The Aphasia Clinic

The Aphasia Clinic at Nazareth College was established in 1992 by Dr. Shirley Szekeres in response to a community need for affordable long-term speech-language therapy services for individuals with chronic aphasia. The mission of the clinic is to develop students' clinical skills while delivering services to underserved adults in the Rochester Community.

Purposes of the Clinic:

To provide speech-language-communication therapy to individuals with chronic aphasia who are no longer eligible for services under their health care coverage
To provide a training ground to develop student competencies in treating individuals with aphasia
To study the effectiveness of long term treatment of chronic aphasia

Speech-Language Pathology Services Offered:

Diagnostic Testing
Group Therapy
Individual Therapy

Other Clinical Services as Part of the Interdisciplinary Program

Art Therapy
Health Education
Music Therapy
Physical Therapy
Social Work

Interdisciplinary therapy and services are conducted by Nazareth College student clinicians from Graduate Speech-Language Pathology, Graduate Art Therapy, Nursing, Music Therapy, Physical Therapy and Social Work programs. Students learn to function as members of interdisciplinary teams. All therapy is directed and supervised by certified, licensed clinicians.

The Aphasia Clinic runs on the academic calendar, offering three sessions per year - Fall Semester, Spring Semester and Summer Session A.

To schedule an appointment please contact:

Nazareth Speech and Hearing Clinics
(585) 389-2772

For information about Aphasia Clinic Services please contact:
Merideth Rao, M.S., CCC-SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist
Aphasia Clinic Manager
(585) 389-2772 or mrao0@naz.edu