Early History
The origins of Cleveland Hearing & Speech Center date back to 1914 when various Cleveland-based lip-reading clubs were started by some of the Center's original founding members. From 1921 to 1930, under the leadership of Mrs. Helen Newell Garfield, the daughter-in-law of the late United States President James A. Garfield, a number of these clubs were consolidated into one unified organization with the primary focus of providing lip-reading services for adults. Through the 1930s and early 1940s, the organization was called the Cleveland Association of the Hard of Hearing. Under the leadership of James E. Garfield and Marie Hays Heiner, it expanded its scope of services when hearing services for children were added.
In 1945, the organization merged with the speech clinic at Western Reserve University. This new organization, renamed Cleveland Hearing & Speech Center, moved to a University owned house (the former School of Architecture) at 11206 Euclid Avenue, which was aptly named Garfield House. The organization was incorporated on January 8, 1946. CHSCs affiliation with Case Western Reserve University's Department of Communication Sciences remains in place today; the department is housed in CHSCs University Circle building, and CHSC provides clinical training to the departments graduate students.
In 1953, as CHSC continued to expand services, a building addition was added. In 1965, the original Garfield House was razed to make room for a modern facility.
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