The Penn State Speech and Hearing Clinic is housed within the department of Communication Disorders. The Clinic sponsors several programs designed to give students assessment, diagnostic, and clinical experience in all age groups having a wide variety of communication disorders. The adults in this program are from the local geographic area. The RATP is unique because it is residential in nature. Most of the clients who attend this program live on the Penn State Campus and attend intensive individual and group speech language therapy.
Patients range in age from infancy to geriatrics.
Further, the AC provides adult aural rehabilitation therapy and pediatric aural rehabilitation support groups. In addition to these on-site clinical programs, the coordinators of the Speech and Hearing Clinic also arrange practicum experiences in conjunction with other University programs in Special Education and Human Development and with the State College Area and surrounding school districts and other nearby facilities. Also, all students are required to do an off-campus externship. The externship is a full-time experience and is completed during the last semester of study. Externship sites are selected and approved by the faculty after consultation with the student.