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Communication Sciences and Disorders
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Communication Sciences and Disorders

Our Graduate Program prepares students for speech-language pathology and audiology careers.

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Are Hearing Aids Enough?

Many individuals with hearing loss wear hearing aids. This technology often serves people well, optimizing their ability to communicate.

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CSD Research Briefs.

CSD Research Briefs: Issue 2

Welcome to the second issue of CSD Research Briefs!

News and Events

See what's happening in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders.

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Unlocking Nilanka’s story: Giving a voice to dreams

Nilanka sits in her wheelchair, her therapist kneeling beside her. Nilanka, a 12-year-old with cerebral palsy, has limited verbal communication abilities, but her eyes shine with the same brightness as the girl in her dreams 

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An audiology graduate screens the hearing of a child while on a Therapy Abroad trip.

Breaking new ground: Integrating audiology into CSD Therapy Abroad
A group of farmers and their families took a break from a busy harvest season on a Saturday afternoon last fall to meet in an outbuilding at a farm in Loda. Nestled between the cornfields of Central Illinois, the gathered farmers compared crop yields and speculated about the weather forecast between bites of pulled pork sandwiches and macaroni and cheese. It was an unlikely setting for a mobile health care clinic.

Hear to there
A pink piggybank with a black graduation cap is centered in the picture and surrounded by stacks of gold coins.

Exciting scholarship opportunities in Communication Sciences and Disorders, now with online applications
Apr28

Conversations Café

4/28/25 at 12:00 PMOffice of International Engagement
Nov6

Health and Wellness Career Fair

11/6/25 at 2:00 PMBone Student Center

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