Audiology, AuD

Chair

Karen A. Doherty, Ph.D.
621 Skytop Road, Suite 1200

Contact:

Phone: 315-443-9637
Email: csd@syr.edu

Faculty

Karen Doherty, Joseph Pellegrino, Beth Prieve, Kathy Vander-Werff, plus adjunct instructors for specialty areas including: James Feuerstein, Lindsay Kurek, Trista Channels, Sarabeth Wojnowicz and Stefania Arduini

Clinical Faculty:

Tammy Kordas, Kristen Kennedy

Program Description:

The clinical graduate programs in speech-language pathology and audiology at Syracuse University are nationally ranked, accredited programs with a long history of excellence. While pursuing a speech-language pathology or audiology degree, students have the opportunity to work with researchers in state-of-the-art laboratories and to learn from master clinicians in the areas of speech, language, and hearing. In addition, the location of the University provides students opportunities to gain clinical experience in diagnosis and treatment with a wide variety of clinical populations.

Doctor of Audiology (Au.D.)

The department offers a clinical doctorate program in audiology culminating in the Doctor of Audiology (Au.D.) degree. The four-year program requires a student to complete 67 credits of academic coursework and 25 clinical practicum credits. The general educational objectives of the Au.D. program of study are to: (1) prepare audiology practitioners who are well-grounded in the basic sciences; (2) provide didactic coursework and supervised clinical practicum experiences necessary to enable students to develop competencies in the areas outlined by ASHA (Foundations of Practice, Prevention and Identification, and Evaluation and Treatment), and (3) expose students to research in an effort to develop skills that will allow them to use evidence-based approaches to clinical practice.

Any student holding a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university in this country, or its equivalent in a foreign institution, will be eligible for the Au.D. program in audiology. Potential students need not have an undergraduate degree in the field of speech and/or hearing sciences. However, in order to comply with ASHA standards, all students will need to take or show evidence of having taken coursework in math, science, social science, basic human communication processes, and speech/language disorders. If a student has not taken any of these courses as an undergraduate and needs to take them as part of the graduate program, then it may add to the length of the student’s program.

Clinical Practice:

Students will have a wide variety of clinical experiences. They will begin work in the Gebbie Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic, where they will receive maximum supervision. Later in the program they will be placed at one of our local extern sites, which include clinical rotations in hospitals, private-practices, rehabilitation centers, and schools in the Syracuse area. We have extern sites located in less populated areas that serve more rural communities and other sites that are based in large metropolitan areas.

Students are not only exposed to a variety of diagnostic and rehabilitative modalities, but also have opportunities to observe procedures such as otologic surgeries and neuroimaging. In the fourth year, students will be engaged in a full-time clinical externship. At the conclusion of their academic and local clinic work, each student must pass an examination designed to comprehensively and intensively assess his/her academic and clinical preparation.

Accreditation:

The Doctor of Audiology (Au.D.) degree program in audiology is accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation of the American Speech Language Hearing Association.

Admission:

Admission occurs once per year for fall entry. Applicants must complete a common application and a supplemental application by January 1 for fall admission consideration. See our website for links to the two online applications: http://csd.syr.edu/admissions_info/How-To-Apply.html

We also require GRE exams, undergraduate transcripts, and three letters of recommendation. The minimum GPA is 3.0, however, to be competitive it should be 3.5 or higher. The minimum GRE scores for consideration are: Verbal=145, Quantitative=146, and Writing=3.5. Additionally, international students must score a minimum of 105 on the TOEFL exam.

Financial Support:

All applicants are considered for departmental graduate scholarships and assistantships during the admissions process.

Facilities:

The CSD academic department and Gebbie Speech Language Hearing Clinic are located at 621 Skytop Road on South Campus.

Degree Requirements:

The program is made up of 92 graduate credits.

Transfer Credit:

Students may petition to transfer up to 12 graduate credits from another university into the Doctor of Audiology program.

Part-time Study:

Part time study is not available in the Doctor of Audiology program.

Satisfactory Progress:

A student is required to graduate with a minimum GPA of 3.0. Students with an academic GPA of less than 2.6 at the end of the first semester in the degree program, or an academic or clinic GPA of less than 3.0 at the end of the first academic year, may be asked to leave the program.