Blue Ridge Speech and Hearing Center is an independent non-profit agency dedicated to providing diagnostic and treatment services to individuals with speech, sensory or hearing impairments. The Center was founded and chartered in Leesburg in 1964 by the Junior Woman's Club of Loudoun County. The purpose of the Center then was to provide speech and hearing services to a largely rural population who did not have ready access to such services. While the demographics have changed over time, the purpose remains the same. Occupational therapy for children with sensory motor defifits has been added.