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2022-2023 University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences (Graduate)


Website URL:

http://www.purdue.edu/hhs/slhs/graduate/index.html

Department/School Head:

Preeti Sivasankar

Academic Programs:

Master’s, Au.D., and Ph.D. Programs

The Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences emphasizes the study of human communication sciences and disorders. All aspects of communication - including speech, language, and hearing - as well as essential functions of swallowing and balance,  are explored through all stages of the lifespan. The Department provides excellence in education across undergraduate, graduate professional (MS-SLP and AuD), and research programs (Ph.D.).”

  • PhD Program
  • Au.D. Program
  • MS-SLP Program
  • Dual Track Degree Programs

Concentrations (Areas of Study):

  • Auditory Perception, Neural Plasticity, and Sensory Aids
  • Augmentative and Alternative Communication
  • Aural Rehabilitation for Children and Adults
  • Autism Spectrum Disorders
  • Cognitive Neuroscience Approaches to Hearing, Language Processing, and Communicative Disorders: Applications of Functional Brain Imaging and Evidence from Brain-Damaged Individuals
  • Language Structure, Development, and Disorders: Single Language and Crosslinguistic Studies
  • Linguistics Applied to Communicative Sciences and Disorders
  • Sign Language Linguistics
  • Speech and Voice Physiology
  • Speech Perception
  • Speech Production, Development, and Disorders: A Lifespan Perspective
  • Swallowing Physiology and Swallowing Disorders

Regular Graduate Faculty by Rank:

Professor


Michelle Gutmann
Michael Heinz
Jessica Huber
David Kemmerer
Ravi Krishnan
Laurence B. Leonard
Chenell Loudermill
Amanda Seidl
Jennifer Simpson
Preeti Sivasankar
Beth Strickland
Dawn Wetzel
Ronnie Wilbur
 

Associate Professor

Joshua Alexander
Arielle Borovsky
Françoise Brosseau-Lapré
Alexander L. Francis
Tamar Greenwell
Natalya Kaganovich
Brandon Keehn
Jiyeon Lee
Georgia Malandraki
Christi Masters
Shannon Van Hyfte
 

Assistant Professor

Jaime Bauer Malandraki
Hari Bharadwaj
Anne Gritt
Jillian Hubertz
Lydia Kruse
Raymundo Munguia-Vazquez
Melissa Newell
Allison Schaser
Maureen Shader
Anne Sommer
 

Emeritus Faculty

Barb Cicholski
Davis Ertmer
Jackson T. Gandour
Keith Kluender
Lata Krishnan
Jeanette Leonard
Claudia Mournout
William Murphy
Robert Novak
Mary Lou Poole
Anne Smith  
Barbara Solomon
Chris Weber

Programs

    DoctoralMaster’s

    Courses

      Speech, Language and Hearing Science