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Speech Language Pathology
Overview
Children’s Minnesota offers a wide variety of speech-language pathology programs and services that include those with a focus on receptive and expressive language, articulation, swallowing, eating, augmentation/alternative communication and more.
Conditions treated
- Cleft lip and/or palate
- Velopharyngeal Dysfunction/Insufficiency (VPD/VPI)
- Cancer
- Cerebral palsy
- Genetic and chromosomal abnormalities
- Traumatic brain injury, tumor
- Developmental delays
- Speech delays
- Degenerative medical conditions affecting speech, communications, and feeding/ swallowing
- Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
- Hearing impairments
- Tracheostomy and ventilator dependency
- Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)
- Fluency/stuttering issues
- Difficulties with cognitive-linguistic skills
- Dysphagia
Services offered
- Videofluoroscopy exam in conjunction with radiology
- VitalStim Therapy System for children who have difficulty with swallowing
- Animal-assisted therapy
- Augmentative and alternative communication evaluations
- Feeding Clinic
Related specialties
- Cleft and craniofacial
- Developmental pediatrics
- Down syndrome
- Feeding clinic
- Neonatology
To contact a specialist, please call our admissions line: 866-755-2121