Sarah Gromko, SLP and Vocologist in the Media
From Hartford Healthcare Institute of Living, February 08, 2022
Speech therapy is often part of the treatment for many conditions, including brain injuries. Patients in Fairfield County can now receive outpatient speech therapy at Hartford HealthCare’s Rehabilitation Network location in Stratford.
Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) evaluate and treat all aspects of people’s communication skills (comprehension, speaking, reading, writing, conversational skills, non-verbal communication) as well as cognitive-communication skills that can impair a person’s ability to communicate effectively (attention, memory, organization, reasoning, judgment).
From Hartford Healthcare Behavioral Health Network, June 29, 2022
Of the many lingering symptoms reported in patients with long COVID, more than 65 percent in one study reported brain fog.
Sarah Gromko is a speech-language pathologist with the Hartford HealthCare Rehabilitation Network in Stratford. She works with COVID long-hauler patients who are experiencing brain fog, or difficulty concentrating and a diminished memory.
Speech-language pathologists evaluate and treat all aspects of people’s communication skills (comprehension, speaking, reading, writing, conversational skills, non-verbal communication) as well as cognitive-communication skills that can impair a person’s ability to communicate effectively (attention, memory, organization, reasoning, judgement).
from CT Post, March 27, 2022, by Mike Mavredakis, Reporter
STRATFORD — Kensington resident Kathy Spencer used to drive 1,500 miles a month on her motorcycle 12 months out of the year.
Now, after experiencing brain fog and cognitive issues resulting from a bout with COVID-19 last year, Spencer is working her way back onto the bike.
It started with short rides up and down her street, but she has stretched herself to be able to ride for up to an hour at a time.
It took months of speech therapy with speech and language pathologist Sarah Gromko.
by , Associate Editor, The Stamford Advocate and Greenwich Time,
The 72-year-old Cromwell resident had a stroke last July and, afterwards, was unable to speak for several weeks. With the support of family members and through regular visits with Stratford-based speech-language pathologist Sarah Gromko, Anderson has regained the ability to speak, but her speech is still halting, and communicating remains difficult for her.
“I want to tell somebody that I watched a show, but all of a sudden, the brain just says ‘I don’t think I can tell you any more,’” she said. “That’s what’s so frustrating.”
Anderson’s condition is known as aphasia, a disorder that results from damage to the parts of the brain that control language. The disorder has garnered a lot of attention recently, following the announcement that movie star Bruce Willis is retiring from acting because he has aphasia.
Bruce Willis’ family announced that the beloved actor was diagnosed with aphasia. To understand this condition and how to reverse it, we spoke with speech-language pathologist, Sarah Gromko. ((00:10))