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Adult Services

 
 

 

Meaningful Care. Real-world Experience. Greater Access.

The Ludden Speech and Language Clinic provides free diagnostic and therapy services for adults with communication, cognitive, and swallowing needs. Care is provided by graduate student clinicians under the direct supervision of licensed and certified speech-language pathologists.  
 

Free Services

No insurance billed.

Diagnostic Evaluations and Therapy

Individual and group.

In person, Hybrid and Telehealth options

Flexible and accessible.

A Teaching Clinic

Real clients. Real impact. Real experience.

Support for Every Stage

Aphasia and Language

We support adults experiencing changes in speaking, understanding, reading, or writing following stroke, brain injury, or other neurological conditions. Services focus on functional communication, participation, and connection with others.

Cognitive-Communication

Therapy may address attention, memory, organization, reasoning, executive functioning, and problem-solving following brain injury, stroke, neurological disease, or other changes in cognition.

Speech and Motor Speech

Adults with dysarthria, apraxia of speech, and other speech disorders may work on speech clarity, motor planning, articulation, rate, loudness, and strategies for successful everyday communication.

Voice and Parkinson's Disease

We provide services for adults experiencing changes in voice, including specialized programming for individuals with Parkinson's disease through SPEAK OUT!®.

Swallowing


Evaluation and therapy are available for adults experiencing swallowing difficulties or dysphagia associated with neurological conditions, stroke, cancer, surgery, and other medical conditions. Services focus on supporting safe, efficient, and meaningful eating and drinking.

Fluency


Individualized services support adults who stutter or experience other fluency differences, with an emphasis on effective communication, self-advocacy, confidence, and participation.

 

Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) services support adults who use communication methods beyond speech, including communication boards, tablets, speech-generating devices, writing, gestures, and other communication technologies.

Hearing and Aural Rehabilitation

Communication-focused services may address listening strategies, environmental, self-advocacy, and communication partner training for adults experiencing hearing changes.

Social Communication

Therapy may support conversation, social interaction, understanding context and social cues, self-advocacy, and successful communication across home, work, and community environments.

 

 

Head and Neck Cancer and Laryngectomy

Services may address changes in speech, voice, communication, and swallowing following head and neck cancer treatment or laryngectomy.

 

More Than Individual Therapy

Breakfast Club meeting

Programs that build skills and community.

Adult clinical experiences at Ludden extend beyond traditional one-on-one therapy.

In addition to individual therapy, we offer group therapy, support groups, and specialized programs.

Programs Include:

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More Ways to Learn, Grow and Connect

For SXU Students

Learn here.
Make an impact here.

A one-of-a-kind experience for future SLPs.

Ludden offers graduate students the opportunity to work with a diverse adult population, develop advanced clinical skills, and make a meaningful impact in the community. Students gain hands-on experience in evaluation, intervention, counseling, and interprofessional collaboration.

SXU graduate students complete approximately 200 of the 400 clinical hours required for graduation at the Ludden Clinic, gaining hands-on experience in assessment and therapy across the lifespan and scope of SLP practice.

From aphasia groups and AAC to Parkinson's, swallowing, and cognitive-communication therapy, students build real-world clinical skills under close faculty supervision.

And the experience starts early: undergraduate students also have opportunities to engage in the clinic and gain exposure to clinical practice.

These experiences prepare students not simply to provide therapy, but to become thoughtful, adaptable, and compassionate speech-language pathologists.

 

Adult client smiling with Ludden clinician

Care Without Financial Barriers

High-quality care.
A Stronger Community.

Ludden is a free clinic.

Our services are free, and we do not bill insurance. This model helps make speech-language pathology services accessible to adults in our community while providing meaningful training to SXU students.

Our Mission

 

Not Sure Where to Start?

You don't need to know the name of a disorder or which service your child needs.

If you have questions about your child's speech, language, communication, fluency, voice, listening, feeding, or swallowing, we're here to help. 

ADULT CLIENT APPLICATION

 

Contact the Ludden Speech Clinic

  • 773-298-3571
  • Fax: 773-298-3007
  • M-Th: 8 a.m. - 9 p.m.
    Sat: 8 a.m. - 2 p.m.