Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences

Student Highlight
Student Highlight“When I was applying to graduate programs, it was important to me that my program be well-rounded, both academically and clinically.”
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Inside Sargent
Inside Sargent Susan Langmore, clinical professor, studies the effects of exercise to improve swallowing in patients with dysphagia.
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Research at Boston University
Research at Boston UniversityResearchers are doing pioneering work to illuminate the ways in which we turn the universe of sound into an intelligible map of information and ideas.
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News and Events
News and Events Please join us for a graduate information session to learn more about our outstanding graduate programs in speech-language pathology and audiology.
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Project Health
Project Health Project HEALTH mobilizes undergraduate volunteers to run two types of programs…
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At BU Sargent College, the study of speech language and hearing sciences combines an understanding and appreciation of scientific inquiry in the basic sciences and the normal processes related to communication, swallowing, and cognition as a strong foundation for the study of human communication disorders.

Speech Language Pathology and Audiology

Professionals in these fields utilize a deep knowledge of normal communication processes and apply this to the identification and evaluation of communication disorders, helping to develop and implement habilitative and rehabilitative programs for the communicatively impaired.

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