Target population
Pediatric and adult population: newborns and pediatric, young, adult and elderly patients.Available at locations :
The Speech Therapy service provides medical attention to people throughout their life, from newborns to elderly patients, either in the outpatient or hospitalization service. Additionally, the Audiology service provides humane care under the highest professional standards to target populations, who require hearing assessment and/or hearing aids customization.
The speech therapy service takes part in various programs, clinical services and interdisciplinary teams such as: Education to dysphagia patients caregivers, feeding techniques (addressed to new staff), Cochlear Implant Group, Pediatric Nutritional Support, Interdisciplinary Team for chronic cough, voice Disorders Management Clinic, Glioma Management Clinic and “Operación Sonrisa” (Operation Smile). In addition, the service participates in the editorial committees of “Carta de la Salud” (Health Letter) and the institutional magazine.
In the Audiology service, diagnostic procedures to detect, study and manage auditory pathologies are performed.
Diagnostic procedures:
Basic audiology:
– Audiometry for children and adults.
– Logoaudiometry
– Acoustic immittance testing.
– Acoustic fatigue testing.
– Eustachian tube function tests.
– Recruitment tests.
– Distortion-product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAE).
Auditory electrophysiology:
Assessment, Study and Adaptation of Hearing Aids:
Making of hearing protectors:
15 professionals covering all fields of the profession are part of the Speech Therapy service. The team has 3 audiologists, 3 specialized in adult and child language disorders (1 speech therapist-psychologist with a Specialization in Language and a Master degree in Neuropsychology, 1 speech therapist with a Master degree in Neuropsychology and 1 physician with training in Language and Learning), 2 speech therapists trained in Videofluroscopy, 3 in Myofunctional Therapy, 3 in Dysphagia (specialized in Speech Therapy Critical Care), and 2 specialized in speech and voice disorders.
Currently, the Audiology service has 3 highly qualified Speech Therapists specialized in Audiology with extensive professional experience and great human skills.
Fundación Valle del Lili’s Speech Therapy service is characterized by the high academic training of its professionals, its active participation in 7 interdisciplinary clinics favoring medical and therapeutic processes of patients and conducting individual therapies. Additionally, our staff is in continuous training and they participate as speakers in interdisciplinary symposiums and congresses.
The Audiology service is committed to satisfy our patients’ needs regarding the assessment, prevention, medical care, diagnostic accuracy and hearing management. It has cutting-edge technology equipment and professionals with great human skills and extensive experience, continuously improving and working as an interdisciplinary team involving several specialties, as needed, seeking to improve the quality of life of patients who may have hearing loss and their families.
Do you live outside of Colombia?, Are you interested in receiving information about Speech Therapy at La Fundacin Valle del Lili? contact us at the following link:
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