Speech-Language Pathology Clinic

Services We Provide

Assessment and therapy for:

• Preschool children with speech and language impairments
• School age children and adults with voice problems (including laryngectomees)
• School age children and adults with stuttering problems
• Adults with swallowing problems (Videofloroscopic Swallowing Assessments only)

Our department provides contract services to inpatients at Kingston General Hospital. In addition, we provide consultation to the Cleft-Lip/Palate and Resonance Clinic, Hearing Impaired Clinic for Children, Special Infant Clinic and Joint Voice Clinic. We are a partner agency with the Early Expressions Preschool Speech and Language Program (KFL&A Public Health).

Who we are

We are Speech-Language Pathologists registered with the College of Audiologists and Speech-Language Pathologists of Ontario (CASLPO).

Referrals

• If you are concerned about your preschool child’s speech and language development, please make a referral by:
  -- calling Early Expressions Preschool Speech and Language Program at 613-546-3854 or 1-800-267-7875 ext.1184 OR
  -- online at kflaph.ca/EarlyExpressions/Referral
   Other online resources include:
• Communication milestones
• What you can do now- strategies for supporting speech and language
• Information on different speech and language concerns
• Early Literacy
• Community Programs.
• A physician referral, with accompanying form and x-ray requisition, is required for a Videofloroscopic Swallowing Study. Please call the Speech-Language Pathology Department at 613-544-3400, ext. 3195 to request a referral form.
• Clients with voice problems require a recent examination and subsequent referral by an Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) physician.
• Stuttering clients may self refer by calling Hotel Dieu Hospital Speech and Language Pathology Department at 613-544-3400, ext. 3195.