North Idaho Speech & Myo, LLC

Kristi Orlando is an Idaho native who has been a licensed Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) since 2011. She holds the Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and has worked in schools, private practices, and outpatient clinics in various Idaho towns, treating a variety of communication disorders and working with children and adults.

Originally from the Boise area, she completed her undergraduate studies in Spanish at Boise State University. Her masters degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders was earned from Idaho State University. Since then she has pursued extensive additional education in a variety of areas, specializing in speech disorders and orofacial myology: treating and retraining muscles of the mouth.

Kristi opened North Idaho Speech & Myo, LLC in May of 2024, where she provides valuable services to Sandpoint and surrounding areas as a Speech Language Pathologist who specializes in orofacial myology. She offers speech therapy and stuttering therapy for pediatrics and myofunctional therapy for ages 4 through adults. She is passionate about helping clients meet their goals in a positive, supportive therapy environment. Kristi’s priority is collaborating with local doctors, dentists, orthodontists, SLPs, PTs, OTs, and body workers to provide multidisciplinary care that best supports client goals.

Kristi is TOTS trained, STONES trained, belongs to NeuroAffirm, and has achieved specialized skills in the areas of oral motor skills and motor speech disorders, which she applies to the vast spectrum of speech sound disorders and orofacial myofunctional disorders. She gets excited about working on the root cause of disorders versus a bandaid fix. (click logo links for more information). She is also actively engaged in education to provide feeding therapy in late 2025.

Kristi and her husband have two children and two dogs, a Vizsla and a mini aussie. She loves to garden, do crafts, go on family adventures, and sing loudly while she dances with her family in the kitchen.