Olivia Kao, CCC-SLP
Speech Language Pathologist
Olivia Kao, MS, CCC-SLP received her BS in Speech and Hearing Sciences and her BA in Linguistics from the University of Washington. Following a year working to support research in bilingual language acquisition in Madrid, Olivia returned to the University of Washington to pursue her master’s degree in Medical Speech-Language Pathology, which she earned in 2018. Olivia completed a clinical internship at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center in Houston, and her clinical fellowship in a skilled nursing facility in the Seattle area, continuing to work with adults recovering from stroke, moderate to severe brain injury, and those living with neurodegenerative disease before joining the RIW team in 2021. Olivia is an LSVT-LOUD certified clinician and enjoys her work at RIW to help individuals improve their quality of life by regaining confidence with their cognitive, speech, language, communication, and swallowing abilities.
