- Accent Modification
- Augmentative and Alternative Communication Needs
- Cognitive-Linguistic Communication Difficulties
- Stuttering
- Hearing Loss and Impact on Communication
- Language Disorders
- Emergent Literacy and Language-Literacy Difficulties
- Social-Pragmatic Aspects of Communication
- Speech Sound Disorders (Articulation and Phonology)
- Voice and Resonance Disorders
Diagnostic and Therapy Services Available
The PennWest Community Health Speech-Language Pathology Clinic at Edinboro provides a full range of screening, diagnostic and therapy services to pediatric and adult individuals with communication differences and difficulties. These services include initial speech and language screenings, comprehensive diagnostic evaluations, and individual and group therapy sessions. Comprehensive diagnostic evaluations typically last approximately two hours and can be completed in one session or over the course of multiple sessions. Individual or group therapy sessions are typically scheduled for one or two 45-minute visits per week. Our therapy is typically provided in-person, with some opportunities for tele-therapy services for clients who reside in Pennsylvania.
We provide assessment and treatment clinical services for:
Additional Services provided at Edinboro include:
- Gender Affirming Voice
- Language & Literacy Group
- Social Language Group
- SPEAK OUT! Therapy Program for people with Parkinson’s and other related neurological
disorders
SPEAK OUT! is a therapy regimen tailored to people with Parkinson’s disease to improve their communication skills and can assist in improved swallowing. In this program, speech is transformed from an automatic function to an intentional task. SPEAK OUT! is usually completed in 8 sessions spanning four weeks, and then the client transitions to group therapy. In this 4-week span, clients report improvement in their speaking, their ability to be heard, and their overall quality of life.
SPEAK OUT! groups meet once weekly. The sessions provide maintenance for skills obtained during individual SPEAK OUT! therapy and are a source of camaraderie for the members. PennWest offers SPEAK OUT! individual and group therapies at no cost to clients through a grant received from the Parkinson Voice Project.
The SPEAK OUT! therapy regimen was developed at Parkinson Voice Project in Richardson, TX.
SPEAK OUT! individual and group therapies are offered at our university clinic and can occur in-person or virtually through telehealth.
Since Parkinson’s is a neurodegenerative disease, it is important to begin speech therapy as soon as possible in order to postpose further decline in communication functioning. Participation in SPEAK OUT! can change the effects that Parkinson’s disease has on your voice. Muscles become weak because they are not used to their full capacity, not because Parkinson’s is making them weak. SPEAK OUT! requires you to use the muscles for speaking and swallowing to their full potential to prevent decline.
We are proud to partner with the Parkinson Voice Project to provide SPEAK OUT! services at no cost to the client. You will not be billed for these services.
Clinicians
Services are provided by student clinicians enrolled in the graduate speech-language
pathology program under close supervision by faculty members who are licensed and
certified speech-language pathologists.
Clinic Calendar
The Speech-Language Hearing Clinic is open during the fall, spring, and summer sessions.
The summer session runs approximately 6-9 weeks; the fall and spring semesters run
approximately 13-15 weeks.
Clinic Fees
All speech and language diagnostic and therapy services are offered at no cost.
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Contact Us
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Human Services Building, 2nd Floor
215 Scotland Rd.
Edinboro, PA 16444
Phone: 814-732-2433
Parking: Free, Designated Visitor Parking in front of Human Services Building