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Speech Pathology

Nationwide Children's Hospital
700 Children's Drive
Columbus, Ohio 43205
Phone: (614) 722-3975
Fax: (614) 722-3991

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Director of Clinical Therapies:

Valerie Ruddock

Program Manager:

Tamela S. Thompson, MA-CCC/SLP

Brief Description of Speech Pathology:

Speech Pathology provides comprehensive diagnostic evaluations and therapeutic treatment for speech, language, and voice disorders. The department provides services for clinical management of children from birth through age 21.

Clinics & Ambulatory Services:

Speech Pathology Clinic
Outpatient Care Center
555 S. 18th Street, Suite 6A
Columbus, OH 43205
(614) 722-3975
FAX (614) 722-3991

Speech Pathology Clinic
Main Hospital Location
555 S 18th Street 6th Floor Suite A
Columbus, OH 43205
(614) 722-3975
FAX (614) 722-3991

Speech Pathology Clinic
Dublin Medical Office Building
5665 Venture Drive
Dublin, OH 43017
(614) 722-4425
FAX (614) 722-5276

Speech Pathology Clinic
Dublin Close To Home Center
5675 Venture Drive
Dublin, OH 43017
(614) 355-8450
FAX (614) 355-8455

Speech Pathology Clinic
Westerville Close To Home Center
433 N. Cleveland Avenue
Westerville, OH 43082
(614) 355-8300
FAX (614) 355-8310

Speech Pathology Clinic
Hilliard Close To Home Center
3955 Brown Park Drive
Hilliard, OH 43026
(614) 355-8200
FAX (614) 355-8210

Speech Pathology Clinic
East Columbus Close To Home Center
6435 E. Broad Street
Columbus, OH 43213
(614) 355-8100
FAX (614) 355-8110

Speech Pathology Clinic
Newark Close To Home Center
75 S. Terrace Avenue
Newark, OH 43055
(740) 522-3221
FAX (740) 522-3066

Speech Pathology Clinic
Autism Center
187 West Schrock Road
Westerville, OH 43081
(614) 355-8315
FAX:(614) 355-8361

Diagnoses or Conditions Treated:

  • Language disorders
  • Voice disorders
  • Speech disorder
  • Fluency disorders
  • Paradoxical vocal cord dysfunction
  • Cleft palate/craniofacial anomalies
  • Swallowing disorders
  • Feeding disorders
  • Acquired brain injury
  • Apraxia
  • Hearing impaired
  • Tounge thrust, reduction of digit/thumb sucking

Services Available:

  • Alternative augmentative communication evaluation and treatment

  • Aural Habilitation/Rehabilitation

  • Central Auditory Processing Training

  • Feeding evaluation and treatment

  • Fluency evaluation and treatment

  • Fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallow

  • Nasopharyngoscopy

  • Oral motor evaluation and treatment

  • Passey-Muir evaluation and treatment

  • Rehabilitation for acquired speech and language disorders

  • Speech/language evaluation and treatment

  • Video swallow studies

  • Voice evaluation and treatment

Referral Process:

Routine Outpatient Services
(614) 722-2200
To schedule an outpatient consultation

Urgent Physician Consults
(614) 722-3975
For urgent phone consultation with attending physician

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