Welcome to Speech Pathology & Audiology
The Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology at West Virginia University houses one of only two undergraduate programs in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, one of only two graduate programs in Speech-Language Pathology and the only graduate program in Audiology in the state of West Virginia. The preprofessional undergraduate program in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology is designed to provide a core of well-trained students with a thorough understanding of the basic processes involved in speech, hearing, and language for the graduate programs in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology at West Virginia University. The purpose of the Master of Science degree program in Speech-Language Pathology and the Doctor of Audiology (Au.D.) degree is to produce graduates who have a firm understanding of the normal processes of speech, language, and hearing and who are academically and clinically prepared to diagnose and treat the full range of communicative disorders in all age groups and thus to function as competent speech-language pathologists and audiologists in a wide variety of clinical settings. The professions of speech-language pathology and audiology are exciting fields wherein clinicians provide service to individuals with speech, language, and/or hearing disorders. The graduate programs are accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.