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Kirsten Deacetis, MPh, SLP-L, CCC

Speech-Language Pathologist

Gender: Female
Experience: 16 years

About Kirsten Deacetis, MPh, SLP-L, CCC

Kirsten Deacetis, MPh, SLP-L, CCC is a speech-language pathologist. Ms. Kirsten Deacetis has 16 years of experience in speech-language pathology.

Education

Kirsten Deacetis, MPh, SLP-L, CCC earned degrees of a Master of Pharmacy, Speech and Language Pathologist, Licensed, and Certificate of Clinical Competence.

Licenses

Kirsten Deacetis, MPh, SLP-L, CCC has been registered with the National Provider Identifier database since July 25, 2007, and her NPI number is 1407046527.

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To schedule an appointment with Ms. Kirsten Deacetis, please call (847) 838-8085.

Speech-Language Pathologist

Ms. Kirsten Deacetis is a Speech-Language Pathologist in Antioch, IL with special training and skill in preventing, assessing, diagnosing, and treating speech, language, cognitive communication, and swallowing disorders arising from illness, injury, deficiency, or congenital birth defect. As a Speech-Language Pathologist, Kirsten Deacetis, MPh, SLP-L, CCC performs testing, evaluation, and treatment of disorders relating to how patients form words, communicate, and process the speech of others. Speech-Language Pathology is a medical specialty that deals with disorders related to how patients form words, speak, and understand what others are saying to them. Significant diseases and conditions treated by Speech-Language Pathologists include speech disorders like stuttering and dysarthia, language disorders like articulation and phonological processing disorders, social communication disorders, cognitive-communication disorders, voice disorders, and swallowing disorders that may arise from conditions like stroke, dementia, brain injury, multiple sclerosis (MS), Parkinson's disease, autism, hearing loss, or congenital birth defects. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Speech-Language Pathologists include speech and language assessment, hearing assessment, developing treatment plans based on assessment and test results, developing communications strategies for patients and caregivers, working with patients to achieve communication goals, and providing patient and parent education.

The speech-language pathologist is the professional who engages in clinical services, prevention, advocacy, education, administration, and research in the areas of communication and swallowing across the life span from infancy through geriatrics. Speech-language pathologists address typical and atypical impairments and disorders related to communication and swallowing in the areas of speech sound production, resonance, voice, fluency, language (comprehension and expression), cognition, and feeding and swallowing.

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