Speech and Language Clinic

The Speech and Language Clinic serves the university and surrounding community by providing clinical services as part of the professional preparation of students in the Communication Sciences and Disorders program.

The UWM Speech and Language Clinic is proud to serve all individuals regardless of age, beliefs, customs, ability, perspectives, gender identity, cultural background, economic status, neurodivergence, sexual orientation, language, religious beliefs, race, and dialect. The services provided in our clinic are high-quality, evidence based, and under the supervision of licensed Speech Language Pathologists/Clinical Educators.

Contact

slclinic-1@uwm.edu

Address
2400 E. Hartford Ave.
Enderis Hall, Room 864
Milwaukee, WI 53211
414-251-8293

Appointments

If you are interested in participating in our clinic or finding more information, please contact us.

We are accepting new clients for the Voice & Fluency clinic and the Adult Neurologic Communication Disorders clinic. At this point, we cannot accept any new pediatric clients.

The clinic treatment programs start at the beginning of the fall, spring, and summer semesters. However, referrals are accepted throughout the year. Most therapy is scheduled one to two times per week, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Thursday. Scheduling is dependent on clinical training needs and hours of availability.

Fees

Semester rates for services are determined with accessibility in mind and helps to support our clinic operations, use of clinic materials, equipment, and assessment tools, and the overall education and training provided to our graduate students. 

It is the UWM Speech and Language Clinic’s policy to offer semester rates for services that allow consistent access to care. These rates may be adjusted based on household income, family size, and individual financial circumstances to ensure that services remain equitable, respectful, and responsive to each client’s needs through the completion of a Sliding Scale Application.

Additional consideration may be given to individual financial circumstances, including temporary strain or hardship, through the completion of a Reduced Fee Application. The Director of Clinical Education will complete a personalized fee review upon receipt of the Reduced Fee Application. Our goal is to ensure that services remain equitable and sustainable for all families.

Adult Neurogenic Clinic
This clinic serves adults with the acquired disorders of aphasia, apraxia, dysarthria and cognitive-linguistic impairment. The emphasis is on teaching the individual and his/her communication partners to utilize multiple modalities for communication, including augmentative/alternative communication when appropriate. In addition, therapy provides communication partner training and support, and promotes opportunities for social interaction.
Pediatric Clinic
The clinic serves children beginning at approximately one year of age. Our services include comprehensive assessment and treatment for speech sound disorders, language disorders, and oral-sensory feeding difficulties. Therapy is offered through a variety of service delivery models, including individual sessions, group sessions, or a combination of both, depending on each child’s needs.

At UWM Children’s Learning Center (CLC), services are provided in close collaboration with CLC staff. When appropriate, we also offer a “push-in” service model, delivering therapy directly within the classroom environment to best support the child’s development.
Fluency Clinic
This clinic provides therapy to children and adults who demonstrate stuttering behaviors. Clients are seen 1-2 times per week for individual and/or group therapy. This clinic may also teach fluency enhancement techniques to children at-risk for stuttering. These children and their parent(s) attend therapy 1-2 times per week for individual therapy.
Voice Clinic
This clinic specializes in evaluation and therapy for all types of voice disorders in adults and children. “Voice disorders” typically include problems with vocal quality, pitch, loudness or nasality.

Clients are first required to have an evaluation by an otolaryngologist. Clients are seen one to two times per week for individual and/or group therapy.
Gender Affirming Voice Therapy Clinic
The clinic provides voice therapy for transgender clients that want their voice to more closely reflect their gender identity. Clients can be seen once or twice a week for individual therapy
Parkinson Voice Project
The Clinic also offers in-person and teletherapy services to individuals with Parkinson Disease. To that end, our student clinicians receive free training in the SPEAK OUT!® Program through a grant from the Parkinson Voice Project. This unique grant program aims to make quality speech treatment accessible to people with Parkinson’s across the globe. Grant sites receive free SPEAK OUT!® training for their speech-language pathologists and graduate students, as well as speech therapy supplies and funding for their SPEAK OUT® groups. One-hundred percent of our first-year students have completed the SPEAK OUT!® online training.