Communication Sciences & Disorders
Helping people communicate through world-class education, research, treatment, and outreach.

Communication Sciences & Disorders
Helping people communicate through world-class education, research, treatment, and outreach.

Communication Sciences & Disorders
Helping people communicate through world-class education, research, treatment, and outreach.

Students performing sensory research.

Communication Sciences & Disorders
Helping people communicate through world-class education, research, treatment, and outreach.

Communication Sciences & Disorders
Helping people communicate through world-class education, research, treatment, and outreach.

Scholarships and Awards

The Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders administers a number of scholarships and awards open to undergraduate majors and graduate students. Students may also be eligible for awards from state and national agencies.

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What Makes Us Special

Outstanding Education

Our faculty educate students to become clinicians, scientists, and teachers of the future. Our top-ranked programs offer a variety of didactic and hands-on educational opportunities.

Audiology tudents studying in a classroom.

Comprehensive and Affordable Clinical Care

Our faculty and staff run the UWSHC, which offers evaluation and treatment of communication disorders. UWSHC serves Wisconsin residents across the lifespan, and offers low-cost services and partial scholarships for individuals and families in need.

Student clinician working with a client.

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.

Dr. Michelle Ciucci in the lab.

Community Outreach

Our faculty and students provide outreach services and consulting, often at no cost, to families, school systems, and other organizations in need.

Dane County Head Start participant receives a hearing screening from one of the graduate student clinicians.

News & Events

Department News

  • Rachel Lee, Au.D., CCC-A

    Dr. Rachel Lee Discusses Hearing Aid Technology

    Dr. Rachel Lee was recently interviewed by Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR). In her radio interview with Larry Meiller, she talks about hearing health and advancements in hearing aid technology. Listen to the complete interview: https://www.wpr.org/shows/larry-meiller-show/online-privacy-protection-tips-and-hearing-aid-enhancements

  • Haley Dresang, Ph.D.

    Dr. Haley Dresang Awarded ASHFoundation Grant

    Dr. Haley Dresang and the NeuroLAND Lab have been awarded an ASHFoundation grant to advance the development and validation of a groundbreaking artificial intelligence (AI)-based measure for event semantic memory. This innovative tool aims to …

  • A W crest banner flutters in the wind on Bascom Hill at the University of Wisconsin-Madison during autumn on Oct. 18, 2019. (Photo by Jeff Miller /UW-Madison)

    Kristin Murphey and Kimberly Mueller Awarded Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment Seed Grant

    Congratulations to Kristin Murphey, M.S., CCC-SLP, and Kimberly Mueller, Ph.D., CCC-SLP. Their proposal, First Responder Aphasia Strategy Training: A Collaborative Community Outreach for Enhancing SLP Interventions and First Responder Outcomes with Persons Living with Aphasia, …

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