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....SPEECH AND LANGUAGE CLINIC
The Speech and
Language Clinic of the Technological Educational Institute of Patras provides
free of charge assessment, evaluation and treatment services to children
and adults with speech, hearing, language, voice, and swallowing disorders.
The
therapeutical sessions are being conducted by the students of the Department
in the Speech and Language Clinic, in special education schools, institutions
and hospitals under the constant guidance and supervision of certified
Speech Therapists and Speech and Language Pathologists. The sessions are
also evaluated via sound-recording and video-recording systems. Files
are always kept for follow, ups aiming at best possible results.
The permanent
faculty in Speech Pathology and Audiology is responsible for the general
supervision of the clinical framework. The Speech and Language Clinic
offers consulting to both parents and caretakers of the patients with
the aforementioned disorders. It covers the region of Southwest Greece
with patients traveling from a distance up to 100 kms. The preventive
diagnosis and treatment of speech, language, voice and swallowing disorders
of preschoolers, school- age children and adults becomes effective through
the collaboration of the Department with teachers, doctors and scientists
from other disciplines.
The Speech
and Language Clinic cooperates with the Laboratory of the Department for
the evaluation and treatment of speech and voice problems through biofeedback
systems.
It operates throughout the academic year following the program of classes.
For further information,
please contact the Clinic during working days and hours, at:
2610-369097, or the Department at: 2610-362440/362474.
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