COLORADO CONSUMER CHECKLIST
for
SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING SERVICES


  1. What age groups do you work with?

  2. Do you work primarily with a particular speech, language, or hearing disorder?

  3. How soon can I be seen for an evaluation?

  4. Once I am evaluated is there a waiting list for treatment? If so, how long is it?

  5. If you cannot work with me, who would you suggest I contact?

  6. Do I need to be referred to your clinic by a particular source such as a community agency?

  7. Once I have been evaluated will you be able to anticipate the amount of time needed to correct my problem?

  8. Do you dispense/sell hearing aids or augmentative and alternative communication (ACC) devices?  If not, will you help me get one from another source?

  9. 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?

  10. If needed, will you be able to recommend an assistive listening device that will best suit my needs?

  11. Do you provide day classes for children with language disorders?

  12. How much do you charge?

  13. What sources of third party payment may be available to me? (Medicare, Medicaid, private insurers, UMW, CHAMPUS)

  14. 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

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