Dorinda

Dorinda is the founder of Renew Speech Language Pathology, LLC. She is certified by the American Speech Language Hearing Association (ASHA) and licensed to practice in the state of Maryland. Dorinda has been a medical SLP for over 23 years; specializing in voice disorders, swallowing impairments, and speech/language/cognitive deficits.Dorinda received her Master’s degree from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan and began her career working in hospitals. Dorinda is certified in Lee Silverman Voice Treatment (LSVT) LOUD, Vital Stim and Ampcare Effective Swallowing Protocol neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES), and Modified Barium Swallowing Impairment Profile (MBSImP). She is trained in FEES and videostroboscopy as well as Patterned Electrical Neuromuscular Stimulation (PENS) and surface electromyography (sEMG.) She received certification in the McNeil Dysphagia Therapy Program (MDTP) and Phonation Resistance Training Exercises (PhoRTE.) She actively attends continuing education courses to learn up to date, evidence-based evaluation and treatment practices.Dorinda has been a resident of Howard County, Maryland since 1997. She and her husband are busy raising a blended family of 5 kids ranging in ages from 19 – 28 years. Dorinda and her family enjoy spending time together playing games, traveling, and eating lots of popcorn!

Laura

Laura is a certified Speech Language Pathologist licensed in the state of Maryland. Laura earned her Master’s of Science degree in Speech-Language Pathology at LaSalle University in 2004. Previously, she attended Temple University where she earned a degree in Communication Sciences. 

Her experience includes evaluating and treating adults in the acute care inpatient hospital setting with speech, swallowing, language, voice and cognitive-linguistic disorders for over 17 years. She has also provided services to adults in acute inpatient rehab and skilled nursing facilities as well as outpatients. Laura is particularly interested in Stroke and Dysphagia, holding the Modified Barium Swallowing Impairment Profile (MBSImp) certification for interpreting Modified Barium Swallow Studies and is a certified McNeil Dysphagia Therapy Protocol (MDTP) provider. Laura also is a certified Lee Silverman Voice Treatment (LSVT) provider.

Outside of work, Laura enjoys spending time with her husband and two children.