San Jose State University – Kay Armstead Center for Communication Disorders
The Kay Armstead Center for Communicative Disorders (KACCD) is a non-profit community clinic that has been serving the needs of individuals of all ages, demonstrating a wide variety of speech, language and hearing difficulties and differences, for over fifty years.
The KACCD is located on the first floor of Sweeney Hall (SH) via Room 115. The entrance is located next to the 7th Street, South parking garage.
The Kay Armstead Center for Communication Disorders is housed within the CDS Department. The KACCD Clinic has a threefold purpose:
- to provide a quality clinical education for undergraduate and master’s students in the CDS program;
- to serve the needs of children and adults with communication and other associated disorders and differences in San José and surrounding area; and,
- to provide a space for student and faculty to conduct clinical research in communication and related disorders.
To this end, the KACCD Clinic offers a full range of services that address pressing community needs. Clinical services are available to people with developmental or acquired communication disorders.
At the KACCD Clinic, master’s students evaluate and treat clients with various communication disorders under the direct supervision of certified, master’s and doctoral level speech-language pathologists and audiologists. Each semester, the clinic provides speech, language, and hearing services to over hundreds of children and adults from the Bay Area area. In addition, student clinicians and faculty participate in numerous community outreach activities, such as speech, language, and hearing screenings for preschool children and adults. The student clinicians in the KACCD Clinic provide services in specialty areas such as augmentative and alternative communication, voice, fluency, and neurogenics.
The Kay Armstead Center for Communicative Disorders (KACCD) is committed to the principle of equal opportunity. The University, College, Department and KACCD do not discriminate in the delivery of professional services or the conduct of research and scholarly activity based on age, citizenship, disability, ethnicity, gender-identity, genetic information, marital status, national origin, physical characteristics, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, and veteran status.
Hearing Services
Hearing Evaluations
Free hearing screenings are provided by appointment for faculty, staff, students, and members of the community.
Diagnostic evaluations to establish the type and degree of hearing loss are also available for those individuals who fail a hearing screening test.
Referrals for medical follow up or auditory rehabilitation will be made as indicated by the test results.
Speech-Language Services
The Kay Armstead Center for Communication Disorders (KACCD) provides clinical services in speech, language and hearing evaluations, as well as treatment. The KACCD serves both the SJSU and Bay Area communities.
On-Campus Speech and Language Services:
Evaluation Services
This clinic allows anyone concerned with most aspects of communication to receive a comprehensive assessment with a detailed report. Most assessments take 2-3 hours. Areas assessed include accent modification, fluency, language, speech sound disorders, AAC, voice disorders, and voice femininization/masculinization.
Treatment Services
Child Clinic:
Our child language clinic addresses the needs of children who have a delay in communication disorders. We serve clients with various disorders and syndromes in this clinic, including autism, down syndrome, and other chromosomal disorders.
Children have the opportunity to learn and develop language in a fast-paced, fun environment, incorporating multiple methods of learning. Thematic activities, and highly-structured sessions will allow for your child to develop social skills, ability to manage transitions, and engage his/her whole body while working on specific language targets. This clinic serves a variety of clients, with a variety of challenges.
Adult Neurogenic Clinic:
Our adult neurogenic clinic serves to address the needs of adults who have suffered stroke, traumatic brain injury, or other injury to the brain. The clinic provides clients the opportunity to receive individual therapy in order to focus on specific goals, and then group therapy to generalize those goals into a group setting.
Adult Language Clinic:
This clinic focuses on the social and cognitive needs of adults in a group-based setting. Therapy is provided weekly in a supportive setting.
Voice and Fluency Clinic:
This clinic focuses on children and adults who stutter, and clients with voice disorders, as well as voice services to the transgender community. Voice and fluency therapy services may include individual and/or group therapy based on the client’s needs.
Transgender Clinic:
This clinic provides training for femininizing or masculinizing voice, speech, and communication styles to match the individual’s gender identity.
AAC Clinic:
Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) includes all forms of communication (other than oral speech) that are used to express thoughts, needs, wants, and ideas. Some individuals who have difficulty speaking may require an extensive evaluation to identify an appropriate AAC system that meets their communication needs.
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