Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders

Welcome from the Chair

Welcome to the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Utah. The Department supports the mission and vision of the Health Sciences Center and the University of Utah by providing excellence in education, research, and clinical services related to the disciplines of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology. 

Our goals 

  1. to advance knowledge through innovative basic and clinical research and scholarship,
  2. to train competent and caring speech-language pathologists, audiologists, educators, and scientists, and
  3. to provide compassionate, state-of-the-art clinical services to the community.

Our Department is an exciting place to learn and work. Our faculty members are nationally and internationally recognized scholars, who are advancing clinical and theoretical knowledge through their research in speech, language, and hearing.  They are also strongly committed to providing outstanding educational training for our many undergraduate (B.S./B.A.) and graduate students (M.S., Au.D., Ph.D.) concerning physical, behavioral, social, and other aspects of speech, language and hearing. 

We are proud of our program and hope you find our website informative and useful. Please feel free to contact us for more information.