NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Speech/Language/Hearing Specialist/Technologist in Kentucky

16 NPPES records list speech/language/hearing specialist/technologist with a practice address in Kentucky, 0.4 per 100,000 residents, the 7th highest rate of 45. Louisville and Catlettsburg have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Kentucky license search.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 235500000X · method

Written with AI tools from the named public files; every figure is computed from those files (how it is made).

Louisville has the most, 11

  1. Louisville11
  2. Catlettsburg1
  3. Gray1
  4. Lexington1
  5. New Haven1

Speech/Language/Hearing Specialist/Technologist records in Kentucky

  1. Natalie AlexanderLouisville, KY 402031992383244
  2. Jessica BernardLouisville, KY 402031467039610
  3. Amy BurnsLouisville, KY 402031548853161
  4. Emily CornettLouisville, KY 402031043897291
  5. Amy Hatzel, M.A., NAD-VCatlettsburg, KY 411291649715319
  6. Summer JenkinsLouisville, KY 402031881289726
  7. Bridget MillerLouisville, KY 402031467037119
  8. Elyse PickwickNew Haven, KY 400511740441625
  9. Charlotte RoachLouisville, KY 402031164015780
  10. Jo Ellen Rule, DHH TEACHERLexington, KY 405151467884460
  11. Teresa SawyersLouisville, KY 402031710563093
  12. Jessica ScearseGray, KY 407341932622636
  13. Hannah SmallwoodLouisville, KY 402031912590704
  14. Elizabeth Ward, M. A.Richmond, KY 404751265651368
  15. Lindsey WheatleyLouisville, KY 402031295313567
  16. Barbara YoungLouisville, KY 402031790379584

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 235500000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Kentucky ranks 7 of 45 per resident

  1. Missouri0.4
  2. Massachusetts0.4
  3. Arkansas0.4
  4. Kentucky0.4
  5. South Dakota0.3
  6. District of Columbia0.3
  7. 50 states and D.C.0.2

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 235500000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

0.0% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 0.5% nationally

A Medicare file here is Part D prescribing (2024), a MIPS score (2023), an Open Payments record (2024) or Medicare group billing (CMS Doctors and Clinicians). A record outside them may still see patients: these files cover Medicare only.

  1. Kentucky0.0%
  2. United States0.5%

Speech/Language/Hearing Specialist/Technologist records in Kentucky, measured

  • In a Medicare file0 of 16 · 0.0% here, 0.5% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file0 · 0.0% here, 0.5% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more15 · 93.8% here, 78.5% nationally

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 235500000X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

16 NPPES records list speech/language/hearing specialist/technologist (235500000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Kentucky: 0.4 per 100,000 residents against 0.2 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Louisville has 11 of them (69%).

A record is a registration a provider made and keeps up to date: it shows neither that the provider is licensed nor that they still practice there. The state's own license search is the check.

States with a similar number

  1. Ohio16
  2. Florida17
  3. Texas17
  4. Illinois14

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Arkansas0.4
  2. Massachusetts0.4
  3. Missouri0.4
  4. Colorado0.2

The largest states

  1. Delaware115
  2. New York109
  3. Oklahoma32
  4. Massachusetts26
  5. Missouri25

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy; 2023 Census population estimates. A registry record is not a license.

Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.