CENTER FOR HEARING AND SPEECH
9835 MANCHESTER RD, ST LOUIS, MO 63119 www.chsstl.org

Total Revenue
$2,292,853
Total Expenses
$2,164,823
Net Assets
$3,274,036

Organizations Filed Purposes: TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH HEARING AND SPEECH DISORDERS BY PROVIDING CARING AND HIGH QUALITY SERVICES, REGARDLESS OF ONE'S ABILITY TO PAY.

THE CENTER FOR HEARING & SPEECH IMPROVES THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH HEARING AND SPEECH DISORDERS BY PROVIDING CARING AND HIGH QUALITY SERVICES, REGARDLESS OF ONE'S ABILITY TO PAY, AND CONTINUALLY STRIVING TO ADDRESS A GREATER PORTION OF UNMET NEED RELATING TO SPEECH AND AUDIOLOGY IN THE ST. LOUIS REGION.

THE CENTER'S AUDIOLOGY PROGRAM IDENTIFIES AND TREATS CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH HEARING PROBLEMS AND PROVIDES THEM WITH APPROPRIATE HEARING AIDS AND OTHER ASSISTIVE LISTENING DEVICES. THIS PROGRAM TARGETS LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS WHO CANNOT PAY FOR SERVICES. HEARING LOSS IS A CRITICAL ISSUE FACING OUR COMMUNITY'S AGING POPULATION, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE LIVING IN POVERTY, NEAR POVERTY, OR THOSE WHO FACE THE FINANCIAL STRAIN OF MULTIPLE MEDICAL EXPENSES ON A FIXED INCOME. IN 2019, 2,401 CLIENTS RECEIVED AUDIOLOGY SERVICES. OF THOSE, 45.7% WERE PROVIDED WITH FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. 489 HEARING AIDS WERE DISPENSED WITH 66% OF THEM REQUIRING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.

THE SPEECH PATHOLOGY PROGRAM IDENTIFIES INDIVIDUALS WITH SPEECH/LANGUAGE DISORDERS AND/OR DELAYS AND HELPS THESE CHILDREN ACHIEVE AGE-APPROPRIATE SPEECH/LANGUAGE SKILLS; OR, FOR PERSONS WITH COMMUNICATION SKILLS AFFECTED BY A MEDICAL AND/OR BEHAVIORAL DIAGNOSES, ACHIEVE A FUNCTIONAL LEVEL OF COMMUNICATION.THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES CHILDREN THE SKILLS TO OVERCOME OR MINIMIZE COMMUNICATION DISORDERS OR DELAYS THAT CAN CAUSE PROBLEMS ACHIEVING LITERACY, ACADEMIC UNDERPERFORMANCE, LOW SELF-ESTEEM, AND SOCIAL DISADVANTAGES. IN 2019, 493 CHILDREN RECEIVED SERVICES, AND 76.5% WERE CHILDREN FROM LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS WHO RECEIVED SERVICES AT GREATLY REDUCED RATES OR NO COST AT ALL TO THE FAMILIES.

MOBILE SERVICES PROGRAMS DESCRIPTIONTHE CENTER HAS TWO (2) MOBILE SERVICES PROGRAMS: SCHOOL SCREENING AND INDUSTRIAL HEARING CONSERVATION. BELOW ARE SPECIFIC DESCRIPTIONS FOR EACH PROGRAM.SCHOOL SCREENINGTHE SCHOOL SCREENING PROGRAM IDENTIFIES POSSIBLE HEARING AND VISION PROBLEMS IN PRE-SCHOOL AND SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN AND REFERS THESE IDENTIFIED CHILDREN FOR FURTHER TREATMENT. IN 2019, 14,208 CHILDREN RECEIVED SCREENINGS WITH 76% OF CHILDREN RECEIVING THE SERVICES FREE OF CHARGE DUE TO LOW HOUSEHOLD INCOME.INDUSTRIAL HEARING CONSERVATIONTHE GOAL IS TO IDENTIFY PERSONS WITH WORK RELATED HEARING LOSS DUE TO PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO HIGH NOISE LEVEL WORK ENVIRONMENTS. THE PROGRAM SERVES EMPLOYEES WORKING IN HIGH NOISE LEVEL WORK ENVIRONMENTS. THE CENTER CONTRACTS WITH THE EMPLOYER TO DELIVER SERVICES TO EMPLOYEES ONSITE AT THE EMPLOYERS' LOCATION(S). 26,317 PEOPLE WERE TESTED IN 2019.

Executives Listed on Filing

Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing

NameTitleHours Per WeekTotal Salary
Julie EricksonEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR40$118,707
Joyce ReeseDIRECTOR1$0
Julie SteurerDIRECTOR1$0
Travis Threats PhdDIRECTOR1$0
Herbie MorrowDIRECTOR1$0
Patrick KennyDIRECTOR1$0
Benjamin DaltonDIRECTOR1$0
Donna BotkinDIRECTOR1$0
Brian TappendorfDIRECTOR1$0
Lily RenDIRECTOR1$0
Patti Crimmins RedaDIRECTOR1$0
Saulo MendezDIRECTOR1$0
Elise LavenderDIRECTOR1$0
Ridhima KaushalDIRECTOR1$0
Kevin HolleranDIRECTOR1$0
Brad HettenhausenDIRECTOR1$0
Julie GrunlohDIRECTOR1$0
Ryan FranksDIRECTOR1$0
Thomas Davis MdDIRECTOR1$0
Travis ColemanDIRECTOR1$0
Azra AhmadDIRECTOR1$0
Chrishina CrawfordSECRETARY1$0
Robert Aden JrTREASURER1$0
Sayeed SanaullahVICE PRESIDENT1$0
John WaterhousePRESIDENT1$0

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