Helping people communicate through world-class education, research, treatment, and outreach.
Outstanding Education
Our nationally and internationally recognized faculty educate incoming students to become clinicians, scientists, and teachers of the future. Our top-ranked programs in speech-language pathology and audiology offer a variety of didactic and hands-on educational opportunities, so graduates are fully prepared for the rigors of the profession.
Real-world Research
Our faculty perform cutting-edge research that has clear health relevance. Faculty have been issued patents, created spin-off companies, and developed technology that benefits people in Wisconsin and the nation.
Comprehensive and Affordable Clinical Care
Our faculty and staff run the UW Speech and Hearing Clinic, which offers evaluation and treatment of communication disorders. The clinic serves Wisconsin residents across the lifespan, and offers low-cost services and partial scholarships for individuals and families in need.
Community Outreach
Our faculty and students provide outreach services and consulting, often at no cost, to families, school systems, and other organizations in need.
News & Events
Department News
Misha Finney Receives Two Student-nominated Teaching Awards
Congratulations to Misha Finney, Ph.D., on receiving two student-nominated awards this semester, one from a graduating senior in the CeO program and one from freshmen/sophomores. A Center for Educational Opportunity (CeO) student selected Dr. Finney to receive …
Department Offers Summer Sign Language Course
The Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders is happy to announce CSD 424 – Sign Language I will be offered this summer from June 17 to August 11. This in-depth summer experience is led by …
CSD Takes Part in UW-Madison Science Expeditions
Hundreds of children visited our audiology and speech-language exploration stations during last Saturday’s UW-Madison Science Expeditions! Kids of all ages got hands-on experiences with the three main components of speech: the brain, the respiratory system, …
Day of the Badger – Thank you!!
Thank you! Thank you to all who supported Communication Sciences and Disorders on the Day of the Badger! We raised $2,396 for our department through your gifts and matching funds. If you missed the #DayoftheBadger, …
Lauren Dillard Receives UW-Madison Population Health Sciences Award
Congratulations to Ph.D. student Lauren Dillard! Her poster won the Catherine Allen Memorial Outstanding Student Poster Award at the 2019 Department of Population Health Sciences Welcome Day Poster Session in March.
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Department Events
Day with the Experts: Cochlear Implants
Emerita Professor Robin Chapman Featured at Poetry Reading
2019 Summer ASL Course
2019 Dramatic Play Camp
Student Advising
There are no upcoming events at this time.
Featured Initiatives
Audiology Takes on Rural Noise
UWSHC audiologists and Au.D. students travel to rural Wisconsin each summer for a unique goal: to prevent hearing loss at the Tomah Truck and Tractor Pull. Tractor pulls are motorsports with powerful, modified engines, and they are LOUD!
Reach Dane
The UWSHC provides the hearing and middle ear screenings for over 1,000 children who attend Reach Dane each year. The clinic also provides speech and language screenings for children whose teachers have identified speech or language concerns.
WISHES Program
The Wisconsin Infant and Children’s Statewide Hearing program provides hearing instruments for a six month period to newly identified deaf and hard of hearing children who are not Medicaid eligible and don't have other hearing aid insurance coverage.
We Welcome Everyone
We support the equal treatment of all people. No individual shall be discriminated against based upon race or ethnicity, nationality, religion, age, sex, gender identity, ability, or sexual orientation.