Speech Therapy
Ruby Hall Clinic's Speech and Swallowing Therapy Department cares for individuals facing speech, language, communication, reading, writing, and swallowing difficulties across both paediatric and adult age groups.
The department includes speech therapists, swallowing specialists, and related medical professionals who support patients with dysphagia after cancer treatment, stroke, road traffic accidents, neurological conditions, and vocal fold disorders.
The mirrored source also highlights bedside swallowing assessment through the GUSS screening approach for patients at risk of aspiration and unsafe oral intake.
Speech, language, and swallowing care delivered through a multidisciplinary rehabilitation model.
What This Department Treats
The service spans communication disorders as well as swallowing dysfunction, making it relevant for children with developmental challenges and adults recovering from neurological, oncological, or traumatic conditions.
Assessment can include structured swallowing-risk screening, therapy for speech clarity and fluency, language development support, voice work, and rehabilitation planning with a wider team of specialists.
When To Seek Speech And Swallowing Therapy
Delayed speech or language development in children
Unclear speech, stammering, or voice problems
Swallowing difficulty after stroke, cancer, or injury
Communication changes after neurological illness
Delayed speech or language development in children
Unclear speech, stammering, or voice problems
Swallowing difficulty after stroke, cancer, or injury
Communication changes after neurological illness
About The GUSS Swallowing Screen
Bedside Dysphagia Screening
The GUSS screening process is used to identify aspiration risk and swallowing difficulty, especially after stroke or neurological injury.
Stepwise Safety Review
The test progresses from observation and saliva control to semi-solid and liquid textures, helping clinicians decide whether oral intake is safe.
Helps Guide Feeding Decisions
Results help determine whether a patient can safely take food orally or needs alternative feeding methods while therapy continues.
Scope Of Speech And Swallowing Care
Speech And Language Therapy
Support for speech clarity, language acquisition, fluency, reading and writing challenges, and communication development in children and adults.
Swallowing Assessment And Dysphagia Care
The service includes swallowing-risk review for patients after stroke, neurological injury, cancer treatment, and related conditions affecting safe oral intake.
Multidisciplinary Rehabilitation Support
Care is coordinated with doctors, audiologists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, psychologists, educators, social workers, and parents where appropriate.
Conditions, Team, And Programmes
Paediatric therapy focuses on communication development, intelligibility, learning-related speech and language issues, and support for children with special needs.
- Delay in acquisition of speech and language
- Unclear or unintelligible speech
- Fluency-related concerns such as hesitancy and stammering
- Autism, cerebral palsy, hearing challenges, developmental delays, and other special needs
- Neurological conditions and learning differences
- Cleft lip and palate related communication support
- Voice-related issues
Adult rehabilitation spans speech, fluency, voice, and swallowing issues arising from neurological disease, cancer, trauma, and other acquired conditions.
- Unclear or unintelligible speech
- Stammering, stuttering, and cluttering
- Parkinson's disease, Myasthenia Gravis, Multiple Sclerosis, and related neurological conditions
- Communication changes after stroke
- Speech or swallowing problems after road traffic accidents
- Cancer affecting structures related to speech and swallowing
- Adults with special needs
The department works through a broad rehabilitation team and also organises workshops for families, teachers, and professionals.
- Doctors across medical, surgical, neurology, paediatrics, ENT, oncology, psychiatry, ophthalmology, plastic surgery, maxillofacial, dental, and orthodontic care
- Speech therapist and swallowing specialist
- Audiologists, physiotherapists, and occupational therapists
- Psychologists, counsellors, social workers, teachers, and remedial educators
- Workshops on speech therapy for children and adults, communication skills, reading and spelling support, voice care, and communication skills for nursing staff
Speech Therapy Access
Main Therapy Contact
The source associates the service most clearly with Ruby Hall Clinic, Sassoon Road, while the wider site also surfaces additional campuses.
- Ruby Hall Clinic Hospital, 40 Sassoon Road, Sangamvadi, Pune - 411001
- Hospital contact: +91 020 6645 5100
Campus Contact
Hinjawadi appears within the wider page contact structure as an access point for hospital support and appointment coordination.
- Rajeev Gandhi Infotech Park, MIDC Phase 1, Plot No. P-33, Hinjawadi, Pune - 411057
- Campus contact: +91 020 6699 9930
Speech Therapy FAQs
Does this department treat both children and adults?
Yes. The service explicitly covers paediatric speech and language development as well as adult speech, voice, neurological communication, and swallowing rehabilitation.
What is the GUSS test used for?
The GUSS or Gugging Swallowing Screen is a bedside tool used to assess aspiration risk and swallowing difficulty, particularly in patients after stroke or neurological injury.
Is speech therapy only for speech problems?
No. The department also works on language, reading and writing issues, fluency, voice care, and dysphagia or swallowing dysfunction.
Start Swallowing And Communication Rehab Early
Early assessment improves safety, reduces avoidable complications, and helps children and adults recover communication and swallowing function more effectively.
Book an AppointmentMeet Our Doctors
Dr. Akshada Bhosale
Speech Therapy and Language Department
- Mon to Sat
- By appointment