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Speech and Hearing Clinic

For over 75 years, Miami University’s Speech & Hearing Clinic has met the speech and audiology needs of tri-state residents with state-of-the-art technology and personalized care. All of our providers are certified by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and committed to providing effective and individualized assessment and treatment for communication disorders in individuals of all ages. At the Miami Speech & Hearing Clinic, we consider the best available evidence, clinical expertise, and client and family needs in order to support and improve the communication of each of our clients.

Services Provided by the Clinic

Speech and Language

  • Articulation/Phonological Disorders – characterized by omitting a sound, substituting one sound for another, distorting a sound, or overall poor intelligibility of speech
  • Acquired or Congenital Language Disorders – caused by neurological impairments affecting comprehension, verbal abilities, reading, and writing
  • Delayed Language - characterized by slow-developing vocabulary and/or grammar skills
  • Apraxia of Speech – characterized by difficulty with the sequential motor patterns necessary for speech/language
  • Stuttering/Fluency disorders – characterized by inappropriate rate and rhythm patterns of speech
  • English as a Second Language - accent modification

Voice Disorders

Note: A Physician's referral is required in order to make an appointment

  • Vocal nodules
  • Recurrent laryngitis
  • Progressive voice disorders related to Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, and other neurological conditions
  • Services for individuals wishing to reduce vocal strain or fatigue and improve general vocal quality or voice production

Hearing Disorders

  • Educational and industrial hearing screenings
  • Diagnostic testing of hearing and balance using behavioral and electrophysiological measures, including auditory brainstem response (ABR) and otoacoustic emissions (OAE)
  • Assessment of listening skills and central auditory functions
  • Hearing aid dispensing featuring the most sophisticated digital, programmable, and conventional technology
  • Support services to ensure success during hearing aid fitting and follow-up

Cognitive Disorders

  • Attention and memory deficits
  • Delayed information processing
  • Problem-solving difficulties

Feeding and Swallowing Disorders

Note: A physician's referral is required in order to make an appointment

  • Choking on food or liquid
  • Failure to thrive
  • Difficulty swallowing
  • Weaning from tube feeds

Emergency Closures of Clinic

Weather-related or other emergency closures of the clinic will be posted here.

Clinic Mission Statement

Speaking, hearing, and understanding are essential to human communication. A communication disorder can affect the way a person interacts with others – often interfering with social, vocational, and educational success.

Our mission at the Miami University Speech & Hearing Clinic is to serve the speech, language, and hearing needs of individuals by enhancing the quality of their communication skills.

We are committed to providing cost-effective services that meet the unique needs of all individuals and their families, and to promoting excellence in the clinical training of future speech-language-hearing professionals.

Contact the Miami Speech and Hearing Clinic

Summer Hours: The clinic is open Monday-Friday 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; no appointments on Fridays.

421 S. Campus Avenue
Clinical Health Services & Wellness Bldg
Suite 3030
Oxford, OH 45056
Phone: 513-529-2500
Fax: 513-529-2502
spaclinic@MiamiOH.edu

Directions

If using a GPS, use the 421 South Campus Avenue address.

Coming From the South on US-27

  1. Once in Oxford, turn left on Chestnut Avenue.
  2. At the next light, turn right on Campus Avenue.
  3. Continue past the Rec Center and parking garage on the right.
  4. Turn right into the parking garage entrance.
  5. Enter the parking garage and drive to the marked spaces on the first floor.

Coming From the North on US-27

  1. Once in Oxford, follow the signs to stay on US-27, right on College Avenue, then left on High Street.
  2. Stay on High Street through Uptown until you get to the traffic light at Campus Avenue.
  3. Turn right onto Campus Avenue.
  4. Stay on Campus Avenue through the four-way stop at Spring Street. The Clinical Health Sciences and Wellness Building is the second building on your left.
  5. Enter the parking garage on the south end of the building and drive to the marked spaces on the first floor. of the garage

Coming From the East on OH-73

  1. Once in Oxford, at the traffic light at Patterson Avenue, light, turn left onto US-27 (Patterson Avenue).
  2. Then make a left at the third all-way stop, and turn left onto Campus Avenue.
  3. The Clinical Health Sciences and Wellness Building is the second building on your left.
  4. Enter the parking garage on the south end of the building and drive to the marked spaces on the first floor of the garage.

 

For Audiology (Hearing) Appointments

Please call the clinic at 513-529-2500 or email spaclinic@MiamiOH.edu.

For Speech or Language Evaluation or Therapy Appointments

Please contact the clinic director, Sarah Heimkreiter, at heimkrsm@MiamiOH.edu.

For Billing Questions

Please contact Lisa Starr at 513-529-8358 or starrlr@MiamiOH.edu.

Financial Assistance Application and/or Questions

Financial Assistance may be available for speech therapy on a semester-by-semester basis. Please complete the online patient assistance application. Please contact the clinic director, Sarah Heimkreiter 513-529-2537, with any questions.

Parking

Parking for the clinic is available in the South Campus Parking Garage. Spaces for the clinic are marked on the first floor. Exit the garage at the nearest door and head left toward the Clinic entrance. You will receive a validation ticket from the clinic staff to exit the parking garage at no cost.

Miami University Notice of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action

Students, faculty, staff, and persons served in the program’s clinic are treated in a nondiscriminatory manner—this is without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, participation restriction, age, sexual orientation, or status as a parent. Miami University and the Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology comply with all applicable laws, regulations, and executive orders pertaining to this policy.

Our Privacy Policy

HIPAA Compliance Officer
Sarah Heimkreiter, Clinic Director
heimkrsm@MiamiOH.edu 

This notice describes how medical information about you may be used and disclosed and how you can get access to this information. Please review it carefully. You will be asked to sign a receipt of this policy each calendar year. To read the policy, please visit Miami's Privacy Practices page.

New Patient Forms

Thank you for choosing the Miami Speech and Hearing Clinic for your care! Please click the appropriate description to find the paperwork required for you. All forms will need to be downloaded before they can be filled out and printed.

Once your appointment has been scheduled, the Speech and Hearing Clinic will send you an email from spaclinic@MiamiOH.edu with several forms to complete or mail a packet of forms to your home. Please complete the forms, sign where required, and bring with you to your appointment.

Please note that if the paperwork is mailed to your home, depending on your appointment date, you may not receive it in time to complete it before your appointment. If that is the case, please arrive 15 minutes before your scheduled appointment in order to complete the paperwork in the clinic.

You should receive the email within 24 hours of scheduling your appointment, so make sure that you are checking your spam/junk mail! If you do not receive the email within two days, please call the the clinic at 513-529-2500.

Adult Audiology

Prior to your visit, complete the following forms, sign where required, and bring with you to your appointment:

Review the Miami University Privacy Policy (HIPAA*)

Pediatric Audiology

Prior to your visit, complete the following forms, sign where required, and bring with you to your appointment

Review the Miami University Privacy Policy (HIPAA*)

Adult Speech-Language

Prior to your visit, complete the following forms, sign where required, and bring with you to your appointment:

Review the Miami University Privacy Policy (HIPAA*)

Pediatric Speech-Language

Prior to your visit, complete the following forms, sign where required, and bring with you to your appointment:

Review the Miami University Privacy Policy (HIPAA*)

Our Facilities

The Miami Speech and Hearing Clinic consists of fourteen individual speech therapy rooms with observation rooms for family members, audiological suites and equipment for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures with adults and children, as well as real-ear hearing aid analysis and fitting equipment; a voice and speech science laboratory providing equipment for specialized testing, such as laryngeal videostroboscopy, respiratory function, as well as nasometric, acoustical, and transglottal airflow measurements; a large room for group sessions; a language nursery for play-based interventions and infant/toddler language groups; and, a video room for observation and recording.

The clinic sees patients of all ages with a diversity of articulation, language, hearing, feeding, and voice therapy needs.

Diagnostic and treatment services are provided by graduate student clinicians under the supervision of experienced, licensed, and certified speech-language pathologists and audiologists. Supervision is carried out in accordance with the guidelines mandated by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) and the State of Ohio Board of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology.

Additional Resources

Helpful resources to learn more about speech, language, and hearing issues.

Academy of Rehabilitative Audiology (ARA)
American Academy of Audiology
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
American Tinnitus Association (ATA)
ASHA Wire
Apraxia Kids
Hearing Loss
Hearing Loss Association of America
Speech and Language Disorders and Diseases
The Stuttering Foundation
Swallowing and Feeding

Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology

Clinical Health Sciences Building
421 S. Campus Avenue
Oxford, OH 45056
513-529-5124
American Speech Language Hearing Association American Academy of Audiology Find Us