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    Speech Language Therapy

    Speech TherapySpeech therapy providers assist children and adults who face challenges in understanding or using language, incorrect speech-sound production, stuttering, voice problems or difficulties with eating or swallowing.

    Speech therapy includes treatment and services in the following areas:

    • Teaching patients how to make sounds and improve their voices.
    • Teaching alternate communication methods, such as sign language, to patients with little or no speech capability.
    • Working with patients to increase their ability to read and write correctly.
    • Working with patients to develop and strengthen the muscles used to swallow.
    • Counseling patients and families on how to cope with communication disorders.
    • Pediatric speech therapy.

    Visit our Rehabilitation Therapies page for more information. 


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    Fairmont
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    Hospital and Clinic
    800 Medical Center Drive, Fairmont, MN 56031
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    • Clinic Hours:
    • Mon:8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
    • Tue:8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
    • Wed-Fri:8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
    • Clinic hours subject to change on holidays.

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    Jean Gerdes CCC-SLP
    Jean Gerdes, CCC-SLP
    Speech-Language Therapy
    Fairmont
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