The University of South Alabama Speech and Hearing Center is a clinical instruction facility within the Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology in the Pat Capps Covey College of Allied Health Professions. The center is committed to enhancing communication and quality of life by providing comprehensive speech, language, and hearing services while fostering excellence in clinical education, training, and research.
Our mission is twofold:
1. To serve the community by offering high-quality diagnostic and treatment services for individuals of all ages with speech, language, and hearing disorders.
2. To educate and train future professionals by providing supervised, hands-on clinical experiences essential for graduation, licensure, and certification in speech-language pathology and audiology.
As both a service facility and a teaching facility, the USA Speech and Hearing Center integrates evidence-based practices to ensure exceptional patient care while preparing students for competent and ethical clinical practice.
At the USA Speech and Hearing Center, we treat patients of all ages. Our services include assessment, therapy and treatment for speech, language, swallowing, and hearing conditions, including the following:
The USA Speech and Hearing Center's hours of operation are Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Hearing aid walk-in hours are Monday only from 9 to 11 a.m.
Our speech pathologists work with patients who have articulation and fluency (stuttering) problems, as well as with people who have experienced strokes or neurological injuries.
USA Health offers specialists for various speech, hearing and otolaryngology conditions.
The USA Speech and Hearing Center offers free parking to all patients and guests.
This clinic offers free parking and complimentary Wi-Fi to patients and their guests.
Since opening in 1990, the school within the hospital has served more than 35,000 children. Anne M. Vella, Ph.D., founder of ClassAct, is retiring at the end of the 2024-25 school year.
The Medical Association of the State of Alabama (MASA) is the professional association for some 7,000 physicians of all specialties throughout Alabama. MASA held its annual session recently in Orange Beach.
Price Sessums, M.D., will provide orthopaedic surgical care with a focus on sports medicine; arthroscopic surgery of the knee, shoulder, and hip; and shoulder arthroplasty.
USA Giving Week is a celebration of impact – one week to give back and show your support for USA Health patients. Starts April 27. Ends USA Founders Day, May 3. Be part of something bigger SouthAlabama.edu/GivingWeek.
Our calendar lists special events and regularly scheduled classes separately. To display a list of upcoming classes, select the "Classes" option above or visit Events, Classes and Support Groups at USA Health.
