Communications Sciences and Disorders students participating in UD Summer Aphasia program

Communication Sciences & Disorders

The Communication Sciences & Disorders Department 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. We are a premier innovative center that addresses communication sciences and disorders through multidisciplinary approaches to education, research, and service.

Improv workshop encourages communication for youth with autism: youtube.com/watch?v=_NlZKaBwWmA

OUR PROGRAMS

The Communication Sciences and Disorders Department fosters a unique and unified approach to clinical education and innovative research opportunities, and cultivates collaborative relationships with community, regional, national, and global partners.

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 STAR 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 as well.  We are open to the public!

 

UD SLH clinician interacting with child in clinic using props

CSCD News

Latest News
  • Winston Churchill Fellow Heather McFarlane (middle, wearing a green dress), stands with Freda Patterson, associate dean of research for CHS, and Epidemiology and Partnership for Healthy Communities faculty and staff in the lobby of STAR with a large UD logo behind them.

    Reducing health inequities globally

    May 02, 2024 | Written by Amy Cherry
    Winston Churchill Fellow Heather McFarlane of Northern Ireland visits the College of Health Sciences to learn about strategies to reduce health inequities globally.
  • Dean for a Day

    April 23, 2024 | Written by Amy Cherry
    Highmark president Nick Moriello serves as Dean for a Day at the College of Health Sciences
  • Introducing Biomechanics to New Generations

    April 16, 2024 | Written by Colin Heffinger
    95 students from Conrad Schools of Science, Padua Academy, and William Penn High School gathered at UD’s Science Technology and Advanced Research Campus to experience a variety of immersive demonstrations in honor of National Biomechanics Day.

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