Speech & Hearing Center

Speech and language disorders affect people of all ages. Some individuals cannot combine words into sentences. Others can talk, but their speech is unclear. People who stutter find it hard to speak fluently, while those with voice problems may sound hoarse or nasal. Injury to the brain can cause communication problems at any age. Strokes and head injuries may affect thinking, understanding, and speaking. 

Services are available for speech and language disorders associated with:

The Speech-Language Pathology program assures equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, or veteran's status. 

Hearing testing services are available to people of all ages by a nationally certified and state licensed audiologist. Digital hearing aids from several manufacturers are dispensed.

Hearing Services include:

• Hearing evaluation of pediatrics to senior citizens.
• Hearing aid evaluation, selection, fitting, and management, including infants.
• Assistive listening devices
• Therapy for hearing-impaired individuals
• Custom swim molds
• Custom hearing protection molds (musician’s ear plugs)

This unique center provides programming for young children with communication disorders. The preschool program provides services to three- to five-year old children with mild to moderate language disorders. The toddler program provides services to late-talkers between the ages of 18 months and three years.