Speech language therapy service — Canterbury
The speech language therapy service treats people with communication and swallowing disorders. The service is based at Burwood Hospital.
Contact us
To contact the speech language therapy service:
- call: 03 383 6810
- email: BurwoodSLT@cdhb.health.nz
Where to find us
The speech language therapy service is at:
Burwood Hospital
300 Burwood Road
Christchurch
Services we provide
Speech language therapists work in the:
- older persons assessment, rehabilitation and treatment wards, including over 65 years stroke rehabilitation ward
- Burwood spinal unit
- orthopaedic rehabilitation unit
- orthopaedic surgical unit.
Swallowing assessment
We assess swallowing using:
- flexible endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEEs)
- an x-ray movie of your swallowing (videoflouroscopy or VFSS).
We have a videofluoroscopy clinic service for inpatients and outpatients. We provide this together with radiology for people being seen by community speech language therapy services.
Speech language therapy education placements
We offer supervised clinical speech language therapy education placements for tertiary institutions in Aotearoa and often support relevant postgraduate clinical research.
Referral information
You need a referral from a healthcare provider to access this service.