Hello,
I sent the above to my SIL who is a speech therapist for the Easter Seals.
She couldn't help, but she sent this info along.
Hope this is helpful,
Frances Coss,  Frederick

Subject: Re: looking for an infant  speech pathologist
.  I recommend contacting the hospital
> speech pathologists in the area for a recommendation.  Kennedy
> Kreiger in Baltimore may also have a suggestion.  The ASHA (American
> Speech-Language Hearing Association) may be able to make a referral
> too.  Their website is www.asha.org and the phone # is 800-498-2071.
> Some therapists register as specialists in certain areas.  Any
> therapist who has worked with babies with cleft palates would be good
> too so contacting a cleft palate clinic in the area might be
> helpful.  Of course I don't know the nature of the problem, but if
> there is any concern that the child may be aspirating milk, a swallow
> study should be performed immediately so the child doesn't end up
> with aspiration pneumonia.  Safety is always primary over oral
> feeding so some babies need to be tube fed during oral motor therapy
> to ensure adequate nutrition.  Tube feeding does NOT mean the child
> will never be an oral feeder so even though that may be frightening
> for parents, in some cases it is essential in the beginning.  It
> really depends upon the problem.  Hope they find what they need.

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