Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences

speech, language, and hearing sciences

WHAT IS SPEECH, LANGUAGE, AND HEARING SCIENCES (SLHS)?

This major is part of the Health & Medicine Exploration Group and Social & Behavioral Sciences Exploration Group

SLHS Major Website

The Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences (SLHS) studies the normal development of speech, language and hearing as well as the understanding and clinical management of disorders of these processes. The undergraduate program in SLHS prepares students to apply for graduate education in either Speech-Language Pathology or Audiology.

A speech-language pathologist is a person trained to diagnose and modify communication disorders.  An audiologist is concerned with hearing and is trained to provide diagnostic audiological services, hearing aids and aural rehabilitation for the hearing impaired.  Counseling for the communicatively handicapped person and parents or other family members is an important aspect of the work of both the speech-language pathologist and the audiologist.

Courses offer students basic information about normal and disordered communication.  This area of study may be attractive to the student who has a strong academic background and who is comfortable in learning how to apply information from the biological, physical, and social sciences to the assessment and management of individuals with language, speech and hearing disorders.

Declaration, Major Requirements, and Courses

HOW TO DECLARE:

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MAJOR REQUIREMENTS:

Major Requirements Overview

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HELPFUL INTRO COURSES:

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SLHS 1150 - Introduction to Communication Disorders

Possible Career Opportunities

COMMON CAREER PATHS:

UConn students who major in Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences (SLHS) often pursue careers with a focus on understanding normal development of speech, language, and hearing as well as the clinical management of disorders of these processes. Common examples include but are not limited to careers in: 

- Allied health
- Audiology
- Behavior analysis
- Case management
- Disability services
- Early intervention services
- Education
- Medicine
- Neuroscience
- Special education
- Speech-language pathology or speech therapy
- Rehabilitation services
- Research 

COMMON AREAS OF GRADUATE STUDY:

SLHS majors who go on to pursue graduate studies pursue a wide variety of master’s, and/or doctoral degrees based on their interests. Common examples include but are not limited to degrees in: 

- Audiology
- Communication disorders
- Communication sciences
- Medicine
- Speech-language pathology 

ADDITIONAL CAREER RESOURCES:

For additional examples of careers and graduate studies that UConn alumni have pursued, visit the UConn alumni search on LinkedIn or the Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences department website. 

For further insight beyond the journeys of UConn alumni, visit Zippia or “What Can I do with this Major?”.