The Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences (SLHS) was established at SRU in October 1995. As a unique department in a medical university and hospital, the department has grown leaps and bounds meeting the needs of the communicatively challenged.
Activities of the department revolve around four major areas:
Academic training
Clinical services
Research
Community oriented professional practice
These thrust areas have evolved over the years as a result of the evaluation of the needs of the population served, the skills available at the department, and the placement as a part of a large medical center servicing rural and suburban population.
The current areas of clinical focus include:
Interdisciplinary team care in cleft lip and palate
Community oriented rehabilitation for individuals with cleft lip and palate
Voice with special reference to professional voice users
Stuttering and other fluency disorders
Speech and Language evaluation and therapy for various communication disorders
Hearing Evaluation
Neonatal Hearing Screening
Middle ear evaluation for individuals with cleft lip and palate
Analog and Digital hearing aid trial
Cochlear implantation
Auditory Verbal Therapy for cochlear implantees
Early intervention center for the hearing impaired
