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The Speech & Hearing Clinic is compliant with the Privacy Rule of HIPAA. Our HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices is available in English and Spanish.The University of Connecticut's Speech & Hearing Clinic provides a full range of evaluation and treatment services to both children and adults with speech, language, and/or hearing disorders. Persons served range in age from infancy to the elderly. The Clinic’s operations are guided by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association’s (2005) Quality Indicators for Professional Service Programs in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology (available at www.asha.org / members / deskref / journals / deskref). Services address disorders of hearing,
language, cognition (memory and attention), articulation/phonological
disorders,
stuttering, swallowing, and voice disorders. Special programs are
available for improving English
pronunication. Clinic appointments usually are
arranged between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. with some evening appointment
available for audiology services Mondays through Fridays
throughout the year. The Clinic operates on a non-profit fee schedule
basis and accepts payments from third party sources. Funding for
services supports some clients through federal,
state, and local programs such as Medicaid, Department of Income
Maintenance, Bureau of Rehabilitation Services, and school systems, as
well as through various health plans and commercial insurance coverage. |
