Department of Speech-Language Pathology Patient Stories

Two-year-old Kamora was born with hearing loss. Read more to learn how she found her hearing and her voice through hearing aids, sign language and expert care at CHOP.

Logan battled Sturge-Weber and Klippel-Trenaunay syndromes, and has triumphed over speech difficulties with the support of CHOP specialists.

At intensive CHOP program, teens who stutter learned tips from successful adults on how to manage the condition.

Because Julian is nonspeaking, he needed communication device — and the patient coaching from a speech-language pathologist — to open up his world.

Kate loves to sing. In a scare when she was 16, she experienced bouts of losing her voice. The Pediatric Voice Program at CHOP helped her get her voice, and her dreams, back.

Spontaneous total hearing loss in one ear turned out to be only a bump in the road — not an end of dreams — for Abby, who had a cochlear implant at CHOP at 17.

After just a year of care from CHOP’s Pediatric Stroke Program, 16-year-old Morgan has regained her ability to speak and is back to doing the sports she loves.

CHOP speech-language pathologists help Justin find the augmentative and alternative communication system that’s right for him, right now.

Leigh syndrome took away Dino’s speech, but not his voice. With CHOP’s help, he found the perfect AAC device and now “speaks” easily with family, professors and friends.

Braylen Clayton was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder at age 2. Today, he is a 7-year-old who loves reading and playing with friends, thanks to intensive teamwork between his parents and experts at CHOP's Center for Childhood Communication and Autism Integrated Care program.