Speech and Hearing
A major resource for speech and hearing in the Hudson Valley Region, the Center provides comprehensive services to both outpatients at the Westchester Institute for Human Development (WIHD) and inpatients at the Westchester Medical Center (WMC). The Center serves not only individuals with disabilities, but the general public as well. Our goals include identification, evaluation, and diagnosis of speech, language, swallowing, and hearing disorders, and provision of prompt, quality intervention. The Speech and Hearing Center provides clinical field placements at both WIHD and WMC for graduate students in speech-language pathology from various universities. The Center is also a residency site for Clinical Fellows in Audiology (AuD).
Speech & Hearing
Cedarwood Hall, Valhalla, NY
914-493-7294
speechcenter@wihd.org
Monday-Friday: 9am-5pm
Please have your current insurance information available when you call.
Our highly qualified speech-language pathologists evaluate, diagnose and treat communication and swallowing disorders for people of all ages.
ASSESSMENT AND INTERVENTION SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE FOR:
Speech Delays and Disorders
- Articulation
- Oral-Motor
- Childhood Apraxia of Speech
- Apraxia or Dysarthria due to Stroke, Disease or Trauma
Fluency
- Stuttering
- Cluttering
Language Delays and Disorders
- Vocabulary and Grammar
- Social Aspects
- Language Processing
- Language-Based Literacy Skills
- Phonological Awareness Abilities
- Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder
- Learning Disability
- Aphasia/Stroke
- Disease or Trauma induced Language Difficulties
Swallowing and Feeding Difficulties
Cognitive Aspects of Communication
- Attention
- Memory
- Problem Solving
- Executive Function Disorder
Cleft Palate and Craniofacial Anomalies
Voice Disorders
- Chronic Hoarseness and Laryngitis
- Vocal Fold Paralysis
- Vocal Nodules or Polyps
- Reinke’s Edema
- Parkinson’s Disease
Deaf and Hard of Hearing
- Hearing Aid or Cochlear Implant
Auditory Processing Disorders
The audiologists at WIHD provide state-of-the-art audiologic services to infants, children and adults. We have the knowledge, experience and compassion to evaluate and provide audiologic remediation of the gamut of auditory system disorders. The audiologists have a special expertise in testing very young and/or difficult to test individuals.
Services include:
Comprehensive (behavioral) Audiologic Testing
- Standard audiometric testing
- Speech audiometry
- VRA and conditioned play audiometry
- Immittance testing
Full Service Hearing Device Program
- Digital hearing aids
- Assistive listening devices
- Cochlear implants
- BAHA
Electrophysiologic Evaluations
- Otoacoustic emission testing
- Auditory brain stem response evaluation, performed under natural sleep or sedation
- Newborn hearing screening follow-up
Auditory Processing Evaluations
Meet Our Speech and Hearing Team
Our team consists of over 30 speech-language pathologists and audiologists who are licensed by New York State. In addition, all staff members hold the Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA).
MICHELLE DIMATTIA, MA, CCC-SLP, BCS-S
Supervisor, Speech and Hearing Inpatient Service
MINDY SCHMELZER, AUD, CCC-A
Supervisor of Audiology
AUDIOLOGISTS
Regina Albinus, MS, CCC-A
Rivka Bornstein, AuD, CCC-A
Kristi D’Auria, AuD, CCC-A
Samantha Morgan, AuD, CCC-A
Amber Turner, AuD, CCC-A
GEMMA WHITE, M.S., CCC-SLP
Clinical Coordinator, Speech Department
SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS
Michelle Albera, MS, CCC-SLP, TSHH
Kristen Cannici, MS, CCC-SLP
Leah Ivory, MS, CCC-SLP
Erin McGee, MS, CCC-SLP
Erin McMurdo, MS, CCC-SLP, BCS-S
Danielle McPartlandt , MS, CCC-SLP
Rita Ricciardella M.A. CCC-SLP
Amy Rickard, MS, CCC-SLP
Noreen Schaefer, MS, CCC-SLP
Catherine Zohar, MS, CCC-SLP
We also have over ten per-diem Speech-Language Pathologists.
In Memoriam
MARILYN KLEIN, MA, CCC-SLP
Director, Speech and Hearing Center (1981-2022)
Marilyn was an invaluable member, cheerleader, and ambassador of WIHD’s team since she first started as a Speech Pathologist in 1969. Over the years she held clinical, supervisory and instructional positions until she became director of Speech & Hearing at WIHD in Valhalla in 1981. Marilyn not only directed the Speech Language Pathology and Audiological Programs at both WIHD and Westchester Medical Center, she was integral in some of the operations of the Assistive Technology, Behavior Psychology and Adult Health Services programs. Marilyn will be sorely missed by all of those whose lives she touched but her legacy lives on at WIHD through her dedication and commitment to the organization.