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
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 18 to August 12. This in-depth summer experience is led by …
Parkinson’s Research Tackles Speech, Swallowing Problems
Michelle Ciucci, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, and her research efforts were recently featured by the College of Letters & Sciences and with Wisconsin State Journal. Her research program is dedicated to understanding how aging and neurodegenerative disease contribute …
Emily Berg Received American Academy of Audiology Research Award
Congratulations to first year Au.D. student Emily Burg! Her poster won the prestigious James & Susan Jerger Award for Excellence in Student Research at The American Academy of Audiology conference!
CSD Students Receive Department Awards
Congratulations to the following Communication Sciences and Disorders students on receiving Department awards: Julia Anderson Wagner Memorial Scholarship Fund – Emmy Jerome Go Big Red – Erin Miller Bernard Kwiatkowski Memorial Scholarship – Sarah Olson …
World Down Syndrome Day
March 21 is World Down Syndrome Day! Celebrate the day by wearing wacky or mismatched socks to remind people that there is beauty and value in our differences. Read more about World Down Syndrome Day …
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Department Events
Day with the Experts: Cochlear Implants
2018 Summer ASL Course
2018 Dramatic Play Camp
2018 PROMPT Therapy Training
Student Advising
Undergraduate Advising – Special Session on Gap Year Opportunities
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.
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.