Facilities

The Department of Communication Disorders is housed in two separate facilities. The departmental office, the University Speech and Hearing Clinic, and the departmental faculty offices are located in Grauel Building at the southeast corner of the University campus. Pacific Hall, located adjacent to Grauel Building, houses instructional, laboratory, and research facilities. Departmental facilities consist of  classrooms in Pacific Hall as well as four laboratories in Pacific Hall. Two of the laboratories are equipped with the Voice, Speech Science and Resonance instrumentation and software (VisiPitch, CSL, Nasometer, and Dr. Speech). The Augmentative/Alternative Communication Laboratory houses 11-12 electronic devices and supporting accessories such as software, keyboards, and switches, while the Phonetics Laboratory provides individualized and group listening devices for student training. The Swallowing Laboratory houses video stroboscopy and endoscopy equipment. The classrooms are equipped with comprehensive technology packages to support instructional activities.

The University Speech and Hearing Clinic is located in Grauel Building providing a private waiting room, eight training rooms, remote and direct observation rooms, a fully equipped audiology suite, storage for a substantial inventory of assessment and treatment materials and developmental toys as well as a student workroom and computer workstations for students to use while preparing for clinical practicum. The therapy suites are equipped with computers for clinical software applications and Internet access. These facilities are handicap accessible and are located on the main level of the Grauel Building with accessible parking nearby. The audiology suite houses clinical audiometers, tympanometers, an otoacoustic emission analyzer and an evoked potnatial analysis system which allows integration of auditory brainstem responses as well as middle and late-evoked responses into the clinical assessment battery.

Statement of Non-Discrimination

In accordance with the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association’s Policy of Non-Discrimination, the Center for Speech and Hearing at Southeast Missouri State University complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws prohibiting discrimination, including harassment, on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national or ethnic origin, physical or mental disability or condition, age, sexual orientation, status as a parent, and status as a covered veteran, including, but not limited to, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Equal Pay Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (to the Higher Education Act of 1965), the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam-Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, and all amendments to the foregoing.
Posted July 20, 2010