Speech Language Pathology

Unlock BIG Progress in Your Communication Journey

At Big Stone Therapies, our Speech Therapy team is committed to helping individuals of all ages communicate more effectively, swallow safely, and improve their overall quality of life. Whether you’re struggling with speech, language, voice, or swallowing difficulties due to injury, illness, or developmental conditions, our skilled speech-language pathologists provide personalized care to address your unique needs.

What We Offer:

Speech and Language Therapy: We assess and treat speech, language, and communication disorders, helping individuals with articulation, fluency (e.g., stuttering), receptive and expressive language, and social communication skills.
Voice Therapy: Our speech-language pathologists work with individuals who have voice disorders, such as hoarseness, breathiness, or changes in pitch, to restore clear and healthy vocal function.
Swallowing Therapy (Dysphagia): For individuals who have difficulty swallowing, we provide specialized treatment to improve swallowing function, prevent choking, and ensure safe eating and drinking.
Cognitive-Communication Therapy: We help individuals with cognitive impairments—such as those caused by stroke, traumatic brain injury, or neurological conditions-improve memory, problem-solving, attention, and other cognitive functions necessary for communication and daily activities.

Conditions and Treatments

Stroke Recovery

Expressive & Receptive Language Disorders

Dementia

Hearing Impairments

Traumatic Brain Injury & Concussions

Swallowing Disorders

Cognitive Disorders

Feeding Therapy

Who We Serve:

Big Stone Therapies offers speech therapy services for individuals across all age groups, from infants to seniors. Our therapists work with patients in outpatient clinics, schools, hospitals, and long-term care facilities, helping them achieve their communication and swallowing goals.

Our Commitment to You:

At Big Stone Therapies, we believe in hands-on healing and personalized care that empowers you to regain your voice and independence. Our speech-language pathologists are dedicated to providing compassionate, individualized support to help you overcome communication and swallowing challenges, so you can live life to its fullest.

Get Started Today

If you or a loved one could benefit from speech therapy, contact us to learn more about our services and locations. Together, we can help you communicate better, eat safely, and regain your confidence.

Featured Expert Clinician

Abbey Richter

Abbey Richter, MS/CCC-SLP; CLC

Communication is what allows us to build relationships, express ourselves, and contribute to society, and our SLPs work very hard to ensure all of our patients have access to this basic human right! Language disorders can affect people of all ages in various ways - speaking, understanding, reading, and writing, for instance. All of our patients are unique individuals, and we love getting to know them, their families, and their stories so that we can provide individualized speech and language therapy to improve communication skills.

Serving the following communities:

Granite Falls, MN

Lexis Arnold

Lexis Arnold, M.S., CCC-SLP

Speech and language therapy can be an integral part of someone's communication and educational journey. Through BST's person-centered care approach, patients are given personalized tools and accommodations to communicate across various settings. Our scope of practice also offers support to individuals with receptive language and specific learning disorders, such as dyslexia, through intervention approaches that focus on encouraging the use of compensatory strategies and educational accommodations along with fostering skills of self-advocacy that build a foundation for lifelong success.

Serving the Following Communities:

Marshall, MN

Pete Amberg

Pete Amberg, MS, CCC-SLP

Literacy development refers to the whole process of learning language and the words and sounds that go with it. It facilitates reading and writing, which in turn facilitates good communication and learning. Think about it: In daily life, we are constantly speaking, listening, reading, or writing; from songs to conversations, recipes to billboards to texting, giving virtually nonstop opportunities to engage with literacy events. But, of course, literacy skills do not develop overnight.
How does it benefit our patients? Literacy Therapy promotes: educational success: Vocational success; Health outcomes; Community development; Economic growth; and Social equity.
Big Stone therapies reading therapists provide assessment, treatment, and support in the development of literacy and reading skills. In his more than just reading and writing used to be in the past. The world around us is evolving at a rapid rate especially how we utilize literacy skills every day.