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BWH
Location: 333 Longwood Avenue,3rd Floor, Suite 371
Phone Numbers: Main: 617-713-2039
The Speech-Language Pathology Service’s mission and mandate is
to provide the highest quality clinical care for swallowing and communication
disorders to BWH patients. The scope of services includes the evaluation
and treatment of inpatients and outpatients with oral communication
disorders and deficits and oral-pharyngeal-esophageal dysphagia resultant
of medically based etiology. Patients from all medical services may
require the care and services provided by Speech, Voice and swallowing
Pathology Service. Etiology may include head trauma, tumor, cerebral
hemorrhage, cerebrovascular accident, neurological disease, tracheotomy,
head and neck cancer, geriatrics and tracheotomy.
The emphasis of the Speech-Language Pathology Department is inpatient
and outpatient swallowing disorders. Intervention includes performing
clinical evaluations and performing video swallow studies on a variety
of patients, including those with tracheotomy and those who are ventilator
dependent.
Normal hours of operation are Monday through Friday, 8:3 am - 500
pm. For inpatients, service is provided at the bedside within 24 hours
of receiving a consult. Consults are only received via beeper 11322,
MGH SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY SERVICES
Director: Carmen Vega-Barachowitz, MS,CCC-SLP
Locations
MGH Main Campus: WACC 737, 617-726-2763, fax 617-724-0771
MGH Chelsea Health Center, 617-887-3527, fax 617-889-8503
MGH Revere Health Center, 781-485-6120, fax 781-485-6106
The scope of services provided by Speech-Language Pathology Services
includes the evaluation and treatment of inpatients and outpatients,
children and adults, presenting with communication and swallowing
disorders.
Disorders seen in adults include: aphasia, apraxia, dysarthria, dysphagia
(oral and pharyngeal swallowing problems), cognitive-linguistic deficits
secondary to head injury, reading disabilities, accent reduction,
articulation, stuttering and voice. Swallowing intervention also includes
the evaluation and treatment of patients with tracheotomy. Inpatient
and outpatient instrumental evaluation of swallowing via modified
barium swallow studies) or Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing
(FEES) are conducted upon physician request. Etiology includes head
trauma, tumor, cerebral hemorrhage, cerebrovascular accident, neurological
disease, tracheotomy, head and neck cancer and geriatrics. Inpatient
services are provided at the bedside in response to a consultation
by patient's medical team or physician.
Pediatric disorders frequently seen include: articulation/phonology
(problems in sound production), voice, delayed speech and language,
developmental apraxia, learning disabilities, reading and written
language disabilities, and stuttering. A team comprised of a nurse
specialist, a dietician, and a speech-language pathologist provides
evaluation of feeding and swallowing disorders in neonates, infants
and toddlers on an outpatient basis. A pediatric speech-language pathologist
conducts modified Barium Swallows and Velopharyngeal insufficiency
studies for inpatient and outpatient.
Services are provided in multiple languages including Spanish.
Outpatient services allow for continuity of services and include centers
in the main campus and communities of Revere and Chelsea.
INPATIENTS:
Hours of operation: Daily 8am-6pm. Service is provided at bedside
within 24 hours of receiving the consult.
OUTPATIENTS:
Hours of operation are 8 am - 6 pm Monday - Friday.
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