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Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic

The primary purpose of the Radford University Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic (RUSLHC) is to provide “hands-on” clinical training for graduate students majoring in the field of Communication Sciences and Disorders. The RUSLHC provides prevention, assessment, and treatment of individuals from childhood through later adulthood in the areas of:

  • articulation
  • language
  • feeding and swallowing
  • cognition
  • social communication
  • augmentative and alternative communication
  • stuttering
  • literacy
  • voice and resonsance
  • hearing

All RUSLHC services are provided by graduate interns and supervised by state licensed and American Speech Language Hearing Association (ASHA) certified speech-language pathologists.  Each academic year the RUSLHC provides over 3,000 clinical clock hours of training while providing services to clients from the New River and Roanoke Valleys and across Virginia.

Highlighted Clinical Programs

RiteCare© Scottish Rite Childhood Language Program

The Radford University Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic is proud to be a part of the RiteCare© Childhood Language Program. The support received through the Scottish Rite allows the Radford University program to provide specialized summer programs to preschool and school age children with language disorders.

In the early 1950s in Colorado, the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry of the Southern Jurisdiction of the United States initiated a program to help children with speech and language disorders. The results obtained from this program led to the establishment of RiteCare clinics to provide diagnostic evaluation and treatment of speech and language disorders, as well as learning disabilities.

Today, there are 178 RiteCare® clinics, centers, and special programs operating or planned for children and therapists located throughout the United States. Each facility is staffed by speech-language pathologists or other trained personnel. The Radford University Speech-Language Hearing Clinic is a RiteCare® Clinic.

To learn more about the RiteCare© Scottish Rite Childhood Language Program visit: https://www.vascottishrite.org/ritecare-speech-center

Radford University Brain Injury (RUBI) Center

Mission Statement
The Radford University Brain Injury (RUBI) Center was created to increase life participation for brain injury survivors with cognitive and/or communication impairments while educating and training pre-professional health care students. 

Program Description
The RUBI center provides comprehensive cognitive-communication speech language pathology services beyond the post-acute rehabilitation phase, to a medically underserved population in the New River Valley.  Services include individual and group speech language pathology intervention as well as expanded group offerings that incorporate a variety of activities that promote the social, communication and cognitive needs unique to brain injury survivors.  While the RUBI Center is used primarily as a clinical education tool for COSD pre-professional students, interdisciplinary collaboration with other health care disciplines both in and outside of Waldron College is welcome. The RUBI center aims to be a unique clinical learning experience that allows student clinicians to apply research and classroom information into the care and betterment of their clients by addressing functional personalized therapy goals as they participate in the activities of life.

RUBI Community Outings (2022-2023)
Fishing at Claytor Lake
Bowling at RU bowling alley
Radford Planetarium
Glencoe Musuem
Paint 'n Fun Ceramics
Radford Greenhouse and petting zoo

View outing photographs

Donate
If you would like to make a donation that will positively impact the quality of life for these individuals and their families, please click on the link and follow the instructions below:

https://connect.radford.edu/TOGETHER-give

The dropdown menu allows you to select Other and then type COSD: Radford University Brain Injury Center (RUBI) in the space provided.

If you would like to donate by check, it should be written to the Radford University Foundation; the fund name (COSD: Radford University Brain Injury Center) should be added to the memo line.

Referral
To make a referral please complete the Adult Case History Form [PDF]. Case history forms can be delivered in person or by fax or email.

Visiting the Clinic

The Clinic is on the first floor of Waldron Hall on the Radford University main campus. Waldron Hall is located on Jefferson Street in Radford, Virginia.

Driving Directions

From Interstate 81, take Exit 109 onto Route 177 /Tyler Avenue into Radford. At the third traffic light, turn right onto Jefferson Street. Waldron Hall will be on your left across from the Davis street intersection.

Parking

Reserved Clinic Parking is available in Lot N. On the first day of clinic you will be given a Clinic Parking Pass. Display this pass on your dashboard each time you come to clinic. 

If all clinic parking spaces are full, display your parking pass and park in lots N or HH (the two lots closest to the building). There are handicap parking spaces in each of these lots that you may park in if needed, but make sure your Clinic Parking Pass is displayed along with your disability plaquard or plate.

Main campus parking map [PDF]

Apply for Services

The Radford University Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic (RUSLHC) offers individuals across the lifespan comprehensive evaluation and treatment of:

  • speech sound disorders
  • spoken and written language disorders
  • social communication disorders
  • cognitive-communication impairments
  • hearing impairments

Services are also available to individuals who are interested in accent modification. Unique clinical programs include the Preschool Language Lab, the Autism Center, augmentative-alternative communication evaluations, assessment and treatment of cognitive-communication disorders associated with traumatic brain injury and/or stroke, central auditory processing evaluations, hearing aid evaluations, community screenings, and Scottish Rite Summer Language Programs.

The RUSLHC accepts referrals from clients, caregivers, educators, physicians and allied health care professionals in the New River and Roanoke Valleys. In order to be considered for diagnostic or treatment speech-language services through the RUSLHC, the client or caregiver needs to complete a case history intake form. No clients will be placed on the waiting list or considered for services until a completed case history form is received. Case history forms can be delivered in person or via fax or email.

Forms

The Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders is committed to ethical practice wherein all individuals served in the program’s clinic are treated in a nondiscriminatory manner. Although extensive case history information is obtained prior to admission, no information is elicited with regards to race, color, religion, national origin, participation restriction, or sexual orientation; therefore minimizing opportunities for discrimination.  Clinic admission is made with some attention to age, as it is considered along with diagnosis when diversifying the clinic in order to meet student training needs.

Notice of Non-Discrimination Policy

The Radford University Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic (RUSLHC) complies with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate in the delivery of professional services or in the conduct of research and scholarly activities on the basis of race, ethnicity, sex, gender identity/gender expression, sexual orientation, age, religion, national origin, disability, culture, language or dialect.

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