SLHS Experiential/Clinical Opportunities

The Audiology clinic at Butler provides students in Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences the opportunity to provide diagnostic hearing testing for Butler faculty and students, as well as the surrounding community.  The opportunity to explore the basics principles of diagnostic audiology is a rare and valuable “hands-on ” opportunity for undergraduate students. 

If you would like to have your hearing tested at no cost by one of our student clinicians, please contact our clinically certified, supervising audiologist: Prof. Kelly Lormore, Audiology Clinic Director.

The Butler Aphasia Community is a program where SLHS students work with adults with aphasia, a language disorder following a neurological event like a stroke.  Students and clients work in small groups to practice conversational skills and improve communicative effectiveness.

For more information contact: Dr. Mary Gospel, Senior Lecturer, at 317-940-8701.

The Butler Early Language and Literacy (BELL) program provides a language-enriched environment for preschool children with speech and language delays.  BELL offers treatment to strengthen oral communication and develop early literacy skills so that children can thrive and succeed in kindergarten. BELL maintains low enrollment numbers to allow for individualized attention.  Children receive instruction from a licensed speech-language pathologist, a preschool teacher, and students in the Butler Communication Sciences and Disorders Department.

Schedule

• Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:00-11:30 am during the academic semesters on campus
• Summer programs are determined on an annual basis

Enrollment eligibility

• Children 3-5 years of age
• Children previously diagnosed with a speech and/or language disorder; typical peers are welcome as enrollment permits
• If you would like information regarding BELL, please complete this Interest form

For more information

Contact BELL Program Director  – Nina Root via email at nroot@butler.edu

To Make A Payment

• E-payment is now available through our online payment form
• We accept Visa® or MasterCard®

Students in the SLHS major have the opportunity to provide speech, language, and hearing screening services to young children enrolled in Indianapolis community schools. For the younger members of our community, we take students out to area preschools to complete speech, language and hearing screenings—typically seeing 200-300 children each semester. Students gain experience in screening procedures, detecting possible communication problems, and interacting with young children. Each fall, students also have an opportunity to provide hearing screenings to the participants of the Percussive Arts Society International Convention held in Indianapolis; students interact with over 200 drummers from around the world! Hearing screenings are also frequently offered for students and staff on campus and with our music program.

For more information contact: Ann Bilodeau, M.S./CCC-SLP, Clinic Director at 317-940-9012

Our onsite speech and language clinic has a long history of serving the Indianapolis community by providing supervised speech therapy services on campus.  This program is one of only a few undergraduate programs in the country that offers students “hands on” clinical practicum experience. Our students gain valuable foundational skills that provide a strong start to their future graduate school training success.

If you have a child in need of speech therapy services, please reach out to the clinic director for more information.  Therapy consists of 10 sessions per semester at $20/session and is only available in the fall and spring semester.

For more information contact: Prof. Ann Bilodeau, M.S./CCC-SLP, Clinic Director, at 317-940-9012.