Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology
The Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology is housed on an entire floor of the Nell J. Redfield Building. This 13,000 square foot facility is supported, in part, by local service organizations, such as Sertoma, and private foundations. It was designed specifically for clinical and research applications in speech, language and hearing. There is one 36-student classroom, one 30-student classroom, one 18-student classroom and one 12-student classroom. Each classroom is equipped with a video tape recorder / player and monitor, overhead projector, screen, chalkboard and audio equipment. There is also a 20-seat student library / study area. All faculty offices are housed within the facility. There is a speech science laboratory with state-of-the-art acoustical, physiological and other equipment. Two completely equipped laryngeal videostroboscopy suites are also available in the facility. There is an extensive collection of dissection material and the nearby medical school anatomy laboratory is available to the department.
The department offers treatment for voice disorders, language disorders, articulation/phonological disorders, hearing disorders, cleft palate and fluency disorders. Also housed in the department are the Northern Nevada Cleft Palate Clinic and the Scottish Rite Language Disorders Clinic.
The University of Nevada is equipped with stroboscopic video endoscopy (oral/nasal) equipment which is available for graduate student use and training. The clinic and labs are equipped with the latest instrumentation for computer-driven acoustic analysis of speech and voice.
Students attending the University of Nevada have a unique opportunity to train
with a group of dedicated teachers, active practitioners and contributors
to the field. These opportunities are possible because the program is student-oriented
and purposefully small when compared to some other programs. On average there
are 90 undergraduate majors and a max of 25 graduate students enrolled
on either
full-time
or part-time basis. This number of students allows the program to retain student-faculty
ratios that are desirable for effective clinical and academic training.
