In-depth speech, language, and phonological awareness testing is completed prior to designing individual intervention programs for children who exhibit moderate to profound speech and language impairments of a functional nature. This program is an assessment and intervention clinic for both children and adults with nasal speech quality resulting from cleft palate or other causes. The services are provided 2 to 3 times per week for 60 minutes sessions depending on the individual needs of the client. Referrals are accepted from physicians, family members, self-referral by the patient, or other health care professionals. Patients are seen twice weekly for one-hour sessions.
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The assessment typically includes comprehensive testing and observation, interviews with the child s family members and classroom teachers and consultation regarding the clinical findings and recommendation. The screening includes brief assessment and observation of the child s speech, language, fluency, voice and hearing. Referrals and recommendations are made as appropriate. The tinnitus clinic, still in the startup phase, will provide tinnitus retraining and habituation therapy under the guidelines of the Tinnitus Retraining Therapy Association. Tinnitus ranging from mild to severe is treated with extensive counseling, and the use of noise generators that allow the tinnitus sufferer to adapt to the sounds they hear, thereby reducing the discomfort they experience.