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Speech-Language-Hearing Overview

Overview

For more information on careers in this field, click on the appropriate profession(s) in the Career Explorer section of this site.

The field of communication sciences and disorders, includes a wide range of careers, including audiologists, speech-language pathologists, and speech-language and/or hearing scientists researchers specializing in the science of speech, language, and/or hearing.  Professionals in these fields help individuals deal with a broad range of disabilities and conditions related to speech and language delays or difficulties and hearing loss or limitations.

You can download, save and print a PDF of this overview:

Speech-Language-Hearing Field Profile 18 Sep 2009 [pdf, 61 KB]

For more information about pursuing a career in this field, see the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) website.

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