Providing comprehensive speech-language pathology services, PATA Rehabilitation Specialists is centrally located on the 2nd floor of the Jewelcor Building in Wilkes Barre, PA. SERVICES
This center offers specialty care for individuals with voice disorders. We utilize state-of-the-art technologies, including videostroboscopy, to assess and treat speakers and singers with some of the following voice
issues:
- Hoarseness
- Chronic laryngitis
- Breathing difficulties not controlled by asthma medication (i.e., vocal cord dysfunction)
- Age-related voice change
- Other voice-related issues resulting from vocal fold injury, lesion, weakness, or immobility
We also offer assessment and treatment to individuals with a full range of speech and language issues, including:
- Articulation disorders
- Central auditory processing disorder
- Child language disorders
- Deficits resulting from stroke & traumatic brain injury
- Literacy issues
- Oral motor disorders
- Social communication disorders
- Stuttering/fluency disorders
- Swallowing disorders
STAFF
Cari Tellis, Ph.D., CCC-SLP is a professor in the Speech-Language Pathology Department at Misericordia University, and a certified speech-language pathologist and voice specialist with almost 20 years of clinical experience in the assessment and treatment of voice disorders. Her groundbreaking research in voice has changed the way voice instruction is approached and executed. Tia Spagnuolo, M.S., CF-SLP is an award-winning clinician and graduate of the Misericordia University Speech-Language Pathology Department. She has clinical experience working with individuals with voice disorders and child speech and language disorders. She also completed training at Magee Rehabilitation Hospital in Philadelphia, PA where she worked to rehabilitate clients with brain injury, stroke, and cognitive deficits. PATA Rehabilitation Specialists accepts insurance and offers affordable private pay options. To schedule an appointment or to request additional information about making a referral, please contact us at (570) 406-9083 or [email protected].
