But then a hearing-impaired child will just stop. The AUM Speech and Hearing Clinic is a comprehensive facility serving the central Alabama area. The clinic provides complete diagnostic and therapeutic services for children and adults who have speech and hearing problems, and offers students who have chosen speech-language pathology and audiology as a career field the course work and practicum experiences required for a bachelor of arts degree. The clinic staff of speech-language pathologists and audiologists collaborate to educate students and provide a variety of services to the public. Speech-language pathology services include diagnostic evaluations of articulation disorders such as distortions and substitution of speech sounds, language disorders such as delayed language, fluency disorders such as stuttering, and voice disorders such as those resulting from vocal nodules or laryngeal surgery.
Individual therapy is provided on a weekly or biweekly basis through a variety of programs.
In addition to special services such as those to patients with cochlear implants, the clinic's audiology services include diagnostic evaluations of hearing disorders utilizing specialized procedures to assess the type and degree of hearing impairment. LERN, the leading association in lifelong learning programming, publishes Course Trends 11 times a year in six countries. The November edition highlighted eight youth programs offered by AUM's School of Continuing Education in the section Outstanding Course Ideas. In Summer 2001 Development Institute Twenty-nine faculty members have been chosen to participate in the third AUM Faculty Development Institute in summer 2001. The institute's purpose is to build a cadre of technically advanced faculty.