The Orofacial Myology Clinic at Alabama A & M University
In her clinic, Dr. Reed treats tongue thrust and thumb/digit sucking habits only. Regarding lingual frenectomy and sleep-related breathing issues, she only addresses these with patients referred for tongue thrust. She accepts referrals from orthodontists, dentists, pediatricians, and speech-language pathologists.

Dr. Hope C. Reed is an Associate Professor in the Communicative Sciences and Disorders (CSD) Program at Alabama A & M University (AAMU). She joined the faculty in 2002. She currently teaches survey of communication disorders, counseling, child language development and intervention, articulation and phonological disorders, craniofacial anomalies, fluency, and methods/materials for school-based SLPs. She has experience teaching many other courses, including speech and language assessment, computers in CSD, instrumentation, and graduate and undergraduate seminars in CSD.

Dr. Reed earned her doctorate in speech-language pathology from Nova Southeastern University and her master’s degree in speech-language pathology and bachelor’s degree in special education/speech-language pathology from AAMU. Her clinical experience encompasses the public schools, private sector, home health care, Head Start, and university settings. She has worked in the field of speech-language pathology for over 23 years.
Dr. Reed has been a Certified Orofacial Myologist® for over 14 years and established the world’s first university-based clinic for children and adults with orofacial myofunctional disorders. Her research encompassing counseling students and patients with communication and swallowing disorders and their caregivers, orofacial myofunctional disorders, health literacy, and minority success in higher education has culminated in numerous publications, including a book. She is frequently invited to present at international, regional, state, and local conferences on the topics of counseling, orofacial myofunctional disorders, child language, and PRAXIS passage. She also creates web-based continuing education courses for publication.

Dr. Reed is on the Editorial Review Board for the International Journal of Orofacial Myology and Myofunctional Therapy and serves on the research committee for the International Association of Orofacial Myology (IAOM) as its Institutional Review Board (IRB) Chairperson. She served on the Speech and Hearing Association of Alabama’s (SHAA’s) Executive Board for 7 years, and in 2008, she received its Distinguished Service Award. In 2013, SHAA selected Dr. Reed to receive its Outstanding Clinical Achievement Award. She was honored at the 2013 American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation’s Annual Founders Breakfast, in Chicago, as a nominee for the Louis M. DiCarlo Award for Recent Clinical Achievement. In addition, she has received numerous certificates of appreciation and commendations for her service to the profession. She has also earned the Award for Continuing Education (ACE) from ASHA.
Dr. Reed holds certification/licensure from the IAOM, ASHA, the Alabama Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology (ABESPA), and the Alabama State Department of Education.

In her spare time, she enjoys traveling, gardening, and watching (and dreaming of an appearance on) Jeopardy!.