Department of Speech Pathology

About Us

Judith Kennedy, M.S.

Senior Speech-Language Pathologist

Ms. Kennedy has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Speech Pathology from Elmire College (1970). In addition, she has 32 hours of Education courses from Nazareth college of Rochester and 25 hours of coursework in Linguistics and Philosophy at the University of Rochester. She has taken courses in Basic Neurosciences at the University of Rochester Medical School and Neuropharmacology at the U of R. She is the recipient of 7 continuing education awards from ASHA. She joined URMC/Strong Health in 1970.

Her clinical and research interests lie in the area of neurodegenerative diseases and voice. She has presented and published research on the language, speech, voice, and swallowing disorders associated with Huntington's and Alzheimer's diseases. Ms. Kennedy has served as the speech pathology consultant to ALS-MDA center at the University of Rochester Medical Center since its inception.

Ms. Kennedy is a certified provider of  LSVT (Lee Silverman Voice Treatment for Parkinsons disease), Lingraphicare Aphasia program, FastForWord, DPNS (Deep Pharyngeal Neuromuscular Stimulation), and Vital Stim (neuromuscular electrical stimulation treatment of dysphagia).

Graduate Education

M.A., Speech-Language Pathology, Nazareth College – 1993
M.S., Education, Nazareth College – 1978

Fellowship

Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, New York – 1979

Licensure/Registration

New York State License – Speech-Language Pathology – 1998

Board Certification

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association – 1979

Professional Memberships

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association