Includes specialty programs: Augmentative and Alternative Communication Program / Autism Diagnostic Clinic / Down Syndrome Program / Feeding Disorders Program / Head Injury Clinic / Infant Therapy / Inpatient Rehabilitation Program / School Success / Speech Resonance Clinic / In-Home Speech Therapy Services
As medical Speech-Language Pathologists, we have specialized training and expertise in evaluating and treating infants, children, and adolescents with speech, language, voice, fluency, and oral feeding/swallowing disorders. Early speech-language, and oral feeding intervention can help your child reach their full potential and be as independent as possible in school, in the family, and in the community.
We are dedicated to providing the best care for your child and family. We will provide a thorough evaluation and a plan for treatment to meet your child’s needs. If you have concerns about your child’s ability to communicate effectively or eat safely, your physician may recommend an evaluation with speech-language pathology. Speech pathology services are available at the Akron campus and designated satellite locations in the area. We look forward to working with you.
At Akron Children’s, your child’s health and safety is our priority. Please continue to bring your child for wellness visits, vaccinations or sick care appointments that keep children healthy. We want to assure you that we have taken additional precautions to ensure a safe environment for your child and family. The following are additional safety efforts, in addition to our normal cleaning protocols, that we are taking to help you be comfortable bringing your child to an appointment.
The number of caregivers permitted to accompany a child to an appointment is dependent on the department you are visiting. Everyone visiting an Akron Children's facility is asked to wear masks or face coverings, except for kids under 2 or those with sensory issues. Masks will be provided for visitors who do not bring their own.
Akron Children's now offers Mobile Check-in to limit your exposure to others. You'll receive a text an hour before your child's appointment arrival time. Click the link in the text when you reach the Akron Children's facility for your child's appointment. You will receive a confirmation text that reminds you to wait in your car. Once we determine appropriate spacing is available inside the building, you'll receive a third text to let you know it's OK to come in for your appointment.
Immediately upon entering the building, your temperature will be taken, either by a thermal scanner or a greeter who will also ask you a few questions.
If you are in a waiting room, you’ll notice signs and a limited number of chairs. This is to remind our patients to keep 6 feet of physical distance between your family and others.
Call your child’s healthcare professional if your child is sick with fever, cough, or difficulty breathing and has been in close contact with a person known to have COVID-19, or if you live in or have recently traveled from an area with ongoing spread of COVID-19. Your health care professional will work with Ohio’s public health department and the CDC to determine if your child needs to be tested for COVID-19.
View all the safety precautions Akron Children's is taking.
Apraxia, Asperger Syndrome, Cleft Lip and Palate, Cluttering, Craniofacial Anomalies, Developmental Delays, Dyslexia, Dysnomia, Dyspraxia, Fluency Disorders, Learning Disabilities, Muscle Spasticity, Neurogenic Disfluency, Normal Developmental Disfluency, Speech Disorders, Stuttering, Swallowing Disorders, Neurofibromatosis, Ototoxicity, VCD, vocal cord dysfunction, VFSS, videofluoroscopic swallowing function study, VFSS, vocal nodules, vocal cord paralysis, dysphonia, aphonia, polyps, hoarse, hoarseness