Two patient-serving clinics operated by the College of Health Professions at Wichita State University are now accepting additional insurance providers. The added carriers will enable the clinics to serve more patients in the Wichita area. The clinics are open to the public and accepting new patients.

The Delta Dental of Kansas Advanced Education in General Dentistry (AEGD) Clinic is now an in-network provider for the following dental insurances: Delta Dental of Kansas, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Aetna, Cigna and MetLife. 

In addition, the Evelyn Hendren Cassat Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic is now a Medicare provider for audiology evaluations. The clinic also has the advantage of being in-network providers with Blue Cross Blue Shield and Coventry for all of its services. 

The additional carriers will allow many more Wichita-area patients to receive high quality care at reasonable rates from professional degree program students, licensed residents and experienced faculty. 

Convenient dental care

The Delta Dental of Kansas AEGD Clinic is also an opportunity for WSU students to access convenient dental care. The clinic offers a 15 percent discount to students with a valid Shocker ID. The clinic is adjacent to the Eugene M. Hughes Metropolitan Complex and offers comprehensive dental treatment through our post doctoral program with licensed dental residents and seasoned faculty members. 

Delta Dental of Kansas AEGD Clinic services include: dental checkups, emergency care, root canals, extractions, gum disease treatment, implants, crowns, bridges, fillings, dentures, tooth whitening/bleaching, preventive care, bonding/veneers and cosmetic dentistry. 

Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic audiology services include: hearing aids, hearing screenings, hearing evaluations, hearing aid fitting and dispensing, assistive listening devices/FM systems, earmolds, hearing aid checks, hearing aid instruction, hearing rehabilitation, speech reading instruction, hearing protection, musician earplugs and musician ear level monitors.

The clinic also offers a variety of speech-language pathology services for children and adults, which include: speech-language evaluations and individual and group therapy sessions for disorders of language, literacy, fluency/stuttering, social skills, autism spectrum disorders, aphasia/traumatic brain injury, voice and swallowing. A licensed preschool program for children aged 2 ½ – 5 with communication disorders is also offered four mornings a week.