SLP

Speech-Language Pathologist

Sarah Verhagen
Sarah Verhagen, CCC-SLP

Speech-Language Pathologist

Katie Andrade
Katie Andrade, MS, CCC-SLP

Speech-Language Pathologist

Specialized care for speech and language

Our speech-language pathologists will develop a custom therapy plan to help you overcome voice or airway obstacles and reach your recovery goals. Specialized speech and language treatment includes:

  • Videostroboscopic imaging for assessment of vocal cord function
  • Videofluoroscopy (swallow X-ray) for assessing swallowing problems
  • Computerized speech lab for complete vocal analysis
  • Comprehensive voice therapy for children and adults
  • Treatment of head and neck cancer, including tracheoesophageal prosthesis (TEP)
  • Evaluation and treatment of problems associated with cleft lip/palate
  • Evaluation and treatment of vocal cord dysfunction and chronic cough

Specialized care for swallowing disorders

Prevea offers speech and language therapists to provide comprehensive treatment for swallowing problems.

  • Safe swallowing strategies including McNeill Dysphagia therapy
  • Diet consistency management

Additional speech and language therapy services

Cancer and its treatment can often lead to physical and functional challenges. These impairments can affect a person's daily life, making it difficult to perform tasks like moving, eating, dressing or communicating. Speech therapy can play a crucial role in helping individuals manage these challenges and improve their quality of life.

Working with a speech therapist will improve communication and swallowing function.

  • Common conditions:
    • Difficulty swallowing (dysphagia)
    • Voice changes
    • Aphasia (language impairment)
    • Cognitive communication disorders
    • Incision/radiation tissue restrictions
    • Treatment approaches:
    • Swallowing exercises and techniques
    • Speech exercises to improve articulation and fluency
    • Strategies for managing cognitive communication difficulties
    • Counseling and support for individuals and their families
    • Augmentative Alternative Communication (AAC) device
    • Autism spectrum disorders
    • Cleft
    • Concussion management
    • Feeding concerns
    • Language disorders
    • Oral-facial myology
    • Paradoxical vocal fold motion/vocal cord dysfunction
    • Chronic cough    
  • Benefits of therapy for cancer-related impairments:
    • Improved function: Regain independence in daily activities
    • Enhanced quality of life: Experience less pain, fatigue and anxiety
    • Increased confidence: Feel more empowered to manage challenges
    • Better overall well-being: Improve physical, emotional and social health

Physical therapy and occupational services are also available for cancer related impairments 

Therapy for ENT can help with conditions affecting the ears and eyes (making it difficult to read, disturb your balance or make you feel dizzy) as well as overcome or manage your conditions affecting your nose or throat (speaking clearly, swallowing or breathing properly a struggle).

For patients dealing with dizziness or poor balance — or any condition that affects the voice, swallowing or airway — our therapy specialists will develop a personalized plan to address their specific need. We offer the most advanced treatments available, to help patients regain balance and improve swallowing and communication.

You can trust us to provide physical, occupational and speech therapy that enhances and improves life, using the latest technology and treatment techniques. Whichever obstacle you’re facing, it can affect your happiness and quality of life. With the help of Prevea’s specialists, it doesn’t have to. We will work with you and your primary care provider to decrease your symptoms and help you complete activities with ease. 
  • Concussion therapy
  • Dysphagia/swallowing disorders
  • Fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES)
  • Laryngitis treatment
  • McNeill Dysphagia therapy
  • Spasmodic dysphonia treatment
  • Tongue tie therapy
  • Tracheoesophageal Voice Prothesis (TEP) management
  • Videofluoroscopy (swallow X-ray) for assessing swallowing problems
  • Voice Disorders
When you’re facing a neurological condition, tackling small, everyday tasks is often one of your top priorities. With a large network of neuro-rehabilitative therapists and multiple convenient locations, Prevea has the expertise to help people overcome neurological deficits and maximize their independence. We will help you achieve your best quality of life.

When injury, illness or disease affects a patient’s nervous system, we stay at the forefront of therapy techniques to help enhance balance and strength, restore movement, and improve speech and cognition. It’s true collaboration across multiple disciplines, including physical, occupational and speech therapy. And, it’s all focused on enhancing the quality of life of our patients, their families and their caregivers.

Prevea’s neurological therapy program provides specialized and comprehensive care for any type of neurological condition, short or long term, that can benefit from therapy.

Treatment options from Prevea’s expert team of therapists include:
Caring for children is different than caring for adults. It requires special expertise and a special commitment. So, when your child has a need for speech and language therapy, Prevea Health will provide your family with an experienced team you can trust.

Our pediatric specialized team of speech and language therapists provide care to young patients.Prevea also partners with HSHS St. Vincent Children’s Hospital in Green Bay to offer your child the most advanced, expert care in the area.

For a complete list of services visit our therapy for pediatrics page.

Find a speech therapist

Prevea speech-language pathologists can help your speech, language and swallowing disorders. Contact us today to start your speech therapy journey.