Speech and Hearing Clinics

We provide testing and treatment directed toward improving skills for individuals of all ages experiencing problems with:

• sound and word pronunciation
• dialectal differences or accented speech
• stuttering and fluency
• voice and resonance
• speech, language, and cognition due to stroke, trauma, or other neurologic events
• speech, language, or social skills due to autism spectrum
• developmental language or learning affecting social interaction, reading, and writing
• swallowing
• communication needs related to assistive technology
• gender affirming voice
• concussion/TBI
• speech disorders related to Parkinson's disease
  • The UWRF Speech-Language and Hearing Clinic is proud to offer SPEAK OUT!® and LOUD Crowd® therapy. The SPEAK OUT!® program is a therapy regimen focused on helping individuals with Parkinson’s disease improve their voicing, and their overall speaking abilities. This program typically consists of 12 individual sessions completed over 4-weeks and is then followed by the LOUD Crowd®. The LOUD Crowd® is a weekly group therapy program providing social engagement opportunities, as well as, maintenance for skills obtained during SPEAK OUT!®. For more information about SPEAK OUT!® and the LOUD Crowd® please visit the Parkinson’s Voice Project.

In addition to these individual services, the speech clinic provides:

• support group for individuals with autism which will be held the first Thursday of the month from 6:30-8 p.m.
• assistance to the University Preschool language facilitation groups for children in need
• consultation and services to children in Jamaican orphanages and other children's organizations
• collaboration and group sessions for Bridge for Community Life.

The UWRF Speech-Language and Hearing Clinics comply with the UW-River Falls Statement of Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action and do not discriminate against persons regardless of race, religion, creed, color, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, marital status, pregnancy, gender identity or expression, political affiliation, or military membership.

We provide testing and treatment for hearing difficulties in individuals of all ages. Services include:

• hearing evaluations for all ages
• hearing aid consultations
• custom earplugs (for loud noise, swimming, etc.)
• OSHA hearing conservation programs
• aural rehabilitation services

The UWRF Speech-Language and Hearing Clinics comply with the UW-River Falls Statement of Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action and do not discriminate against persons regardless of race, religion, creed, color, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, marital status, pregnancy, gender identity or expression, political affiliation, or military membership.

To connect with our Speech and Hearing Clinics, begin by completing our interest form. 

Address:

• 375 Wild Rose Avenue, River Falls, WI 54022

From Prescott:

• Enter River Falls on Hwy 29 East
• Turn right/east at 3rd stoplight (Cascade Avenue, also labeled Hwy 29/35)
• Proceed ~ 4 blocks and turn right/south at the 2nd roundabout onto South 6th Street (just past Centennial Science Hall)
• Turn right at the next road, which will take you past the University Center; the next building on your right will be the Wyman Education Building (WEB)

From Ellsworth/Spring Valley/Baldwin:

• Enter River Falls on Hwy 29/35/Cascade Avenue
• From Cascade Ave, take the roundabout around to turn left onto South 6th Street
• Turn right at the next road, which will take you past the University Center; the next building on your right will be the Wyman Education Building (WEB)

From MN or Hudson:

• Take Main Street River Falls exit from Hwy 35 South
• Proceed approx. 1.8 miles and turn left/east at the 7th stoplight (Cascade Avenue, also labeled Hwy 29 east)
• Proceed ~ 4 blocks and turn right/south at the 2nd roundabout onto South 6th Street (just past Centennial Science Hall)
• Turn right onto Wild Rose Ave., which will take you past the University Center; the next building on your right after that will be the Wyman Education Building (WEB)

Parking:

• Continue to the Wyman Education Building and park near the building in the ‘U’ lot spaces
  • Lot has one row for parking
  • Park in the visitor parking section.
  • Make sure you let the clinic know your license plate state and number before you come for your first appointment or at the time of your first appointment as this needs to be entered with University parking to avoid any tickets

• Fall Session: Sept. 15-Dec. 12, 2025
• Spring Session: Jan. 26-May 8, 2026
• Summer Session: June 8-July 31, 2026

Billing Policies for UWRF Speech and Hearing Clinics

UWRF Speech and Hearing Clinics is a fee-for-service clinic. All services are provided by graduate clinician(s) with direct supervision of a certified speech-language pathologist and/or audiologists. Our goal is to provide professional services, provide a wide variety of training and education to our students, and to provide clients services that are available to all clients at an affordable cost. All clients will be charged the same fee for services. We do provide discounts or free services for those who qualify under our Educational Purposes Only Criteria or the National Federal Poverty Level Sliding Fee Scale set by our clinics.

Billing Third Party Insurance

We are in-network providers for the following insurance carriers:

• Anthem/BlueCross Blue Shield
• Cigna
• HealthPartners
• Preferred One
• Outreach Health and iLife (ISIS payment plans)

If we are a provider and submit claims to your insurance, we will also need to have:

• A current copy of your insurance card (front and back)
• A signed release to bill insurance on file (this must be done yearly)

Additional notes for insurance claims:

• Some insurances require prior authorization for therapy services so we will need to obtain this before therapy services can be rendered. Our billing specialist will work with your primary physician and insurance to obtain the prior authorization and communicate with you whether your insurance approves services and discuss options if it is a non-covered service
• Agreement to bill your insurance and even obtaining prior authorization does not ensure payment for services rendered.
• As a provider of the previously listed insurances and due to our contracts with them, we will honor any discounted contractual amounts per your insurance. In turn, you as the client will be responsible and billed for any portion that your insurance deems billable to the patient due to deductibles, co-pays, co-insurance amounts or non-covered services

Educational Purposes Only

• Occasionally we have clients with a diagnosis that is beneficial for our students for the purpose of variety of training and education
• To be seen for educational purposes only, our billing specialist will provide a form stating that you are being seen for educational purposes only per the Clinic’s needs and clients will need to requalify for this yearly

Private Pay

All clients whose policy is not listed above or whose insurance policy does not cover our services will be considered Private Pay. All Private Pay clients and insurance clients are billed for services based on the clinic’s established fee schedule.

Sliding Fee Schedule:

• Please note that all Private Pay clients do have the option to qualify for reduced or free services based on a sliding fee scale
• This scale is set by federal guidelines for Federal Poverty Level
• To qualify you will be required to do additional paperwork, provide verification, and meet with our Billing Specialist prior to services

Payment Plans:

• We will work with clients to provide payment plans
• We do offer a 50% discount if full payment for the semester is paid on the last appointment of the semester. *This discount is possible as payment in full eliminates invoicing costs, mailing costs, claim submission costs, and collection follow-up, therefore lowering our overhead.

Speech-language and hearing services may be paid for by check, cash (no change is available so it must be the exact amount), or credit card.

We have a billing specialist, Lara. Please feel free to reach out to her if you have any questions or concerns at (715) 425-3233 or you can email her at uwrfclinic@uwrf.edu and put billing in the subject line.