Located in Battle Creek, MI 269-660-1025
Our Staff
Meet Our Staff
Experienced Professional Treatment
When you bring your child to South Shore Speech, you'll meet experienced speech and language specialists. Our team members are all certified speech and language pathologists.
Contact South Shore Speech
To schedule an evaluation or treatment for your child, please call our office at 269-660-1025.
Kathleen M. Toth, M.A. CCC-SLP
- ASHA-Certified Speech and Language Pathologist
- Licensed by the State of Michigan
- Owner of South Shore Speech
Kathleen Toth has over 30 years of experience in evaluating and treating communication disorders. Kathy earned her Bachelor of Science in Speech Pathology and Audiology from Western Michigan University. She received her Master of Arts in Speech Pathology from Wayne State University in 1982.
Kathy holds the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association's highest credential, the Certificate of Clinical Competence. She is a member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and the Michigan Speech and Hearing Association.
Kathy is a developer of a regionally based program for Speech and Language Development including assessment procedures and an intensive treatment program for Verbal Apraxia and Motor Speech Disorders. She has been engaged in private practice at South Shore Speech since 2000.
Areas of specialty include language-based learning disabilities, verbal apraxia, autism spectrum disorder, attention deficit and attention deficit hyperactivity disorders, tongue thrust, as well as language delay.
Ruth A. Hodge M.A. CCC-SLP
- ASHA-Certified Speech Language Pathologist
- Licensed by the State of Michigan
Ruth earned her Bachelor of Science in Speech Pathology and Audiology and her Master of Arts from Western Michigan University. She brings over 23 years of experience with specialties in developing pre-conversational skills, Apraxia, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Pediatric TBI, Tongue Thrust, and language based learning disorders.
Prior to joining South Shore Speech, LLC, Ruth worked as a Speech and Language Therapist at Bronson Methodist Hospital.
Lynaya L. Hartner, M.A. CCC-SLP, BCBA
- ASHA-Certified Speech Language Pathologist
- Licensed by the State of Michigan
Lynaya earned her Bachelor's of Science in Communication Disorders from Central Michigan University and her Masters of Arts in Speech Language Pathology from Western Michigan University. Lynaya holds the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association highest credential, the Certificate of Clinical Competence. In addition to being a Speech Language Pathologist, she is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA).
Lynaya has experience working in the school system, outpatient clinics, and in private practice. Areas of specialty include Childhood Apraxia of Speech, Autism Spectrum Disorder, language delays and disorders, and severe phonological and articulation disorders. Because of her additional certification as a BCBA she also has extensive experience working with children with a variety of behavioral differences, challenges, and disorders.