Speech-Language Pathology

Speech-Language Pathology at MUSC Children's Health is a part of the Evelyn Trammell Institute for Voice and Swallowing. The Institute specializes in therapeutic diagnosis intervention for speech, language, voice, resonance, feeding, and swallowing deficits.

To provide the optimal care for children with complex medical conditions, the speech-language pathology team consults frequently with pediatric specialists in otolaryngology (ENT), pulmonology, developmental pediatrics, neurology, gastroenterology, occupational therapy and physical therapy.

Services We Offer

• Assistive technology communication evaluation
• Evaluation/treatment of speech, language and communication disorders
• Evaluation/treatment of feeding and swallowing disorders
• Flexible endoscopic evaluation of swallowing
• Modified barium swallow study (MBSS)
• Nasal endoscopic evaluation
• Velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI) evaluation

Speech-Language Conditions We Treat

• Apraxia of speech (developmental and acquired)
• Articulation/phonological disorders
• Auditory processing disorders
• Autism spectrum disorders
• Cardiac disorders
• Cleft lip/palate
• Cognitive-communication impairment
• Congenital and genetic conditions (Down syndrome, spina bifida)
• Developmental delay
• Feeding and swallowing disorders, including feeding tube dependent
• Fluency disorders (stuttering)
• Hearing impairment, including patients with hearing aids and cochlear implants
• Neurological disorders linked to traumatic brain injury (TBI), cerebral palsy, stroke, seizures and spinal cord injury
• Pragmatic/social language disorder
• Premature birth
• Specific language impairment
• Tracheostomy/ventilator dependency
• Velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI)
• Voice disorders

Our Speech-Language Pathologists

Lauren Berg, MS, CCC-SLP

Speech-Language Pathologist, MUSC Health
Areas of Expertise: Pediatric language disorders and articulation, cognitive-communication disorders, alternative and augmentative communication, autism spectrum disorder, down syndrome

Keeley Nichols, MS, CCC-SLP

Speech-Language Pathologist, MUSC Health
Areas of Expertise: Pediatric feeding and swallowing disorders, tracheostomy and ventilator dependency, early childhood language development, hearing loss

Diane Andrews, MS, CCC-SLP

Speech-Language Pathologist, MUSC Health
Areas of Expertise: Pediatric speech and language, dysphagia, down syndrome

Katie Coleman, MS, CCC-SLP

Speech-Language Pathologist, MUSC Health
Areas of Interest: Pediatric language disorders and articulation, pediatric feeding and swallowing disorders, alternative and augmentative communication, down syndrome

Priscilla Brown, MSR, CCC-SLP

Speech-Language Pathologist, MUSC Health
Areas of Expertise: Adult dysphagia, pediatric feeding and swallowing disorders, traumatic brain injury, tracheostomy and ventilator dependency, neurological disorders

Jenny Huggins, MS, CCC-SLP

Speech-Language Pathologist, MUSC Health
Areas of Expertise: Pediatric feeding and swallowing disorders, pediatric and adult dysphagia, cognitive-communication, aphasia, tracheostomy and ventilator dependency, fluency

Claire Keiser, MSP, CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert. AVT

Areas of Expertise: Pediatric language disorders and articulation, pediatric hearing loss (hearing aids and cochlear implants)

Elizabeth McDonald, MSP, CCC-SLP, LSVT-Loud

Speech-Language Pathologist, MUSC Health
Areas of Expertise: Early childhood language development, pediatric language disorders, fluency, augmentative and alternative communication, phonology and articulation, autism spectrum disorder, down syndrome

Samantha McDonald, MS, CCC-SLP

Speech-Language Pathologist, MUSC Health
Areas of Expertise: Pediatric feeding and swallowing disorders, early childhood language development

Heather McGhee, MS, CCC-SLP

Speech-Language Pathologist, MUSC Health
Areas of Expertise: Pediatric feeding and swallowing disorders, cleft lip/palate, craniofacial anomalies, tracheostomy and ventilator dependency, velopharyngeal insufficiency

Melissa Montiel, MS, CCC-SLP

Speech-Language Pathologist, MUSC Health
Areas of Expertise: Cleft lip/palate, craniofacial anomalies, pediatric feeding and swallowing disorders, fluency, phonology and articulation, velopharyngeal insufficiency

Nevitte Morris, MS, CCC-SLP, Cert AVT

Speech-Language Pathologist, MUSC Health
Areas of Expertise: Hearing loss, auditory verbal therapy, early childhood language development, pediatric language disorders, phonology and articulation

Frances Puckette, MSP, CCC-SLP

Speech-Language Pathologist, MUSC Health
Areas of Expertise: Early childhood language development, childhood apraxia of speech, pediatric language disorders, down syndrome, autism spectrum disorder, phonology and articulation

Stephanie Schank, MSP, CCC-SLP

Speech-Language Pathologist, MUSC Health
Areas of Expertise: Pediatric feeding and swallowing disorders, early childhood language development

Stephanie Szafranski, MA, CCC-SLP

Speech-Language Pathologist, MUSC Health
Areas of Expertise: Pediatric feeding and swallowing disorders, multidisciplinary g-tube weaning, pediatric concussion and traumatic brain injury, early language development

Regan White, MS, CCC-SLP

Speech-Language Pathologist, MUSC Health
Areas of Expertise: Pediatric feeding and swallowing disorders, pediatric communication and language disorders