Speech Therapy

Mariners Hospital Rehabilitation Center offers one-on-one therapies to help with impaired speech due to physical or neurological changes or other complications causing difficulty with cognition and communication. We also offer therapy for swallowing dysfunctions.

We are the only hospital-based outpatient speech-language pathology facility in the Keys. Services are available for children, adolescents and adults.

Available Therapy

Our certified speech and language pathologist will complete a comprehensive evaluation and develop a personalized treatment plan that will increase your ability to communicate or eat safely. Your progress will be measured on an ongoing basis, and changes will be made as needed to your plan of treatment to ensure the best possible outcome.

Examples of issues we handle include:

A pre-school child with delayed language development

An elementary school student with an articulation disorder

A high school student with cognitive communication deficit, due to concussion

A stroke victim unable to understand or express spoken language

A patient with head and neck cancer who has swallowing issues

We also offer audiological screenings in which the speech-language pathologist performs a short screening to determine if a full audiological assessment is needed.

Experienced Staff

Tracy Carter, Speech-Language Pathologist

Tracy holds a master’s degree in communication science and disorders and a certificate of clinical competence from the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association. Additionally, Tracy has training in McNeill Dysphagia Therapy, Beckman Oral Motor Assessment and Intervention as well as Lingraphica (speech generation device) training. She is a member of the American Speech Language and Hearing Association (ASHA) and the Florida Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists (FLASHA) and has 26 years of experience in speech-language pathology

Location
The Mariners Hospital Outpatient Rehabilitation Center is conveniently located on the first floor of the Tassell Medical Arts Building on the Mariners Hospital campus, MM 91.5, Tavernier. .

Contact Us
We appreciate your interest in the speech-language pathology department of Mariners Hospital Rehabilitation Center. We look forward to helping you. For more information, call 305-434-3702. ​​


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