{"id":398,"date":"2026-07-13T19:56:44","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T18:56:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gov.fk\/health\/?page_id=398"},"modified":"2026-07-13T19:56:45","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T18:56:45","slug":"speech-and-language-therapy-and-audiology-services","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.gov.fk\/health\/speech-and-language-therapy-and-audiology-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Speech and Language Therapy & Audiology Services"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"Picture<\/span>
Home<\/a><\/span> \u00bb Speech and Language Therapy & Audiology Services<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n
\n

Speech and Language Therapy & Audiology Services<\/h1><\/div>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n
\n

The service is staffed by two speech and language therapists (S&LT).  The Senior S&LT manages and works across both Audiology & Speech Therapy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Primary, secondary care and community services for adults and children are covered.  Health promotion, education and advocacy is also part of the service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speech and language therapy<\/strong> provides treatment, support and care for children and adults who have difficulties with communication, or with eating, drinking and swallowing.  Children may be seen at home, in the schools, at nursery, at KEMH or a combination.  Adults may be seen at KEMH, Tussac House, or at home as appropriate.   Clients may be seen individually, or in groups.  Family members, caregivers, carers and teaching staff may be invited to take part in evidence based programmes designed to empower them to help best support the client\u2019s communication skills in everyday life.  E.g. More than Words, It Takes Two to Talk (Hanen programs.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Audiology<\/strong> provides hearing assessments for anyone concerned about their hearing or with tinnitus or balance issues and hearing screening for children in FS1.\u00a0\u00a0Modern digital behind-the-ear hearing aids or receiver in-canal aids programmed for the individual and batteries are provided free of charge.\u00a0\u00a0Digital in the ear aids are only provided free for those who meet the clinical guidelines.\u00a0\u00a0Instant-fit in-the-ear aids are available for people with mild to moderate hearing losses, if they meet the fitting criteria, for a service charge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Receiver<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

(Receiver in canal hearing aid)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The audiology service is managed by the Senior S&LT who has basic training in audiology.  An audiologist based in the UK provides a joint telecare clinic with the S&LT periodically throughout the year and visits for two weeks a year.  This is to provide services for clients whose needs cannot be met by the S&LT.  The S&LT also provides some support for the ear nose and throat specialist (ENT) visit. Both the audiologist and the ENT provide support and advice to the S&LT to enhance client management throughout the year as needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To contact the Speech and Language Therapy and Audiology team please email swilks@kemh.gov.fk<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n

For more information, please contact
the Health Department<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

You\u2019ll find our office hours, location, and full contact details below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n
Contact us<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The service is staffed by two speech and language therapists (S&LT).  The Senior S&LT manages and works across both Audiology &…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-398","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nSpeech and Language Therapy and Audiology Services<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Information on the Speech and Language Therapy and Audiology Services offered in the Falkland Islands\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.fk\/health\/speech-and-language-therapy-and-audiology-services\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Speech and Language Therapy and Audiology Services\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Information on the Speech and Language Therapy and Audiology Services offered in the Falkland Islands\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gov.fk\/health\/speech-and-language-therapy-and-audiology-services\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Falkland Islands Health and Social Services\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-07-13T18:56:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gov.fk\/health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/07\/image001.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"739\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"986\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gov.fk\\\/health\\\/speech-and-language-therapy-and-audiology-services\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gov.fk\\\/health\\\/speech-and-language-therapy-and-audiology-services\\\/\",\"name\":\"Speech and Language Therapy and Audiology Services\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gov.fk\\\/health\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gov.fk\\\/health\\\/speech-and-language-therapy-and-audiology-services\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gov.fk\\\/health\\\/speech-and-language-therapy-and-audiology-services\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gov.fk\\\/health\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/14\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/image001.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-13T18:56:44+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-07-13T18:56:45+00:00\",\"description\":\"Information on the Speech and Language Therapy and Audiology Services offered in the Falkland Islands\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gov.fk\\\/health\\\/speech-and-language-therapy-and-audiology-services\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gov.fk\\\/health\\\/speech-and-language-therapy-and-audiology-services\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gov.fk\\\/health\\\/speech-and-language-therapy-and-audiology-services\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gov.fk\\\/health\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/14\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/image001.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gov.fk\\\/health\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/14\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/image001.jpg\",\"width\":739,\"height\":986,\"caption\":\"Picture showing the front door to the Speech and Language Therapy & Audiology Services room.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gov.fk\\\/health\\\/speech-and-language-therapy-and-audiology-services\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gov.fk\\\/health\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Speech and Language Therapy & Audiology Services\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gov.fk\\\/health\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gov.fk\\\/health\\\/\",\"name\":\"Falkland Islands Health and Social Services\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gov.fk\\\/health\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Speech and Language Therapy and Audiology Services","description":"Information on the Speech and Language Therapy and Audiology Services offered in the Falkland Islands","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.gov.fk\/health\/speech-and-language-therapy-and-audiology-services\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Speech and Language Therapy and Audiology Services","og_description":"Information on the Speech and Language Therapy and Audiology Services offered in the Falkland Islands","og_url":"https:\/\/www.gov.fk\/health\/speech-and-language-therapy-and-audiology-services\/","og_site_name":"Falkland Islands Health and Social Services","article_modified_time":"2026-07-13T18:56:45+00:00","og_image":[{"width":739,"height":986,"url":"https:\/\/www.gov.fk\/health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/07\/image001.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Estimated reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.gov.fk\/health\/speech-and-language-therapy-and-audiology-services\/","url":"https:\/\/www.gov.fk\/health\/speech-and-language-therapy-and-audiology-services\/","name":"Speech and Language Therapy and Audiology Services","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gov.fk\/health\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gov.fk\/health\/speech-and-language-therapy-and-audiology-services\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gov.fk\/health\/speech-and-language-therapy-and-audiology-services\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.gov.fk\/health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/07\/image001.jpg","datePublished":"2026-07-13T18:56:44+00:00","dateModified":"2026-07-13T18:56:45+00:00","description":"Information on the Speech and Language Therapy and Audiology Services offered in the Falkland Islands","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gov.fk\/health\/speech-and-language-therapy-and-audiology-services\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.gov.fk\/health\/speech-and-language-therapy-and-audiology-services\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.gov.fk\/health\/speech-and-language-therapy-and-audiology-services\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.gov.fk\/health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/07\/image001.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.gov.fk\/health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/07\/image001.jpg","width":739,"height":986,"caption":"Picture showing the front door to the Speech and Language Therapy & Audiology Services room."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.gov.fk\/health\/speech-and-language-therapy-and-audiology-services\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.gov.fk\/health\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Speech and Language Therapy & Audiology Services"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.gov.fk\/health\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.gov.fk\/health\/","name":"Falkland Islands Health and Social Services","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.gov.fk\/health\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gov.fk\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gov.fk\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gov.fk\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gov.fk\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gov.fk\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=398"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gov.fk\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/398\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":400,"href":"https:\/\/www.gov.fk\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/398\/revisions\/400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gov.fk\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}