Does the Hearing and Speech Center offer services to people who are not deaf?
Yes. The Center offers Speech-Language services to hearing clients. The clients are often the children of Gallaudet employees or students, as well as clients from the community around Gallaudet. This is an underserved community that relies on the Hearing and Speech Center to be able to receive services. Therapy is provided to help children with articulation problems, specific language deficits, as well as children and adults with fluency problems or voice disorders. In addition the Center provides therapy for adults who have had a stroke or other neurological damage that affects speech and language abilities.
