What is the Role of Speech Pathology in the Care of Patients with Head and Neck Cancer?
A Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) is a specialist who helps educate patients and their families about ways to minimize the effects of head and neck cancer and provides treatment when speech and swallowing skills become impaired.
Dysphagia, or difficulty swallowing, in one of the the major side effects of chemo and/or radiation treatment. Including a SLP in […]