{"id":58,"date":"2023-03-17T15:45:56","date_gmt":"2023-03-17T15:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dbhds.virginia.gov\/facilities\/hwdmc\/?page_id=58"},"modified":"2025-06-18T13:53:20","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T13:53:20","slug":"speech-therapy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dbhds.virginia.gov\/facilities\/hwdmc\/speech-therapy\/","title":{"rendered":"Speech Therapy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Hiram Davis Medical Center\u2019s Speech Therapy Department\u2019s goal is to help restore our patient\u2019s and resident\u2019s to a prior level of functioning as much as possible after incidents such as strokes, brain injuries, debilitating illnesses and\/or hospital stays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"331\" height=\"152\" src=\"https:\/\/dbhds.virginia.gov\/facilities\/hwdmc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/03\/speech-therapy-1.jpg\" alt=\"Speech image\" class=\"wp-image-198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dbhds.virginia.gov\/facilities\/hwdmc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/03\/speech-therapy-1.jpg 331w, https:\/\/dbhds.virginia.gov\/facilities\/hwdmc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/03\/speech-therapy-1-300x138.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 331px) 100vw, 331px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"585\" height=\"322\" src=\"https:\/\/dbhds.virginia.gov\/facilities\/hwdmc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/03\/speech-therapy-2.jpg\" alt=\"Speech therapy session\" class=\"wp-image-199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dbhds.virginia.gov\/facilities\/hwdmc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/03\/speech-therapy-2.jpg 585w, https:\/\/dbhds.virginia.gov\/facilities\/hwdmc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/03\/speech-therapy-2-300x165.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The speech therapy department also assists in treating those with other types of ailments not directly related to speech. 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