Clinics

The Speech-Language Clinic provides opportunities for individuals with communication problems to receive individual and group diagnostic evaluations, screenings and therapy services.  The clinic provides services for many communication problems.  Children and adults with mild to severe speech sound problems and/or impaired oral-motor control, language problems associated with autism, language-learning disabilities, hearing impairment, stuttering, and voice problems caused by vocal abuse/misuse, cancer of the larynx, vocal polyps, and/or Parkinson’s disease are served.  The Speech-Language Clinic has a rich tradition of providing numerous types of clinical services to the community and University.

Speech-Language Clinic Programs:

Adult Language Diagnostic and Treatment: Adult clients with varying neurologic diagnoses including CVA, TBI, and Parkinson's disease are seen weekly for individual and/or group therapy. Therapy focuses on improving communication skills via a multi-modal approach. Therapy sessions are held in-house weekly to bi-weekly. Joanne Gutek, Anne Marie Kubat, and Dawn Wetzel supervise.

Birth-Three Program: In cooperation with Indiana's First Steps program, this program provides therapy services for children from birth-3 years who display a wide variety of disorders and developmental delays. Individualized and group parent-training sessions focus on indirect language stimulation within a naturalistic, play-based setting. Birth to Three is held at the Redeemer Lutheran Church in West Lafayette on Mondays and Fridays from 8 a.m. – 12 p.m. Hope Gulker, D.T., supervises.

Indiana Veteran's Home: This program provides diagnostic and therapy services to the adult geriatric population with diagnoses including aphasia, TBI, dementia, voice disorders, dysarthria and dysphagia. Students also obtain experience treating residents diagnosed with progressive neurological illnesses such as ALS and Parkinson's disease. Therapy is provided in individual and group sessions. Frequent interaction with various disciplines such as Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Nursing, Physicians, Dieticians, and Social Services provide the highest quality of care to each individual residing at IVH. Mary Lou Poole and Dawn Wetzel supervise.

Preschool Speech-Language-Hearing Screenings: These screenings are performed at various preschools in the community during the academic calendar year. Mary Lou Poole and Bill Murphy supervise.

Preschool Language Program: This communication-based program serves 15 children ranging from 3-5 years of age. Various etiologies and communication problems are addressed in group and experiential situations. Children with typically developing communication skills are included as peer models. A transdisciplinary team consisting of a speech-language pathologist, early childhood special educator, and family members plan and implement communication intervention in an early childhood setting. The Preschool Language Program is held at the Redeemer Lutheran Church in West Lafayette on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 8 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Jeanette Leonard and Hope Gulker supervise.

Stuttering Therapy Diagnostic and Treatment: The clinic offers a variety of programs for people who stutter and their families. Therapy is designed to meet the individual needs of each person. Therapy with preschool and grade school children consists of individual sessions combined with parent support/training groups. Adolescents and adults may receive both individual and group therapy. Treatment emphasizes not only achieving smoother speech patterns, but also reducing the fear and embarrassment so commonly experienced by adults who stutter. Bill Murphy supervises.

Voice Program Otolaryngology Private Practice: Voice diagnostics and therapy are conducted with both children and adults in a medical private practice setting. Videostroboscopy evaluation is performed by speech-language pathologists. The program is held at Lafayette Otolaryngology Associates (Drs Berner & Hillsamer) in Lafayette on Monday and Tuesday mornings from 8 a.m. – 12 p.m. Barbara Solomon and Dawn Wetzel supervise.

Summer Intensive Articulation and Phonology Programs: This program is designed to provide intensive intervention for children who receive speech therapy during the school year. The program runs for approximately 8 weeks over the summer. Children attend 90-minute, group sessions three times a week. The groups consist of 2 to 4 children. The program helps children learn and practice producing targeted sounds in an effort to improve the ability to be understood. Barb Cicholski supervises.

Summer Child Language Treatment/Research Program: Each summer, a four week child language intervention and research program takes place from mid-June to mid-July. Children ranging from 4-6 years of age who meet the criteria established for research protocols participate in data collection tasks and intervention activities on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 9:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Jeanette Leonard supervises.

Additional Practicum Opportunities:

• Individual Speech/Language diagnostic and treatment services for children through adults
• Aural habilitation for children and aural rehabilitation for adults with hearing impairments
• Adult speech, language, and hearing screening programs

Location:

The Clinic is located in the basement level of Heavilon Hall on the Purdue University campus.  Clinic facilities are accessible to physically handicapped persons via a ground level entrance and elevators.  Parking is available for patients at designated parking meters during regular business hours (8:00 am – 5:00 pm) in front of Heavilon Hall.  Additional parking is available in the Grant Street Parking Garage if meter parking is full.  Payment is required to leave the garage.