Speech-Language Pathology Services

 

Outpatient Services 321 Middlefield Road Suite 130 Menlo Park, CA 94025   Phone: (650) 462-0234 Fax: (650) 462-0225    Monday-Friday, 7 am-7 pm

Inpatient Services 725 Welch Road 3rd Floor Palo Alto, CA 94304   Phone: (650) 497-8218 Fax: (650) 497-8491   Monday-Friday, 8 am-5 pm

 
The Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Speech-Language Pathology Services team provides speech and language evaluations and speech therapy for children from birth to age 21. To provide your child with the best care possible, our services are:

• Based on the most current speech pathology research and best practices
• Provided in a family-centered care environment

We treat patients with:

• Receptive language delays or disorders – Difficulty understanding others
• Expressive language delays or disorders – Difficulty using language to talk to others
• Social-communication disorders, such as autism spectrum disorders
• Cognitive-linguistic deficits, such as brain injury
• Articulation and phonological disorders – Difficulty producing speech sounds correctly
• Motor speech disorders, such as apraxia – Difficulty coordinating muscle movements to produce speech
• Voice disorders – Problems with the voice, such as hoarseness or loss of voice
• Resonance and airflow disorders, such as speech problems that may occur for children with cleft palate
• Feeding and swallowing disorders
• Fluency disorders, such as stuttering 
• Hearing loss, who may benefit from aural habilitation or rehabilitation 
• Severe communication disorders, who may benefit from augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) 

It is also important to have your child’s hearing evaluated to rule out hearing loss. To schedule a hearing evaluation, please contact the Packard Children’s Hospital Pediatric Audiology Service.
 
 

New Outpatient Appointments

Before your child’s first Speech-Language Pathology Services appointment, please:

1. Complete a Case History Form (PDF - English / Spanish)
2. Return the completed Case History Form to our department by either:
   

   Fax: (650) 462-0225

   Mail: LPCH, Rehabilitation Services Department Speech-Language Pathology Services 321 Middlefield Road Suite 130 Menlo Park, CA 94025

Associated Clinics

We also provide speech and language services in other Packard Children’s Hospital clinics:

Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics Cleft and Craniofacial Center

Velopharyngeal Insufficiency (Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic) Center for Down Syndrome

Learn More

• Our Team
• Speech-Language Pathology Services for Children Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorders
• Vocal Cord Dysfunction

 

Related Information

• Children's Hearing Center
• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
• California Speech-Language-Hearing Association