Clinical Facilities
SPA CLINICS
The West Virginia University Speech Center is located on the eighth floor of Allen Hall. Therapy is conducted each day, Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. with the services of a fully certified supervisory staff. During a typical semester, the caseload includes the following disorders: articulation, adult and child language, fluency, and voice. Individual as well as group therapy is offered each semester to meet the needs of the clients. Therapy sessions are conducted in seven treatment rooms, each of which is equipped with a two-way mirror and monitoring system. The clinic also conducts augmentative communication evaluations as part of its services. There is a video monitoring system and fully equipped laboratory for acoustic and physiologic study of speech disorders.
The SPA program also operates the West Virginia University Hearing Center at Allen Hall which is equipped to provide complete diagnostic and rehabilitative services. Patients are seen at the Center on a referral basis Monday through Friday. Students who register for audiology practicum are provided opportunities to gain varied experience in keeping with their interests and abilities. The Hearing Clinic at the WVU Health Sciences Center is staffed by certified audiologists. All audiology majors receive training in a wide variety of diagnostic and rehabilitative procedures on a large and varied population at the Health Sciences Center.
The Speech Clinic at the WVU Health Sciences Center is located on the second floor of the Physician’s Office Building in the Department of Otolaryngology. Therapy and diagnostics are conducted each day, Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. under the supervision of a fully certified staff. During a typical semester, the caseload includes the following disorders: articulation, adult and child language, fluency, auditory processing disorders, and voice. Individual therapy and diagnostic sessions are conducted in four treatment rooms, each of which is equipped with a two-way mirror and monitoring system.
West Virginia University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Institution and is committed to social justice. The Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology concurs with that commitment and expects to maintain a positive clinical and learning environment based upon open communication, mutual respect, and non-discrimination. Our facility does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, age, disability, veteran status, religion, sexual orientation, color, or national origin. If you are a person with a disability and anticipate needing any type of accommodation in order to participate in this clinic, please advise the staff or supervisors.
OFF-CAMPUS CLINICAL FACILITIES
Some off-campus clinical settings in which students in the Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology may obtain clinical hours are as follows:
- Stepping Stones
- Morgantown Scottish Rite Childhood Language Disorders Clinic
- Monongalia County Schools
- Clarksburg Audiology and Hearing Aid Center
- Morgantown ENT
EXTERNSHIP SITES
The following are facilities in which students may complete an externship:
- Audiological Services, Inc., Hagerstown, Maryland
- Audiology and Hearing Aid Service, Inc., Charleston, West Virginia
- Boone County Schools, Madison, West Virginia
- Braxton County Schools, Flatwoods, West Virginia
- Brooke County Schools, Wellsburg, West Virginia.
- Center McMechen Elementary School, McMechen, West Virginia
- Ear, Nose, and Throat Associates, Clarksburg, West Virginia
- Easter Seal Rehabilitation Center, Wheeling, West Virginia
- Fayette County Schools, Fayetteville, West Virginia
- Geiger Speech and Hearing Center, Ashland, Kentucky
- Good Samaritan Medical Center, Zanesville, Ohio
- Grant County Schools, Petersburg, West Virginia
- Harmarville Rehabilitation Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Harrison County Schools, Clarksburg, West Virginia
- Jefferson County Schools, Charlestown, West Virginia
- Lincoln County Schools, West Hamlin, West Virginia
- Marion County Schools, Fairmont, West Virginia
- Monongalia County Schools, Morgantown, West Virginia
- Morgantown, Ear, Nose, and Throat Clinic, Morgantown, West Virginia
- Nicholas County Schools, Summersville, West Virginia
- Ohio County Schools, Wheeling, West Virginia
- Pocahontas County Schools, Marlington, West Virginia
- Preston County Schools, Kingwood, West Virginia
- Raleigh County Schools, Beckley, West Virginia
- Regional Education Service Agency (RESA VII), Morgantown, West Virginia
- Roane County Schools, Spencer, West Virginia
- St. Francis Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- St. Joseph’s Hospital, Parkersburg, West Virginia
- Summit Center for Human Development, Clarksburg, West Virginia
- The Rehabilitation Institute of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- The John F. Kennedy Institute for Handicapped Children, Baltimore, Maryland
- Veterans Administration Medical Center, Martinsburg, West Virginia
- Weirton Steel Corporation, Weirton, West Virginia
- West Virginia Rehabilitation Center, Institute, West Virginia
- Wheeling Hospital, Wheeling, West Virginia
- Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center, Fishersville, Virginia
Fourth or fifth semester externships are available at most of the above locations, but any placement must be approved by the Graduate Affairs Committee upon written request from the student.