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Communication disorders or swallowing issues may occur in people of all ages. Developmental concerns include autism spectrum disorder (ASD), fluency, language or articulation delays, or childhood apraxia of speech (CAS). Congenital or acquired conditions may result from stroke, traumatic brain injury (TBI), tumor, inflammation, structural or neurological changes, Parkinson’s disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), dementia or other degenerative diseases.
Get innovative speech-language pathology (SLP) care for yourself, your child or loved ones of any age from experts at OU Health outpatient rehabilitation clinics in Oklahoma City, Edmond and Tulsa, at the OU Health John W. Keys Center in Oklahoma City or through teletherapy sessions for rural schools and individuals unable to travel or meet in person.
When you choose OU Health, you and your family members work with extensively trained and licensed speech-language pathologists and therapists, as well as SLP graduate students under direct supervision of clinical faculty in the OU Health John W. Keys Speech and Hearing Center. These specialists can treat or help you manage or prevent language, social communication or cognitive disorders such as:
Request an appointment with an OU Health speech-language pathologist.
View Locations View ProvidersYour OU Health speech-language pathologists and team provide compassionate care with patience and expertise using services and treatment options such as:
Get expert care at OU Health if you or a loved one 18 years or older live with an acquired speech-language disorder that affects language, motor speech, voice, fluency, cognition (thinking) or swallowing. For issues related to stroke, TBI, dementia, Parkinson’s and other conditions, you benefit from our multi-pronged approach to treatment with a research-driven assessment tied to your personal rehabilitation goals.
Through restorative and skills-based approaches used at OU Health, you’ll learn communication strategies to help compensate for functional and structural changes you experience from illness or injury. In addition, you and your loved ones can receive communication counseling and referrals to other healthcare disciplines and professionals to help with personal goal setting, education and self-advocacy. You’ll also learn how to get the support that ensures full participation in your own life.
At OU Health, you’ll work with SLP clinicians who focus on intensive early intervention to stimulate recovery of speech, language and cognitive function that helps you regain your maximum potential. You also benefit from functional training in multiple modes of communication that encourage your return to work and the life you love.
Take advantage of our twice-monthly aphasia support group – with in-person and online options – to gain motivation and information from other participants and OU Health SLP experts.
Depending on your or your child’s specific situation and goals, you may choose to participate in additional speech-language programs for children through the OU Health John W. Keys Speech and Hearing Center in Oklahoma City.
This part-time program enrolls children ages 2-1/2 to 4, including those who show communication delays or behavioral challenges and those on the autism spectrum, as well as children who show typical communication development. Through iLEAP, your child benefits from:
Participation in iLEAP helps your child prepare to successfully mainstream into their local school classrooms. With the ongoing support of our community partner, the United Way of Central Oklahoma, the iLEAP program continues to help all children in the Oklahoma City area prepare for pre-kindergarten. All children in iLEAP get supportive care provided by our OU Health professional colleagues in audiology, dentistry, nutritional sciences and occupational therapy.
iLEAP Tuition, Fees, Fundraising & Scholarships
As a member of the iLEAP family, you may be asked to assist with fundraising
efforts for this self-supporting program that depends on tuition fees,
grant funds and donations.
Get complete diagnostic evaluation of communication disorders, along with individual speech and language treatment, for your child or teen – from birth to age 18 – who experiences difficulty with:
As a parent, you can observe/participate in evaluation and therapy sessions to help you make the most of your child’s learning and treatment program. Your participation also contributes to ongoing research in the study of atypical communication development.
An interdisciplinary service established in 1959, the OU Health Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Program specializes in evaluating people of all ages with cleft lip/palate and/or resonance disorders.
No matter where you live in Oklahoma or surrounding states, you may call us directly to request an appointment or ask your physician, dentist, psychologist, speech-language pathologist or other healthcare professional for a referral to the OU Health Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Program.
Initial evaluation involves reviews by specialists from many healthcare disciplines, including audiology, genetics, oral and maxillofacial surgery, orthodontia, pediatric dentistry, social work and speech-language pathology. Then, you work together with the OU Health cleft care team to develop an individualized treatment plan with a timetable based on personal goals for yourself or your family member. Your team follows your care throughout your treatment plan.
The program adheres to the “Parameters for Evaluation and Treatment of Patients with Cleft Lip/Palate and Other Craniofacial Anomalies” of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association.
Learn how children with cleft can benefit from surgical reconstructive care at OU Health.
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Your expert OU Health speech language pathology (SLP) team includes licensed, certified and highly educated speech-language professionals with additional years of experience in public schools, private clinics, home health, skilled nursing facilities, university instruction and telehealth settings. Your team also may involve graduate-level speech-language pathology (SLP) interns who provide evaluation and treatment under direct supervision of clinical faculty.
Through special services located in the John W. Keys Speech and Hearing Center, part of the College of Allied Health on the campus of the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (OUHSC) in Oklahoma City, you and your loved ones benefit from decades of research-based care and treatment for people of all ages who live with congenital or acquired cognitive-linguistic impairment.
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