Location

Georgia State University's Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic is located in the College of Education Building on the campus of Georgia State University. The clinic is well equipped with a state of the art video system, computerized laboratory equipment, and a wealth of materials and tests.

Services

Evaluation and therapy services are provided by student clinicians during their clinic practicum experiences. Students usually provide services in our clinic for three semesters in their course of study. Speech, language and hearing evaluations are thorough, in-depth sessions used to identify and describe a person's communication problem. Usually, the evaluations last for three hours. After the client is diagnosed with a speech, language, or hearing disorder, he or she may be enrolled in weekly therapy sessions at the clinic. Clients are typically seen two times a week for 50-60 minute sessions. All clients have goals personalized to meet their communication needs. Goals are developed by the student clinician after consultation with the client, the client's family, and the student clinician's supervisor. Therapy sessions are scheduled for 14 weeks with short breaks between semesters. All therapy services are available by appointment during each semester of the year (fall, spring, and summer).

Clients

Clients with disorders of all types receive therapy and evaluations including language disorders, voice disorders, fluency disorders, speech sound disorders, and hearing disorders. Both children and adult clients are seen at the clinic. The clinic's caseload is diverse with a large clientele of adults with aphasia and children with speech sound and language disorders. The clinic also offers a conversational group for adults with aphasia and services for clients exhibiting language differences (e.g., regional dialect, accent reduction). Student clinicians gain valuable experience working with many unique and interesting clients of all age ranges during their on-campus practica.

Supervisors

Staff members who have a master's degree or a doctoral degree in speech-language pathology or audiology are responsible for supervising student clinicians who provide screening, evaluation, and therapy services. All of the staff members are licensed by the state of Georgia and have been awarded the Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. All Faculty members supervise at least one semester per year.