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What age groups do you work with?
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Do you work primarily with a particular speech,
language, or hearing disorder?
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How soon can I be seen for an evaluation?
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Once I am evaluated is there a waiting list for
treatment? If so, how long is it?
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If you cannot work with me, who would you suggest
I contact?
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Do I need to be referred to your clinic by a
particular source such as a community agency?
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Once I have been evaluated will you be able to
anticipate the amount of time needed to correct my problem?
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Do you dispense/sell hearing aids or augmentative
and alternative communication (ACC) devices? If not, will
you help me get one from another source?
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Do you provide auditory training, lip/speech
reading and/or hearing aid orientation for the new hearing aid
user? Do you provide training in the use of ACC devices?
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If needed, will you be able to recommend an
assistive listening device that will best suit my needs?
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Do you provide day classes for children with
language disorders?
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How much do you charge?
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What sources of third party payment may be
available to me? (Medicare, Medicaid, private insurers, UMW,
CHAMPUS)
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Are all of your speech-language pathologists or
audiologists certified by the American Speech-Language-Hearing
Association?
Adapted from
information provided by the
National Association for Hearing and Speech Action (NAHSA),
10801 Rockville, MD 20852
1-800-638-TALK (Voice/TTY)
For local
information contact:
Colorado Speech-Language-Hearing Association
P.O. Box 345 Sedalia, Colorado 80135
Telephone: (720) 733-9097
FAX: (303) 791-7486 |