Clinic

Making an Appointment
Appointments may be made by calling (716) 829-3980. The clinic provides services Monday through Friday during regular business hours. Referrals are made from many sources, including hospital and school personnel, physicians, and social agencies. A confidential diagnostic evaluation will be scheduled to determine the nature of the difficulty and develop recommendations for treatment.

The Speech, Language, and Hearing Clinic has an active support group for family members of individuals with aphasia. The group meets in the UB Speech, Language, and Hearing Clinic on the first Thursday of each month at 7:00 pm, dependent on enrollment.

The University offers a program to both children and adults who have had a cochlear implant due to significant hearing loss or deafness. The program focuses on improving the person’s ability to interpret the auditory information that they are receiving through the implant.

Objective speech production evaluations are available through the Speech Production Laboratory and the Speech Perception Laboratory. Objective measures are used to evaluate the speech production systems of adults and children with multiple handicaps, cerebral palsy, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, traumatic brain injury, voice disorders, neurologically-based speech disorders of unknown etiology, and hypernasality.

The University Clinic offers services for children and adults diagnosed with an auditory processing disorder(APD). Typically those with an APD have normal hearing, but have trouble efficiently and effectively processing or interpreting auditory information.

The University offers services for pre-school children with speech or language needs. Individual and group services are provided upon availability. Pre-school services are often a good clinical alternative for young children who do not qualify for services through the county or the school district, but still present with communication delays.

Director : Carol Ann Sellers, M.A., CCC-SLP The Adult Language Program at the Speech-Language and Hearing Clinic at the University at Buffalo offers evaluation and treatment services for individuals with communication difficulties related to congenital anomalies, head injury, stroke and progressive neurological diseases.

The University's Speech-Language and Hearing Clinic is the initial and primary training agency for students in speech-language pathology and audiology. Established in 1949, the clinic has significantly expanded in size and scope over the years. A bright, modern, and fully equipped new clinic facility officially opened in 1999 when the department relocated to UB's South Campus. Speech-Language Pathology: The clinic consists of ten individual or small-group treatment rooms and adjoining observation booths. Each treatment room is equipped with a video camera/audio system, that enables both remote videotaping and indirect supervision/monitoring from a central control room. A fully equipped preschool room houses our innovative language-based preschool program. The room has numerous manipulative toys and learning supplies that make it possible to create a wide range of naturalistic play experiences with young children. An adult group-therapy room, complete with kitchen, dining, and living room areas, lends itself to creating functional learning opportunities for groups of adult clients with aphasia, aural rehabilitation needs, laryngectomies, fluency disorders, and other communicative disorders, and for those enrolled in parent counseling programs. The clinic is stocked with up-to-date tests, instructional materials, and equipment (computers, videotaping units, augmentative systems, auditory trainers, assistive listening devices, etc.) for use by students and patients in practicum. A student "work" room is located within the clinic for use in preparation for treatment sessions. The clinic also maintains a Voice Clinic, with specially designed scientific equipment to obtain objective measures of voice and air flow during speech. The Augmentative Clinic has computerized speech devices for clients who might benefit from the latest technological advances as ways for supporting their communication needs. The Central Auditory Processing Program offers specialized testing and therapy for children and adults with auditory or language processing difficulties. The clinic has a long established aphasia program which focuses on increasing the functional communication of adults who have neurologically based speech or language challenges secondary to a brain trauma such as incurring a stroke. The fluency program consists of individual and group sessions which focus on enhancing fluency and decreasing the negative feelings that often accompany stuttering. Audiology: The clinic has two audiometric sound suites, complete with the latest equipment. One room is designed for in depth hearing evaluation of adult patients, ranging from standard pure-tone, speech, and immittance measurements to hearing aid, electrophysiological, and central auditory evaluations. The second suite is equipped to evaluate children's hearing. A third area is dedicated to immittance and otoacoustic emission audiometry. A hearing aid room is used for acoustic analysis of hearing aids, hearing aid modifications, and hearing aid fitting and dispensing. A new facility for electronystagmography has been added for evaluating patients and training audiology students in aspects of inner ear and balance disorders. Facilities are available for auditory training of clients who have auditory perception and/or hearing problems. A room is equipped for students' use in practicing with audiometric equipment and carrying out clinical exercises associated with their coursework. A newly established Tinnitus Clinic offers assessment and treatment for those who experience chronic and debilitating ringing in their ears. Students will find many resources in UB's clinic that are designed to meet their educational needs. There are two student work areas that are well-stocked with the latest tests and teaching materials. A computer laboratory offers students ready access to computers to aid them in doing clinic reports and transcribing and coding video and audio tapes. The diagnostic and treatment rooms have video cameras and observation rooms next to them, so that students can observe their classmates and their supervisors as they carry out their clinical activities and review videos of their clinical work.