The University of Washington is home to the largest concentration of science research and education in the Northwest with faculty and students providing a multitude of diverse outreach services in the community. Equally, Speech and Hearing Clinic faculty, staff and students proudly carry on the tradition of outreach to the greater Seattle and Puget Sound region.

Here is a sampling of the many clinic related activities our faculty, staff, and students engage in as we celebrate Better Hearing and Speech:

 

Connecting through Challenges

May 10, 2022 — Nancy Joseph

When Leslie Jeanne Berns was born, she was a beautiful, healthy baby. At four months old she had meningitis, followed by frequent ear infections as a toddler. Her parents noticed speech delays and sought help for Leslie.

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Summer Stuttering Camp for Teens

February 21, 2020 — Speech & Hearing Clinic

The 7th annual Summer Stuttering Camp for Teens,  ages 12-18,  will take place this summer in June at the University of Washington Speech and Hearing Clinic.

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Protect Your Hearing (and Save on Custom Hearing Protection!)

September 27, 2018 — Speech & Hearing Clinic

Protect Your Hearing (and save on custom hearing protection!)

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A UW summer camp helps teens who stutter find their voices

August 29, 2018 — Kim Eckart

The assignment sat before him: a Mad Lib, one of those goofy, improvised stories that rely on random nouns, verbs and adjectives.

So 17-year-old Brandon began to tell the story, a made-up scene from a horror movie. Haltingly, he tried to form the words aloud: “choice,” “car,” “convention.”

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Educating the Husky Marching Band about Hearing Protection

September 25, 2017 — Speech & Hearing Clinic

School may have been out for the summer, but that didn't stop our students from sharing knowledge of their field!

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Students see themselves sing, from the inside

September 21, 2017

A group of incoming freshman from Cornish College visited the University of Washington's Speech and Hearing Clinic this week to sit down with Martin Nevdahl, a senior lecturer, who uses a stroboscopy system, a type of camera which photographs the students’ vocal cords while they sing.

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Audiology Services: Consumer Ratings Published

July 17, 2017 — Speech & Hearing Clinic

Puget Sound Consumers' Checkbook®, an independent nonprofit consumer organization, surveys consumers and evaluates the quality and prices of local services and products.

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Summer Institute on Clinical Education & Supervision

July 6, 2017 — SPHSC

Please join us on Saturday, July 29th from 8:30 to 3:30 for an engaging program, "Captain, Navigator, or Shipmate: Roles and Relationships in Clinical Education", featuring Marilyn Wark from the University of Memphis.  Register Here

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Clinical Faculty featured in UW TV & KOMO news story

June 30, 2017 — SPHSC Clinic

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The Hearing Aid Assistance Program (HAAP) Is Accepting Applications

June 1, 2017 — SPHSC Clinic

The UW Speech and Hearing Clinic has created this program to provide refurbished hearing aids to those in our cummunity who have financial need. The qualifications for assistance include current Medicaid status.

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