Valley of Newport News Scottish Rite

In the early 1950’s in Colorado, the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry of the Southern Jurisdiction of the United States initiated a program to help children with speech and language disorders. The Results obtained from this program led to the establishment of the RiteCare clinics to provide diagnostic evaluation and treatment of speech and language disorders, as well as learning disabilities.

The Old Dominion University (ODU) Speech and Hearing Clinic provides diagnostic and speech therapy services for adults and children with speech, language, and hearing disorders. The ODU Speech and Hearing Clinic is part of the Communication Sciences & Disorders graduate degree program which is accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology (CAA). The clinic staff maintains high standards in the provision of comprehensive assessment and intervention services. Services are provided by students in the graduate program under direct supervision of speech-pathology and audiology faculty certified by the American Speech-Language-Hearing-Association (ASHA) and licensed by the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Since 1992, the ODU center has been supported by Newport News Scottish Rite to provide services to children with speech and language disorders. This clinic is part of the RiteCare® Childhood Language Program sponsored by the Scottish Rite across the United States. ODU also sponsors a Scottish Rite summer therapy program. Therapy scholarships are available through this generous support. Through the generosity of Scottish Rite, ODU RiteCare is able to offer therapy scholarships to children in need of speech and language services.

Common Speech-Language Disorders Treated in Speech Therapy at the ODU Speech and Hearing Clinic Include:

• Articulation

• Language, including pragmatics

• Aphasia

• Voice

• Fluency/stuttering

• Phonological disorders

• Language-based reading deficits

• Aural habilitation and rehabilitation

• Accent reduction

Their Contact Info

Speech & Hearing Clinic                                          4501 Hampton Blvd.
757-683-4117                                                           240 Lions Child Study Center
speechhearingclinic@odu.edu                                    Old Dominion University
                                                                                  Norfolk, VA 23529