Speech and Hearing Clinic
Established more than 50 years ago, the MU Speech and Hearing Clinic provides a full range of diagnostic and clinical speech-language services to children and adults with a wide variety of communication needs. Group and individual therapy sessions are available, based on the needs of each client.
All services at the MU Speech and Hearing Clinic are provided by graduate student clinicians in the Department of Communication Science and Disorders. These student clinicians are closely supervised by faculty members who hold certification in speech-language pathology.
Clinical services
Services address communication needs associated with a variety of conditions, including:
- Language learning disability
- Developmental delay
- Autism spectrum disorder
- Hearing impairment
- Stroke/CVA
- Traumatic brain injury
- Congenital anomalies or syndromes
- Acquired neurological disorder
Diagnostic services
An evaluation may include assessment of:
- Oral mechanism
- Articulation and phonology
- Expressive and receptive language
- Social communication
- Reading and writing
- Fluency
- Voice and resonance
Therapy services
Treatment can address:
- Expressive and receptive language delays
- Articulation and phonological disorders
- Stuttering and cluttering
- Reading and writing disabilities
- Acquired language disorders such as aphasia
- Cognitive and linguistic deficits
- Motor speech disorders such as dysarthria and apraxia
- Voice and resonance disorders
- Feeding and swallowing difficulties
- Accent modification and pronunciation
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Hours and location
The MU Speech and Hearing Clinic is located at 303 Lewis Hall on the University of Missouri campus.
| (573) 882-3873
| Services are by appointment
For more information please contact
Barbara Brinkman, MA, CCC-SLP, Clinic Director
E-mail Barbara Brinkman for information about the MU Speech and Hearing Clinic