Speech and Language
Inpatient/Outpatient Service
Depending on your child's medical needs, this service is offered in inpatient and outpatient settings.
Our Providers
Our pediatric specialists provide personalized care for your child’s physical, mental and emotional health needs.
Choosing Children's National for Speech-Language Therapy
At Children's National, we strive to provide the best care that fits your child's medical needs. Some of the areas of concern we address are:
- Avoidance of specific food groups and/or textures
- Difficulty with breast or bottle feeding
- Difficulty with chewing/swallowing food
- Difficulty transitioning from tube feeds to oral feeding
- Delayed age-appropriate eating/drinking skills
- Food coming out of mouth and/or nose
- Gagging, coughing, choking, vomiting before, during or after meals
- Limited amount or variety of foods in diet
- Wet or hoarse voice after swallowing
Benefits of Speech & Language Therapy
Our speech-language team teaches your child to:
- Pronounce words and make sentences correctly
- Understand and use basic concepts such as colors, sizes, numbers and places
- Ask and understand questions
- Help with stuttering and voice issues
- Eat and swallow safely
- Use other ways to communicate
Locations
How to Get Medical Services and Therapy
Learn how you can get medical services and therapy at Rehabilitation & Specialized Care.