UW-Eau Claire expands speech-language health care services to support the community

Matthew Baughman, The Leader-Telegram, Eau Claire, Wis.
Updated ·4 min read

Mar. 12—EAU CLAIRE — With the closure of multiple clinics and hospitals impacting the Chippewa Valley, the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire's Center for Communication Disorders are responding by expanding their speech-language health care service options for the community.

"Our clinic here on campus serves to support the community, and we've always been here..." said Director of the Center for Communication Disorders, or CCD, Lindsay Pohlen. "But with the HSHS and Prevea closures, we wanted to let people know that we are here as a resource to support the community that supports us as well."

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