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History

1953 – East Tennessee Hearing and Speech Center established.  Located in Turner House on the UT Campus, it became one of only six established in the state of Tennessee.  Dr. Bernard Silverstein is Director.  The Turner House was located where the Burchfiel Geography Building now stands on the west side of “The Hill”.

1956 – WBIR-TV begins 8-year run of broadcasting “Stop, Look, and Listen,” a live innovative TV program by Dr. Silverstein focusing on speech production.

1958 – East Tennessee Hearing and Speech Center relocates to its present location – Peyton Manning Pass (formerly Yale Avenue) and Phillip Fulmer Way (formerly Stadium Drive).


Silverstein-Luper Hearing and Speech Center Building


The Silverstein-Luper Building is named in memory of Dr. Bernard Silverstein and Dr. Harold Luper. Dr. Silverstein was the founding director of the Center in 1953 and was a distinguished professor of speech pathology at UT for many years. Dr. Luper followed Dr. Silverstein as director of the clinical program, and headed the Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology with distinction for 23 years.

Our program gratefully acknowledges and commemorates the contributions of Drs. Silverstein and Luper which formed and shaped the program as it exists today.

 

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Last Published: Aug 26, 2024