Barbara C. Coven-Ellis, MASLP

Speech-Language Pathologist

330 Madison Ave S
Bainbridge Island, WA 98110

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(206) 451-4308

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Barbara C. Coven-Ellis, MASLP

Speech-Language Pathologist

Gender:	Female
Experience:	13 years
Languages:	English

About Barbara C. Coven-Ellis, MASLP

Barbara Coven-Ellis is an ASHA (American Speech-Language and Hearing Association) certified speech-language pathologist (SLP) who is dedicated to helping kids and their families find their way through medically complex and socially isolating feeding and communication challenges. Her passion for helping children and families reach their goals of improved communication and feeding abilities drives her to stay up-to-date on the latest evidence-based practices. Barbara is a medically trained SLP experienced in the evaluation and treatment of multiply impaired children. She is especially dedicated to supporting children and their families dealing with complex communication challenges and feeding disorders from NICU discharge to early elementary age. As a result, she is certified and trained in a variety of feeding methodologies for the neonate through teens, including those focusing on neonates and infants with cardiac, pulmonary, and GI issues. Barbara is experienced in working with children with laryngeal clefts, laryngomalacia, tracheomalacia, TEF/EA, PRS, Down's, cardiac anomalies, trachs, g-tubes, craniofacial challenges, g-tubes, and more. Barbara also has extensive experience and training treating ASD, speech sound disorders, CAS, phonology, executive function disorders, and is certified in Hanen Method, DIR Floortime, and PECS.

Education

Ms. Coven-Ellis graduated with a Master in Audiology and Speech Language Pathology from Eastern Michigan University. Barbara C. Coven-Ellis, MASLP earned a degree of a Master in Audiology and Speech Language Pathology.

Licenses

Barbara C. Coven-Ellis, MASLP has been registered with the National Provider Identifier database since March 25, 2022, and her NPI number is 1396495990. Ms. Coven-Ellis certified her NPI information on 02/13/2023.

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Speech-Language Pathologist

Ms. Barbara C. Coven-Ellis is a Speech-Language Pathologist in Bainbridge Island, WA 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, Barbara C. Coven-Ellis, MASLP 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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