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Speech Pathology at Highland Hospital

The Speech Pathology Department at Highland Hospital offers evaluation and treatment for communication and swallowing disorders for both inpatients and outpatients. Our role as speech-language pathologists is to assess communication, cognition, swallowing and voice impairments, diagnose the severity of the problem, and implement a treatment plan to help individuals regain as much of their baseline as possible.

Our therapists focus on three key areas of speech pathology:

 

Staffed by Experienced Therapists

Our speech pathologists are licensed by the New York State Department of Education and hold Certificates of Clinical Competence from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) in addition to postgraduate training and certifications in several clinical subspecialties.

Molly C. DeWeese, M.S., CCC-SLP

Molly earned her undergraduate degree in Speech Pathology from SUNY Geneseo (1987) and her Master's degree from Syracuse University (1988). Her areas of specialty include oral-pharyngeal and esophageal dysphagia (swallowing disorders), aphasia (stroke speech/language disorders), cognitive-communication disorders, and tracheostomy/ventilator dependency.  She is certified in the SPEAK OUT! program for patients with Parkinson's Disease.  She is certified to perform Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES) studies and trained in MBSlmP™ standardization to perform Modified Barium Swallow studies.

Kathryn M. Wilson, MA, CCC-SLP

Katie earned her undergraduate degree in Psychology from Nazareth College (2000) and her Master’s degree in Speech-Language Pathology from the University at Buffalo (2005). Her areas of specialty include dysphagia (swallowing disorders), head and neck cancer, aphasia and cognitive-linguistic disorders from stroke or other head injury, and tracheostomy/ventilator dependency.  She is certified to perform Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES) studies and trained in MBSlmP™ standardization to perform Modified Barium Swallow studies.

Emily J. Horsington, M.S., CCC-SLP

Emily earned her undergraduate degree in Education from SUNY Oswego (2005), Master's degree in English Literature from University of Rochester (2007), and Master's degree in Speech Pathology from Nazareth College (2014).  She is certified in the SPEAK OUT! program for patients with Parkinson's Disease.  Her areas of specialty include oral-pharyngeal dysphagia, aphasia, and cognitive-communication disorders.  She is certified to perform Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES) studies.

Contact Us

 

For appointments (with physician referral)
Telephone:  (585) 341-8285
Fax: (585) 341-6426

Office hours

Mon - Fri, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm

Location & Directions:

Highland Hospital
1000 South Avenue Rochester, NY 14620

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Important Information for Outpatients

Test

Parking Location

Check-in Location

Follow Signs to

Arrival

FEES

North Lot

(Mt. Vernon & Rockingham)

Speech Pathology
(Level 1)

Minor Surgery Center / Speech Pathology

15 minutes prior to appointment

Speech/Language Cognitive Linguistic                   Swallow

Evaluation

North Lot

(Mt. Vernon & Rockingham)

Speech Pathology
(Level 1)

Minor Surgery Center / Speech Pathology

15 minutes prior to appointment

Barium Swallow Test

Main Parking Garage

Medical Imaging

(Level 2)

Medical Imaging

15 minutes prior to appointment

Please note that appointment cancellations should be made at least 24 hours in advance.
These tests do not require any prior preparation; therefore you can eat and drink prior to the study.