The Speech-Language-Hearing Applied Laboratory

The JMU Speech-Language-Hearing Applied Lab is getting our clinic ready for a festive holiday season!The Speech-Language-Hearing Applied Laboratory is part of the university's teaching, research and community services programs.

• It provides quality hearing, speech, and language clinical services to adults and children with communication disorders
• It supports research into communication disorders and clinical education of students
• It provides opportunities for supervised, quality clinical practicum experiences for speech-language pathology and audiology graduate students
• It serves as resource to the professions and to the local community through its various consulting services

In the Laboratory, as many as 60 children and adults who have a wide range of communication difficulties are served each week. Examples of some of the services and communication difficulties are:

• speech/articulation/phonology problems
• hearing problems
• child language impairments
• hearing aid needs and problem solving
• stuttering problems
• voice disorders
• neurological impairment and brain damage
• auditory processing difficulties
• accents, pronunciation, limited English proficiency, and intelligibility difficulties
• reading difficulties
• developmental disability
• noise-induced hearing losses
• communication problems related to autism
• augmentative & alternative communication needs
• developmental dyspraxia

Students, faculty, staff and persons served in the applied lab are treated in a non-discriminatory manner-that is, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, participation restriction, age, sexual orientation, or status as a parent. The institution and program comply with all applicable laws, regulations, and executive orders pertaining thereto.

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