Speech Pathology

Additional Online Speech Resources

The Speech Pathology Department at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center recommends the following web sites for further information:

  • American Speech Language Hearing Association (ASHA)
    ASHA's mission is to ensure that all people with speech, language, and hearing disorders have access to quality services to help them communicate more effectively.
  • Ohio Speech-Language-Hearing Association (OSLHA)
    OSLHA serves the needs of Audiologists and Speech-Language Pathologists by providing support, opportunities for professional growth, public awareness and advocacy of issues related to the highest quality of care for the individuals they serve.
  • Fluency Friday Plus
    Fluency Friday Plus (FFP) is an annual event that consists of a day-and-a-half intensive treatment program designed to help children and adolescents who stutter. Participants learn about fluency and meet other people who stutter. FFP also offers an educational program for parents and siblings.
  • National Aphasia Association (NAA)
    The NAA's mission is to educate the public to know that the word aphasia describes an impairment of the ability to communicate, not an impairment of intellect. The NAA makes people with aphasia, their families, support systems and health care professionals aware of resources to recover lost skills to the extent possibleand to minimize the psychosocial impact of the language impairment.

In The News

  • Negotiating with Health Care Payers
    American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
    10/16/2007
    Katrina Zeit was quoted in an article in The ASHA Leader:  McCarty, J., & White, S; saying, "it is essential that consumers who value speech, language, and hearing services voice their expectation that these services should be covered."
  • Speech Pathology
    CETconnect
    10/12/2007
    "Martha Coen-Cummings, Coordinator of the Outpatient Mason Speech Pathology Department and Katrina Zeit who is a speech-language pathologist for Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center will discuss how children develop language and speech and what parents can do to help."
  • There's Music in My Mouth
    CETconnect
    9/27/2007
    "There's Music in My Mouth, a new collaboration between Children Inc and Children's Hospital, is a wonderful demonstration of the power of music as a teaching tool. Composer, David Kisor, and a Speech Pathologist from Children's Hospital, Dr. Melinda Chalfonte-Evans share information about this exciting new program."
  • Bus Crash Changes Victims Forever
    The Cincinnati Enquirer
    7/16/2007
    Speech-Language Pathologist Sarah Staffilino pictured and mentioned in article.
  • A Tough Act to Swallow
    Staten Island Advance.
    05/29/2007
    Certified orofacial mycologist Marsha Lee-White was interviewed in Andrea Boyarsky's article.
  • Nuestro Rincon
    Local 12, WKRC-TV
    05/07/07
    Ruben Diaz discussed treatment for speech and language disorders for bilingual children, family advocacy and the role of the schools managing these children, on Channel 12's Spanish webcast program, Nuestro Rincon.
  • Getting His Message Across
    The Cincinnati Enquirer
    05/11/2007
    Martha Coen-Cummings is interviewed and quoted in John Johnston's article about a patient who has apraxia, and uses an augmentative communication device.
  • President Zimpher to Take Quiet Time
    The News Record
    05/10/2007
    Martha Coen-Cummings is interviewed and quoted in Rose Diroll's article about Zimpher's Sponsored Silence.
  • Sponsored Silence
    SpeechPathology.com
    04/23/2007
    Interview with Martha Coen-Cummings, titled: Sponsored Silence - An Awesome Public Awareness Program for Better Hearing and Speech Month (BHSM).
  • The Medical Edge
    Local 12, WKRC-TV
    04/23/07
    Anna Westrich was interviewed by Liz Bonis, regarding one of Anna's patients with apraxia.
  • Tech Tuesday
    Channel 5, WLWT
    04/03/2007
    Sandi Grether was interviewed by Pete Scalia on augmentative communication. Pete also interviewed Matt Kayes, a CCHMC employee with cerebral palsy who uses an augmentative communication device. 
  • Cincinnati's Most Inspiring Women
    Inspire Magazine
    March/April 2007
    Ann Kummer was named one of Cincinnati's most inspiring women for 2007.
  • In the Spotlight
    Speech Pathology.com
    January 2007
    Marsha Lee-White is interviewed and features Marsha's bio, personal mission, caseload description, areas of interest, and favorite therapy materials.
  • Therapy Times' 25 Most Influential
    Therapy Times
    11/04/2006
    Ann Kummer was named one of the top 25 most influential therapists in the country for 2006.

Print Publications

The Speech Pathology Department at CincinPatholended Print Resourcesnati Children's recommends the following book for further information about clefts, velopharyngeal dysfunction and team care:

  • Kummer AW. (2008). Cleft Palate and Craniofacial Anomalies: Effects on Speech and Resonance, 2nd Edition. Clifton Park, NY: Thomson Delmar Learning.

Health Information from Cincinnati Children's

Learn more conditions and diagnoses treated by the speech pathologists at Cincinnati Children's:

Contact Speech Pathology at Cincinnati Children's

For more information about the Speech Pathology Department at Cincinnati Children's, contact 513-636-4341 or speech@cchmc.org.