Caitlin A. Cummings, PhD, CCC-SLP

Caitlin Cummings

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Biography

Caitlin Cummings, PhD, CCC-SLP, is a bilingual (English/Spanish) speech-language pathologist at Nationwide Children's Hospital. After completing master's degrees in Spanish literature and speech-language pathology, she transitioned to the medical setting for a craniofacial speech-pathology fellowship at Nationwide Children's. Caitlin has presented locally, nationally and internationally on speech and resonance disorders in children with craniofacial anomalies.

Caitlin currently practices as a member of the Speech Pathology and Cleft Lip and Palate Teams at Nationwide Children's. She teaches courses on multicultural aspects of communication disorders and speech anatomy/physiology at the undergraduate level. Her research interests include early speech development in children with cleft lip and palate, 22q11.2 deletion syndrome and bilingual speech development.

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Languages Spoken
  • English
  • Spanish
Academic and Clinical Areas
Awards, Honors & Organizations
  • Graduate Student Scholarship, The American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation, 2020
  • Alumni Grant for Graduate Research and Scholarship, The Ohio State University, 2019
  • Rohovsky Family Scholarship, The Ohio State University, 2016
  • SPARC Award, The American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation, 2012
  • Phi Beta Kappa, The Ohio State University, 2005
  • The Richard C. Knopf Scholarship, The Ohio State University, 2005
  • The Katherine L. Hall Prize, The Ohio State University, 2005
  • Member, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
  • Member, Ohio Speech-Language-Hearing Association
  • Member, American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association
Education

Graduate School The Ohio State University Date Completed: 05/05/2024
Graduate School The Ohio State University Date Completed: 06/13/2013
Graduate School The Ohio State University Date Completed: 06/15/2008
Undergraduate School The Ohio State University Date Completed: 06/01/2006
Clinical Interests
  • 22q11.2 deletion syndrome
  • Appropriate speech and language assessment methodology for multilingual children
  • Bilingual development
  • Cleft lip and palate
  • Craniofacial anomalies
  • Speech sound and resonance disorders
  • Velopharyngeal dysfunction
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