Center for Language, Speech, and Hearing
The Center for Language, Speech, and Hearing offers a comprehensive range of clinical services for individuals with communication disorders, differences, or delays. Speech, language, and hearing services provided by the center include both diagnostic evaluations and treatment sessions and are available to individuals of all ages. The center accepts referrals from physicians, health care providers, educators, and related professionals, as well as from parents and guardians; self-referrals are also accepted.
Contact Us
Feel free to contact us by calling the Center office at 413-545-2565.
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Featured Faculty
Lisa Sommers
Clinical Director, Center for Language, Speech, and Hearing
Focus on speech-language pathology education; Parkinson's disease.
Emily Bambacus
Focus on pediatric audiology, diagnostic audiological testing, hearing aids, and aural (re)habilitation.
David Gooler
Focus on auditory neuroscience, temporal processing, binaural and spatial hearing, speech perception.
Tomma Henckel
Audiology Clinical Educator
Focus on diagnostic audiological testing, hearing aids and hearing rehabilitation, central auditory processing testing, and hearing conservation.
Jane Sackett
Focus on acquired cognitive disorders, traumatic brain injury, aphasia, dysphagia, and literacy.
Jo Shackelford
Focus on speech-language pathology education
Michael Starr
Focus on adult neurogenic communication, gender affirming voice and communication.
