Speech Therapy

Speech-Language Pathology offers evaluation and specialized treatment to infants and children with a variety of communication disorders. Our Pediatric Speech Therapists (ST) integrate all aspects of speech and language development, not just how clearly a child speaks.  This includes receptive and expressive language, pragmatic language, articulation, respiration and fluency. Cognitive components such as problem solving and reasoning are also addressed by speech therapists. Other aspects of treatment may include the development and training of alternative and augmentative communication, oral motor abilities, swallowing and feeding skills.

Speech-language pathologists are required to have either a master’s or doctoral level degree in speech-language pathology before taking a national board examination and completing a supervised Clinical Fellowship Year. Typical areas of study include anatomy and physiology, neurolinguistics, speech science, physical science, human development, psychology, phonetics, social/behavioral sciences, linguistics, and semantics. Our therapists are licensed to practice in Kentucky and maintain certification by the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association.