The Department of Communicative Disorders operates the Central Mississippi Speech, Language and Hearing Clinic, where students under the supervision of certified and licensed speech-language pathologists learn to provide clinical services to persons with speech, language, cognitive, swallowing and hearing disorders.  The Clinic provides free clinical services to persons of all ages and from diverse ethnocultural backgrounds. With IRB
approval, the Clinic also serves as a site for collaboration among faculty and students to complete various community-based service-learning and research projects.
 

Types of Services:

• Prevention (including screening, education and counseling)
• Assessment
• Management (including education, treatment, counseling and referral)

 

Types of Disorders:

• Developmental and acquired articulation and phonological disorders
• Motor speech disorders
• Language and cognitive disorders
• Voice disorders (including services to persons with laryngectomy)
• Resonance disorders
• Swallowing disorders
• Accent modification
• Aural habilitation/rehabilitation

 

Contact Information:

Central Mississippi Speech, Language and Hearing Clinic
3825 Ridgewood Road, Box 23
Jackson, MS 39211-6453
Tel.: (601) 432-6846 or 432-6717
Fax: (601) 432-6844

Driving Directions:

Take I-55 , and exit at Lakeland Road (Exit 98B).  Go east on Lakeland Road, following the signs to Carthage.  At the intersection of Lakeland Road and Ridgewood Road (there is an Exxon gas station at the intersection), make a left onto Ridgewood Road.  Stay in the left lane as you go up the hill.  Look out on your left for a sign for Education and Research Center, and turn left at that sign.  Next, you will come to a stop sign; make a left turn at that sign.  Within a few yards on your right, you will see the entrance to a parking lot.  Turn right into the parking lot and park anywhere.  The one-storey building in front of you is Universities Center.  Enter the building and come down the hallway.  The Clinic is located about halfway down the hall in Suite 6.  Reserved parking spaces are available close to a ramp for persons with physical disabilities.  Please make sure the physical disability sticker is clearly displayed in the car.