Alison Melnick?
Update this Profile
Alison Melnick, Speech-Language Pathologist
We verify the medical license of each FindaTopDoc Verified Doctor to ensure that their license is active and they are in good medical standing.

Alison Melnick

Speech-Language Pathologist

929 EDGEWOOD RD HIGHLAND PARK IL, 60035
Write A Review

About

Dr. Alison Melnick is a speech language pathologist practicing in HIGHLAND PARK, IL. Dr. Melnick specializes in speech, language and swallowing disorders in patients. As a speech language pathologist, Dr. Melnick evaluates, diagnoses and treats patients with communication and swallowing troubles. These conditions may be due to developmental delay, brain injury, hearing loss, autism, stroke or other diseases and injuries. Dr. Melnick helps patients make sounds and improve their voices through various methods. Speech language pathologists also work with patients to strengthen muscles used to speak and swallow, and work with individuals and families to help cope with their conditions.

Provider Details

FemaleEnglish

Alison Melnick's Practice location

929 EDGEWOOD RD -
HIGHLAND PARK, IL 60035
Get Direction
New patients: 224-765-3200

Alison Melnick's reviews

(0)
Write Review

Recommended Articles

  • What Is Dysphagia?

    IntroductionDysphagia is the medical term for difficulty swallowing. A person with dysphagia finds it more difficult to move liquid or food from the mouth to the stomach. Dysphagia is most likely caused by muscle and nerve problems. When food is swallowed, multiple muscles and nerves are...

  • What is Autism?

    Autism is a developmental disorder that affects an individual's communication, social, and interpersonal skills. For individuals with this neurological disorder, their normal brain development supporting communication and social skills are impaired. Autism is also known as autism spectrum disorder...

  • Clinically Isolated Syndrome vs. Multiple Sclerosis: What You Need To Know

    Clinically isolated syndrome presents the same type of attack where the body’s immune system attacks the central nervous system. If this only happens once, it's known as CIS.Clinically Isolated SyndromeDespite popular belief, CIS does not always go on to develop multiple sclerosis. This does...

  • What Is Tay-Sachs Disease?

    IntroductionTay-Sachs disease is a genetic disorder that affects the brain's nerve cells. Individuals who have this disorder lacks a type of protein that is needed to break down fatty substances in the brain. Without this protein, fatty substances accumulate in the brain to toxic levels, which...

  • What Is Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy? Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment

    Muscular dystrophies are a group of diseases that make the muscles of the body weaker over a period of time. The muscles become less flexible in this condition. Out of the nine types of muscular dystrophy, Duchenne muscular dystrophy is one of the most common.The main characteristics of this medical...

  • What is Dyslexia?

    Dyslexia refers to a disorder characterized by disability in reading. This is a very common learning disability and is found to affect a large percentage of people in the country. Children with this learning disorder are found to have normal vision and intelligence. In many cases, the condition...

Nearby Providers

See all nearby providers

Nearest Hospitals

EVANSTON HOSPITALl

2650 RIDGE AVE EVANSTON IL 60201

Head east on Edgewood Road 1715 ft
Go straight onto Green Bay Road 4.4 mi
Continue left onto Tower Road 237 ft
Turn right onto Green Bay Road 4644 ft
Keep left 3.3 mi
Turn left onto Central Street 3585 ft
Turn left onto Girard Avenue 580 ft
You have arrived at your destination, on the right

9.8 miSee direction

NORTHWESTERN LAKE FOREST HOSPITALl

660 N WESTMORELAND ROAD LAKE FOREST IL 60045

Head east on Edgewood Road 1715 ft
Make a sharp left onto Green Bay Road 1.4 mi
Turn left onto Central Avenue 2543 ft
Continue straight onto Central Road 735 ft
Continue straight onto Deerfield Road 618 ft
Take the ramp on the right 1996 ft
Merge left onto Skokie Highway (US 41) 1985 ft
Continue straight onto Skokie Valley Road (US 41) 3.4 mi
Continue straight onto South Skokie Highway (US 41) 4872 ft
Take the ramp on the right 1303 ft
Turn left onto West Deerpath Road 836 ft
Turn right onto North Westmoreland Road 1461 ft
Continue onto North Westmoreland Road 1067 ft
Keep left at the fork 502 ft
You have arrived at your destination, straight ahead

8.5 miSee direction

ADVOCATE LUTHERAN GENERAL HOSPITALl

1775 DEMPSTER ST PARK RIDGE IL 60068

Head east on Edgewood Road 1715 ft
Go straight onto Green Bay Road 1.2 mi
Make a sharp right onto Lake Cook Road 3.6 mi
Turn left onto North Pfingsten Road 1347 ft
Continue straight onto Pfingsten Road 4.3 mi
Turn left onto West Lake Avenue 4371 ft
Turn right onto Greenwood Road 1.3 mi
Continue straight onto North Greenwood Avenue 1.3 mi
Turn right onto West Dempster Street (US 14) 1323 ft
Turn left onto North Western Avenue 673 ft
Turn right 794 ft
Turn right 184 ft
You have arrived at your destination, straight ahead

13.8 miSee direction