Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Pacific Speech, Hearing and Language Center
Referrals
The University of the Pacific Speech-Language Pathology Department receives referrals from numerous sources including physicians, health professionals, patient referrals, and the yellow pages.
After a referral is received, an intake form is mailed to the client, spouse or caregiver. Upon receipt of completed paperwork, the client's name is placed in a database for assignment to the next available student clinician.
Therapy sessions are held twice a week during the academic year, with each session being 50 minutes in length. The Spring semester begins in mid-January, and the Fall semester begins in early September. Each session runs for a 12-week period.
Fees for one semester of therapy (24, one-hour therapy sessions) are $200.00 or are determined based on a sliding scale according to ability to pay.
A good candidate for referral will be:
- one who is able to attend regularly with no overriding safety considerations (i.e., stabilized health issues)
- one who is able to access some form of transportation (such as family, Dial-a-Ride, community services)
- one who is unable to utilize other community resources because of difficulty with reimbursement
- Contact the Department Secretary at (209) 946-2381 to enroll a client for services and receive intake forms.
Speech/Language Therapy Services
- Fluency Disorders: an interruption in the rhythm of speech characterized by hesitations, repetitions or prolongation of sounds, syllables, words, or phrases.
- Speech Disorders: difficulty producing sounds correctly. These problems may occur in life as a result of stroke, injury or illness.
- Swallowing Disorders: therapy is provided to establish safe-swallowing techniques which protect the airway.
- Language Disorders: frequently experienced by adults following stroke or head injury. Individuals may experience difficulty recalling words or forming sentences which accurately express basic needs, feelings, or intent.
- Voice Disorders: apparent when people speak too high or too low, or when the quality of the voice is affected (such as having a hoarse, breathy or nasal voice). Includes rehabilitation following cancer and removal of the larynx.
- Cognitive Rehabilitation: following head trauma or stroke. Includes therapy for higher-level thinking functions, such as reading, writing, problem solving, judgment, decision-making and memory.
- Aural Rehabilitation: services for individual with hearing impairment to help maximize communication effectiveness with either hearing aids and/or cochlear implants.
- Any other communication problems.
Speech-Language Pathologists
Speech-language pathologists work one-on-one with adults who require their services.
Student clinicians are seniors and graduate students working on their bachelor's or master's degree in Speech-Language Pathology. They are supervised by nationally-certified, state-licensed speech language pathology and audiology faculty members. Faculty members hold either a master’s or doctoral degree in their field and have extensive clinical experience.
Contact Information
University of the Pacific
Department of Speech-Language Pathology
3601 Pacific Ave.
Stockton, CA 95211-0197
Voice: 209.946.2381
Fax: 209.946.2647
