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Specialized outpatient speech therapy to support your journey with neurological disease

Polaris Pediatrics is accepting new patients!

Polaris Speech and Neurological Rehabilitation now offers speech therapy for pediatrics through Polaris Pediatrics. Speech-language pathologists who specialize in working with pediatric clients help to support your child's speech, language, cognitive and orofacial myofunctional needs.

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Our Services

We provide outpatient speech, language, cognition, and swallowing services in your home, in office or via telehealth for the most functional, effective, and convenient interventions to support you and your loved ones throughout Ohio.

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Speech & Language

Improve your speech, expressive and/or receptive language skills through functional, and meaningful rehabilitative tasks.

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Swallowing

Enjoy your favorite foods and drinks again with strategies and rehabilitation to ensure safety and reduce worry during meals.

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Cognition

Recover or maintain your thinking skills through personalized, patient-centered interventions to increase independence within your everyday life.

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Myofunctional Therapy

Improve your breathing, sleeping, eating and thinking through our multidisciplinary approach to improve the function of your mouth, face and throat muscles.

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Why choose Polaris Speech?

What makes us different from other outpatient speech therapy practices?

Personalized Care at Home

We help support your needs in the most important and functional place, your home. Either through home therapy or telehealth, we collaborate with you to focus on your goals using an evidence-based life participation model.

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Specialized Clinicians

Our therapists have 15+ years of experience working with people who have had strokes, brain injuries, Parkinson's Disease, and other diagnoses. They hold multiple certifications and specialize in adult neurological intervention and orofacial myofunctional therapy throughout the lifespan.

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Holistic Approach

You and your loved ones are at the center of our care. We support your whole network through therapy, education and local resources in order to best facilitate your care and recovery throughout your journey with neurological disease.

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Get To know us

We are in-network with Medicare, Anthem Insurance, provide out-of-network services for other insurance plans and offer private pay options.

Join our PPC and SEE hope in PD!

The Polaris Parkinson's Community is a FREE virtual group for Support, Education, and Exercise. Meet like-minded individuals with Parkinson's Disease to share, learn and strengthen our lungs, voices, and minds in this positive environment. Contact Amy at info@polarisspeech.com or call 330.227.4656 to find out more.

Amy Larocca, MA, CCC-SLP is the owner and lead Speech-Language Pathologist at Polaris Speech & Neurological Rehabilitation. She brings 15 years of clinical and teaching experience to her patients and specializes in treating patients with neurological diseases and orofacial myofunctional disorders. She provides evidence-based, patient and family-centered care. Additionally, she helps to connect you to resources, online and throughout Northeast Ohio, to support your quality of life..