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
  • Lt. Gov. Kyle Evans Gay talks with nursing students following a pediatric health simulation where a manikin lying in a bed acted as a child with uncontrolled asthma and a student from Healthcare Theatre.

    Dean for a Day

    November 17, 2025 | Written by Amy Cherry
    Lt. Gov. Kyle Evans Gay visited UD, serving as dean for a day in the College of Health Sciences to learn how CHS moves health forward.
  • Building resilience together

    November 14, 2025 | Written by Amy Cherry
    The 2025 Evelyn R. Hayes Innovation in Healthcare Symposium, hosted by the College of Health Sciences, and made possible through the generous support of Evelyn R. Hayes, Trustees Distinguished Professor Emerita in UD’s School of Nursing, focused on cultivating resilience in a tumultuous world.
  • Stronger together

    October 28, 2025 | Written by Amy Cherry
    Delaware school nurses unite at UD to find solutions to student mental health crisis

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