Wichita State University Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic

08/20/2025

Today is the day! Cast your vote for our clinic areas by 5 PM tonight!

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🤩Our Wichita State University Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic was once again nominated for Audiology in the Wichita Eagle's "Best of Wichita" AND... we received an additional nomination for Speech Therapy as well this year! 🤩

Vote here➡️ www.votewichitaks.com

You can even vote for BOTH of our areas!
They are listed under the "Health & Beauty" category, then as below:
👉Audiologist/Hearing Center ➡️ Evelyn Hendren Cassat Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic
👉Speech Therapy ➡️ Wichita State University

We sincerely appreciate your support for the 2025 award cycle ~ and send our warmest "THANKS!" for choosing us to serve your audiology and speech needs!

The community can vote once DAILY for their choices. Voting ends 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 5.

🖤💛🌾GO SHOCKS!🌾🖤💛


So honored to be nominated again! Vote early and often!

🗳️Voting is now open for Best of Wichita!

Vote once per day every day for the best of the Wichita area at votewichitaks.com now through Friday, September 5! 🌟

Good luck to all the nominees! 🍀

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08/14/2025

Show us your speech rooms!!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️

So many of our graduate students take jobs as school-based SLP, and we love seeing the big things they are doing in the community and beyond.

School-based SLP—leave a pic in the comments so we can see the fun classrooms/spaces you’ve set up for your students this year!!

08/01/2025

That’s a wrap on the 24th annual Cairns Family Stuttering Camp! 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻

This year’s camp, led by Brian Ray, MA, CCC-SLP, BCS-SCF and Colleen Novak, MA, CCCC-SLP featured 8 graduate students in speech-language pathology who, together, led the campers in a variety of hands on activities to reinforce good communication skills and beating fear.

Congrats to all of our campers and clinicians on this huge success!!

07/15/2025

Erin Lemke, Leah Frye and Sabrina Gooch, graduate students in speech-language pathology, presented education regarding the benefits speech therapy for people living with Parkinson’s Disease to Club Parkinson’s last Friday. We are proud of how well they represented our program and clinic!

Each fall and spring, four graduate students provide a weekly class for Club Parkinson’s under the supervision of clinical faculty member, Ashley Purdum, MA, CCC-SLP. We are grateful for this relationship with Club Parkinson’s and are inspired by their hardworking members!

06/26/2025

CSD was honored to be asked to participate in Envision’s Level Up Program for the first time this year!

Graduate students and faculty in speech-language pathology and audiology had a great time discussing our rewarding careers with this year’s participants, ages 14-22 from all over the country.

Thanks to Envision for inviting us be a part of this valuable program. 🌾

06/20/2025

Hello!

We are looking for SLPs in Kansas to participate in interviews about dyslexia. See below for contacts and further information. The purpose of this study is to gather opinions from SLPs to learn more about the process in dyslexia intervention and identification. Participants will be asked to describe their experience with dyslexia in the schools and changes in recent years. Participation is expected to be 30 minutes and interviews will be held over Microsoft Teams.

If interested, please fill out this survey or reach out with any questions.

Thank you!

06/19/2025

The Evelyn Hendren Cassat Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic is closed today in observation of Juneteenth.

06/04/2025

Join us for the 8th annual Aphasia Awareness Event!

~ JUNE IS APHASIA AWARENESS MONTH ~

What: Aphasia Awareness Day
When: Monday, June 16, 2025 1:30-4:30 p.m. *Check in at 1:15*
Where: Evelyn Hendren Cassat Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic, 5015 E. 29th St N., Entrance N (south side of the building-look for the awning), Metroplex Room 180

Graduate students in speech-language pathology will be providing education regarding working with patients who have aphasia and/or dysphagia in healthcare settings. Clients with acquired aphasia will be present for a Q&A and to offer insight on what was beneficial when working with various healthcare providers.

Our goal is to foster a multidisciplinary approach to best benefit the patients we serve with acquired aphasia. We have increased our emphasis on Supported Conversation for Aphasia training and all participants will be trained during this year’s event. The goal is that all participants will feel equipped to use Supported Conversation after leaving the event!

Event schedule:
1:30-2:45 | Supported Conversation for Aphasia training
2:45-2:55 | Break
2:55-3:55 | Information Fair
3:55-4:00 | Break
4:00-4:30 | Panel discussion

This event is free and open to the public.

What to wear: Speech-language pathology students will be wearing their WSU scrubs. Other attendees may wear whatever they are comfortable in or whatever their program or instructor requires.

Please join us and others from the College of Health Professions to take part in this valuable learning experience!

Contact Ashley Purdum with any questions at: ashley.purdum@wichita.edu

Join us for the 8th annual Aphasia Awareness Event!

🤩~ JUNE IS APHASIA AWARENESS MONTH ~🤩

🩶 Aphasia Awareness Day 🩶
🗓 Monday, June 16, 2025
⏰1:30-4:30 p.m. *Check in at 1:15*
📍Evelyn Hendren Cassat Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic
5015 E. 29th St N.
Entrance N (south side of the building- look for the awning) Metroplex Room 180

Graduate students in speech-language pathology will be providing education regarding working with patients who have aphasia and/or dysphagia in healthcare settings. Clients with acquired aphasia will be present for a Q&A and to offer insight on what was beneficial when working with various healthcare providers.

Our goal is to foster a multidisciplinary approach to best benefit the patients we serve with acquired aphasia. We have increased our emphasis on Supported Conversation for Aphasia training and all participants will be trained during this year’s event. The goal is that all participants will feel equipped to use Supported Conversation after leaving the event!

👉 Event schedule:
1:30-2:45 | Supported Conversation for Aphasia training
2:45-2:55 | Break
2:55-3:55 | Information Fair
3:55-4:00 | Break
4:00-4:30 | Panel discussion

💛 This event is free and open to the public.🖤

🩶 What to wear: Speech-language pathology students will be wearing their WSU scrubs. Other attendees may wear whatever they are comfortable in or whatever their program or instructor requires. Consider wearing grey for Aphasia Awareness!

Please join us and others from the College of Health Professions to take part in this valuable learning experience!

📨Contact Ashley Purdum with any questions at: ashley.purdum@wichita.edu

05/13/2025

Hello! We are looking for SLPs in Kansas to participate in interviews about dyslexia. See below for contacts and further information. The purpose of this study is to gather opinions from SLPs to learn more about the process in dyslexia intervention and identification. Participants will be asked to describe their experience with dyslexia in the schools and changes in recent years. Participation is expected to be 30 minutes and interviews will be held over Microsoft Teams.

If interested, please fill out this survey or reach out with any questions.

[https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/XkFDG2d6SN](https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/XkFDG2d6SN)

This is approved by the Wichita State University IRB #5948. Thank you!

04/23/2025

We have the best staff! Happy Administrative Professionals Day!

04/15/2025

Thank you to Clinical Associate Professor, Dr Katharine Fitzharris, for sharing her knowledge and expertise with Special Olympics and our students at WSU! 🌾 👏🏻

04/14/2025

Get ready for some good food and a great cause ~ May 3rd!

Hungry and want to support a good cause? WSUSSLHA's annual Chipotle Fundraiser can satisfy both cravings!

Details:
Wichita State University Student Speech Language Hearing Association (WSUSSLHA) Chipotle fundraiser

DATE: 05/03/2025
TIME: 4:00-8:00 PM
LOCATION: 515 N Hillside St, Wichita, KS store only.

Order via Chipotle's official online app, their website (Chipotle.com) or in-person on Saturday, May 3rd between 4-8 PM, and 25% of sales goes to support our amazing student organization (once $150 in total sales reached).

➡Online ordering code is: 4D7YBFG
If in-person, just mention the fundraiser to the cashier prior to paying or show them the digital/paper flyer.

(Note: fundraiser online ordering is valid for pickup orders only and during scheduled date, time, assigned restaurant. Delivery orders are not permitted at this time.)

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact:
Shelby Fernandez, WSUSSLHA President, at: sxfernandez@shockers.wichita.edu

THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING WSUSSLHA AND ALL OUR CSD STUDENTS!