MAJOR

Speech-Language Pathology

Major

Overview

A program that prepares individuals to evaluate the speaking, language interpretation, and related physiological and cognitive capabilities of children and/or adults and develop treatment and rehabilitative solutions in consultation with clinicians and educators. Includes instruction in the anatomy and physiology of speech and hearing, biomechanics of swallowing and vocal articulation, communications disorders, psychology of auditory function and cognitive communication, language assessment and diagnostic techniques, and rehabilitative and management therapies.

Leaders Who Majored in Speech-Language Pathology

Jaime Chadek

Speech Language Pathologist,

Children's Hospital Colorado

Katie Taylor

Deaf Educational Consultant/Teacher of Record,

Indiana State Dept of Health- Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Education