Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine in Minnesota

Pediatric Speech and Language Problems at Mayo Clinic

Mayo Clinic has a specially trained staff of clinicians, surgeons, nurses, and allied healthcare providers who treat speech and language problems in children and adolescents. We use a team approach to treating these problems, bringing together specialists from different care areas to ensure that we develop the most thorough diagnosis and choose the most approprate treatment.

• Cerebral palsy
• Speech problems associated with cleft palate or inadequate palatal movement
• Developmental apraxia of speech
• Dysarthria (speech difficulty due to weakness, incoordination, or abnormal movements of the muscles used in speech)
• Speech problems associated with severe hearing loss
• Voice disorders