Mountain Region Speech & Hearing Center

Improving quality of life

Your trusted speech, swallowing, and hearing partner for over 50 years

Empowering Care

Without Financial Barriers

Founded in 1974 by the Junior League and Sertoma Club of Kingsport, Mountain Region Speech and Hearing Center is a non-profit agency dedicated to providing top-quality speech, hearing, and swallowing services to the Appalachian region. We serve individuals of all ages, from infants to geriatrics, offering comprehensive evaluations, treatments, and educational resources. Our mission is to improve the quality of life for everyone – regardless of their ability to pay – through state-of-the-art audiology and advanced speech pathology methods.

Our impactful work is made possible by the generous support of our sponsors and the dedication of our exceptional team. Together, we are committed to providing compassionate care for all, ensuring that no one is left behind due to financial constraints.

Partnerships

Support our mission by becoming a community partner. Your contribution helps us give members of our community access to essential care without financial barriers.

Team

Join our dedicated team at Mountain Region Speech and Hearing Center. Your skills and compassion are crucial in changing lives through exceptional care.

Mountain Region Speech and Hearing Center is a recipient of funding from the following:

Serving

The Appalachian Region

We proudly serve individuals of all ages across Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia. Our comprehensive services are designed to support infants, children, adults, and seniors with speech, language, hearing, and swallowing disorders, such as:

Newborn infants who are unable to suck or swallow to obtain nourishment
Children with feeding difficulties and disorders
Children with speech and language disorders due to conditions such as Down syndrome, autism, cerebral palsy, cleft palate, hearing loss, or spina bifida
Adults who have suffered strokes, head injuries, hearing loss, progressive neurological disorders, stuttering, and voice disorders
Adults with swallowing difficulties and disorders

Speech Pathology

Our expert speech-language pathologists provide comprehensive evaluations and personalized treatments for individuals of all ages, addressing speech, language, feeding, and swallowing disorders to enhance communication and quality of life.

Audiology

Our audiology clinic offers complete hearing health services, including thorough evaluations, hearing aid consultations, and treatments to improve hearing and overall well-being for both adults and children.

FEES Mobile & Walk-In Clinics

Our FEES program offers advanced, on-site diagnostic swallowing studies to diagnose dysphagia and aspiration accurately. This efficient and fast assessment helps create precise treatment plans to improve patient care.

Praise

From Our Patients

My son was struggling to talk and be understood. Here we are a year later, and he can talk in complete sentences. I’m so thankful for everyone at MRSHC for helping my child find his voice. From the front desk staff to every therapist working here, they have all been so sweet and helpful in our journey to understand our child. We are beyond grateful to each and every one of you! We look forward to what the future holds in our child’s vocabulary. Thanks for the help, MRSHC!

MRSHC has helped my grandson, whom doctors said would never talk or understand, to communicate so much better. His speech has improved tremendously. He talks in sentences and expresses his opinions very well.

Dr. Brady provided me with hearing aids. My life has been much improved! I am a non-traditional student, and now I can hear the professors! I now have a 3.44 grade point average. I am blessed!

Very professional. Right on schedule, no waiting. Answered all questions without hesitation. I would certainly recommend this agency to anyone needing these particular services.

When my daughter first started going to MRSHC, it was specifically for feeding therapy. She was having trouble with her swallow reflex and was aspirating her food. She also had very little means of communication. With help from therapy, she has greatly improved with her feeding, but what is most notable for our family is her great improvement with communication! Her therapist is caring, compassionate, and patient, always looking out for my daughter’s needs. I know that with MRSHC’s help, we will continue to see great positive changes. Although her syndrome is a difficult diagnosis to deal with, we are hopeful for her future.

WE NEED YOUR HELP

Join us in making a difference by becoming a community partner.

Your support is crucial in helping us provide essential services without financial barriers; our sponsors play a vital role in enabling us to offer high-quality care. Together, we can ensure that everyone has access to the resources they need to communicate and thrive.

Become a partner today and be a part of our impactful journey!