Episode 37: The Benefits of Speech Therapy for Head and Neck Cancer Diagnoses

About this episode

The episode discusses the benefits of speech therapy for individuals diagnosed with head and neck cancer, featuring insights from Speech-Language Pathologist Chrissy Regan.

Host Polly Swingle is joined by Speech-Language Pathologist, Chrissy Regan, M.A., CCC-SLP, to talk about the benefits of working with a Speech and Language Pathologist for those with head and neck cancer. Chrissy breaks down what head and neck cancer is, causes of this type of cancer, and effective treatments for those who have been diagnosed. Chrissy Regan, M.A., CCC-SLP, earned her Bachelor of Applied Arts in Communication Disorders (2010) and Master of Arts in Speech-Language Pathology (20...

People in this episode

Host: Polly Swingle

Guest: Chrissy Regan, M.A., CCC-SLP

Topics covered

• speech therapy
• head and neck cancer
• rehabilitation
• cancer treatment
• communication disorders

Keywords

• speech therapy
• head and neck cancer
• Speech-Language Pathologist
• rehabilitation
• communication disorders

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Recovery Project

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