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Clinic for Adult Communication Disorders
The Clinic for Adult Communication Disorders (CAC) is a longstanding service and education training center designed to serve adults who present with a variety of communication disorders. The CAC welcomes self-referrals from the university community-faculty, staff, students- and also from Tucson and surrounding regions and from other sources.
The CAC is equipped to provide comprehensive perceptual and instrumental evaluation of speech and language behavior. From such measurement, we develop individual, prescribed programs of management. These programs are designed to teach new speech behavior, (speech sound production, fluency, voice), reduce accents, help retrieve and restore language function, enhance presentation style and professional communication skills, facilitate compensatory strategies, or augment speech with communication systems that enhance message comprehensibility.
The clinic is in operation eleven months of the year, and offers a variety of individual and group programs including outreach activities.
Together Rebuilding a Bridge of Communication.
CAC Services
The Evaluation and Treatment of Communication Disorders affecting the following:
speech (respiration, phonation, resonation, articulation, fluency and prosody),
language (comprehension and expression), and
literacy (reading and writing), and
cognition (memory and attention).
Speech, Language and Cognitive Disorders due to:
- Stroke (CVA)
- Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
- Neurologic Diseases (ALS, MS, Parkinson)
- Movement Disorders (Muscular Dystrophy, Dystonia)
- Seizure Disorder
Speech disorders related to structural anomalies:
- Cleft Palate
- Ablative Surgery
- Craniofacial Anomalies
Speech Language Disorders related to Hearing Loss
Speech disorders related to Developmental Factors or Mislearning
- Chronic Misuse/Abuse (Vocal Nodules, etc.)
- Mental retardation
- Learning disabilities
- Developmental Stuttering
- Cluttering
Speech Differences:
- Accent Reduction Program
- Professional Communication Enhancement
Diagnostic Evaluations:
- Perceptual-Behavioral Testing
- Instrumental Assessment of Speech and Voice
- Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Individual and Group Therapy:
- Counseling
- Weekly and biweekly sessions
- Home programs
- Intensive "Block" scheduling
Special Programs:
- Aphasia Program
- Cochlear Implant
Re-Habilitation
- T.A.L.K. groups (AAC groups for Adults)
- Facilitation of Community Re-entry
Voice Clinic:
- Stroboscopic and Endoscopic exams, and Physician Consultation
- Acoustic Measurement
- ALS Program
- LSVT Program
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