Rome Memorial Hospital welcomes

Director of Speech Therapy

 

ROME – Manon Gouse, MS, CCC-SLP has been named director of speech therapy at Rome Memorial Hospital.  Gouse is responsible for directing the hospital’s speech-language services for hospitalized patients in acute care units, residents of the skilled nursing facility, and adults who need outpatient rehabilitation speech therapy. 

“Manon has worked with people of all ages and brings a wide range of experience to our speech-language department,” said Mark Snyderman, Rome Memorial Hospital’s vice president of planning/outpatient services.  “Her interdisciplinary approach to patient care makes her an excellent person to lead our rehabilitation team.”

Gouse is one of three speech-language pathologists in the hospital’s Speech Therapy Department, which provides evaluation and treatment services to patients with communication, cognitive, and swallowing disorders.

“Speech therapists help patients work through a variety of speech and language disorders, such as problems with articulation or language comprehension.  We also work with patients to alleviate swallowing problems and enhance cognitive skills after a stroke or a head injury,” Gouse said.  “It is very rewarding to help patients regain a skill they have lost through a neurological disease or an injury.”

“My role as director of Rome Memorial Hospital’s speech-language services is to provide a voice for the department and our patients,” Gouse explained.

“I believe in evidence-based practices and providing high quality services to our patients and families.  When physicians, nurses, aides, speech pathologists, families and caregivers work closely together we are able to best address our patients’ needs,” she added.

Gouse’s recent speech-language research has been published in the professional periodicals, Laryngoscope and Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica.

She graduated with her bachelor of science degree in Hearing and Speech Sciences from the University of Utah, Salt Lake City in 2002 and earned her master of science in Speech-Language Pathology in 2004.

After completing an additional nine-month clinical fellowship, she qualified for her certificate of clinical competence (CCC) from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. 

Gouse began her professional career in speech therapy in the Granite School District, Salt Lake City, Utah.  She assisted in implementing individual and group therapy sessions for children with developmental disabilities including autism, cerebral palsy and Down’s Syndrome.

Before joining Rome Memorial Hospital, Gouse was employed at Faxton-St. Luke’s Healthcare in Utica.  She served as their speech-language pathologist from 2004 until present concentrating primarily in acute care including clinical bedside swallow evaluations, videofluoroscopic swallow studies, and speech-language evaluations.  She conducted outpatient speech, language, and voice evaluations and therapy for adult and pediatric patients.

“I chose to leave a job I was happy with to come to Rome because so many people expressed their satisfaction with Rome Memorial Hospital.” Gouse said.  “The support the rehabilitation team receives from management is remarkable. 

“There are great opportunities at Rome Memorial Hospital.  In the speech therapy department we are working together to develop and facilitate new programs and enhance current services,” she noted.  “We have a strong department with the people and resources to make it all happen.”

A native of Salt Lake City, Utah, Gouse resides in Poland, NY with her husband, Ron, and their two daughters.  They appreciate the natural surroundings of the Adirondacks and enjoy family time canoeing, hiking, skiing and snowboarding.

Rome Memorial Hospital’s Speech-Language Department offers evaluation and treatment for dysfunctions or changes in swallowing, communication, voice, or cognition by physician order.  For more information, please call 338-7154.