Speech Language Pathology

UK HealthCare’s Speech Language Pathology team provides evaluation and treatment for a wide variety of diagnoses in both children and adults. We offer both in-person and telehealth visits for the convenience of our patients.

Conditions we treat

Pediatric conditionsA little girl sits on a woman's lap while mimicking the face made by a speech pathologist seated across from her.

  • Auditory processing disorders
  • Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) evaluation
  • Bilingual (Spanish) therapy
  • Childhood apraxia of speech
  • Cognitive impairments, including executive functioning disorders
  • Language disorders
  • Infant and pediatric feeding disorders, including modified barium swallow (MBS) studies and fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES) procedures
  • Reading and phonological awareness disorders/dyslexia, including the Orton-Gillingham approach to intervention
  • Speech and language disorders related to hearing loss using the listening and spoken language approach
  • Stuttering and other disorders of fluency
  • Velopharyngeal insufficiency and craniofacial assessments

Adult conditions

  • Aphasia
  • Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC)
  • Cognitive-linguistic impairments, including executive functioning disorders and cognitive-linguistic impairment due to progressive neurological conditions such as dementia and Parkinson’s disease
  • Dysphagia evaluation and treatment, including modified barium swallow (MBS) studies and fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES) procedures
  • Motor speech disorders, including apraxia and dysarthria of speech
  • Reading and phonological awareness disorders/dyslexia, including the Orton-Gillingham approach to intervention
  • Stroke
  • Stuttering and other disorders of fluency
  • Traumatic brain injury

Appointments

Once a referral is made, typically by your primary care physician (PCP), you can call the clinic at 859-257-7918 to schedule an appointment.

Referring providers may send referral via UK HealthCare EpicCare Link or fax to 859-257-1017. 

For your convenience, we offer both in-person and telehealth appointments.

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