Speech Language Pathology Center

Speech Language Pathology

Welcome to The Speech Language Pathology Center

Neurology Center of New England is proud to offer our patients world class Speech Language Pathology care.

The Speech Language Pathology department is run by an exceptionally qualified provider that aims to ensure your comfort and care throughout your experience, with treatments tailored to individual patient needs.

Meet Your Provider

Cara Burdette, MS, CCC-SLP

Cara is a speech-language pathologist (SLP) who received her B.S. in Communication Sciences and Disorders with a minor in Psychology from Worcester State College in 2000, and received her M.S. in Communication Disorders from Emerson College in 2002. She has over 20 years of experience as a medical SLP, working primarily with adults within inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation settings. Cara’s areas of focus include acquired speech, language, voice and swallowing disorders stemming from a wide variety of etiologies. She is a certified provider of LSVT-LOUD, with over 10 years of experience delivering LOUD to her clients. She has special clinical interests in aphasia, dysarthria, cognitive-communication impairments and dysphonia. She has worked with a wide variety of neurologic populations including patients with multiple sclerosis, stroke, Parkinson disease, various forms of dementia, head injury, muscular dystrophy, and more.  She has a strong belief that communication, aside from being a basic skill, provides us with quality of life; that meaningful conversation is at the heart of connecting with others. She is eager to help each patient and their caregivers find ways to better communicate, reconnect, and increase independence.