COMMUNICATION SCIENCES AND DISORDERS

The Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders strives to educate the next generation of clinicians and researchers engaged in the management of individuals with communication disorders, to advance our understanding of the nature and management of communication disorders, and to provide high quality services to individuals with communication disorders.

In Candidacy for Accreditation by the Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology (CAA) of the American Speech- Language-Hearing Association, we are a premier innovative center that addresses communication sciences and disorders through multidisciplinary approaches to education, research, and service.

UD SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING CLINIC

The UD SLH Clinic exists to train students on how to translate cutting-edge research, into practice – and practice into the next great research findings.  Our Clinic is one of a few University Speech-Language-Hearing Clinics nationally to participate in data tracking for the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association National Outcomes Measurement System.  Located in the UD Health Sciences Complex, the Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic has 6 treatment rooms and one large group treatment area.  Additionally, a wide range of hearing diagnostic services are available in our audiology suite.  We are open to the public!

OUR RESEARCH

The Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders is home to a variety of research labs and programs. Our faculty and staff focus on research in areas such as Acquired Neurological Illness/Injury, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Bilingual Language Development, Memory Consolidation, Motor Speech, Fluency and many more.