Speech In the City

About Speech In the City

Speech In The City is a Chicago private practice located on North Southport that provides diagnostic and therapeutic speech and language services for infants, children, and teens. The practice presents its care as goal oriented, family focused, and enjoyable, with an emphasis on helping young clients build stronger communication skills alongside the people involved in their daily lives. Based on the website, the clinic works with concerns such as receptive and expressive language delays, articulation and phonological disorders, apraxia and other motor speech disorders, feeding and swallowing difficulties, autism spectrum related communication needs, and pragmatic language disorders.

The team includes Terri Gartenberg, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, the practice owner, who has more than 30 years of experience across hospitals, schools, and private practice. Her listed areas of expertise include oral motor and feeding disorders in infants and children, childhood apraxia of speech, articulation and phonology, and language and learning disorders. Micayla Merrifield, M.S., CCC-SLP, is described as an Illinois licensed speech-language pathologist whose work includes articulation and phonological impairments, apraxia, expressive and receptive language delays, pragmatic language disorders, and augmentative and alternative communication. Maddie Serota, M.S., CCC-SLP, is noted for work in language, literacy, social pragmatics, and articulation, as well as familiarity with learning disabilities and the IEP process. Katie Ziltz, M.S., CCC-SLP, has experience in outpatient clinics, early intervention, and schools, with interests in speech sound disorders, receptive and expressive language delays, and pragmatic language disorders. Across the site, the practice consistently highlights collaboration with families and educational teams as part of its care model.

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