Clinic Services

Audiology Services

Audiology services are provided to individuals who have concerns regarding their hearing. Individuals may be self-referred or referred by a physician or other professional. Services available include evaluation of hearing, aural rehabilitation, and amplification. Services are available for infants through adulthood whenever there is a concern regarding hearing, listening, discrimination of speech, or processing of speech.

Audiology Diagnostics may include any of the following:

Pure-tone hearing thresholds
Discrimination testing, speech reception testing
Immittance testing (middle ear function)
Otoacoustic Emissions (OAE)
Play audiometry
- Pediatric Screening Clinics
Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR)
Electronystagmography (ENG)
Central Auditory Processing Disorder Evaluations (APD)
Consultation and referrals as needed

Audiology services may include any of the following:

Hearing aid evaluations
Dispensing hearing aids
Repair of hearing aids
Hearing aid checks and service
Custom ear molds
- Musician's hearing protection
- Swim molds
Assistive listening devices
Aural rehabilitation
- Speech reading class- individual and group
- Individual therapy for children with hearing loss
- Compensatory communication strategies
Consultation

Services provided:

Scheduled off-campus screenings
Year-round clinic appointments
Emergency hearing aid repair
Semester group sessions
Scheduled clinic screening sessions

Speech-Language Pathology

Speech-language pathology services are provided to individuals who have concerns regarding any aspect of their communication skills. Services are available for infants through adults for the following areas:

Speech-Language Diagnostics may include any of the following:

Examination of the oral-facial speech mechanism (lips, tongue, palate, teeth, and supporting structures)
Assessment of articulation and phonological development (also dialect)
Assessment of language comprehension (i.e., receptive language)
Assessment of expressive communication skills (i.e., expressive language)
Assessment of written language disorders (reading, spelling)
Assessment of developmental delays or autism spectrum disorders
Assessment of fluency of speech (i.e., identification of stuttering)
Assessment of vocal aspects of speech (i.e., voice and resonance)
Assessment of communication competency and need for augmentative communication
Screening of hearing or referral for audiological testing
Screening or assessment of swallowing or referral for an instrumental swallowing evaluation

Speech-Language Therapy may address any of the following difficulties:

Treatment of the oral mechanism
Treatment of speech intelligibility
- Delayed phonology
- Motor-based articulation (e.g., lisp)
- Dysarthria
- Apraxia/Developmental Verbal Dyspraxia
- Dialect reduction
Treatment of delayed or disordered language
- Language Learning Disorder/Specific Language Impairment
- Aphasia
- Developmental Delay
- Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Language skills related to reading and writing
Treatment of disorders of fluency
- Stuttering
- Cluttering
- Other
Treatment of voice and/or resonance
- Organic voice disorders (e.g., vocal nodules, polyps, etc.)
- Voice disorders resulting from use factors
- Psychogenic voice disorders
- Cleft palate
- Resonance/hypernasality
Treatment/training of augmentative communication systems
- Sign language
- Non-electronic and some electronic communication systems
- Consultation with others regarding the device or system
- Consultation regarding engineering a classroom for an AAC user
- Referral for evaluation/recommendation for alternative or advanced electronic systems
Treatment of hearing impaired
- Speech and/or language issues
- Therapy groups for children