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Our Vision:

Education and exploration today,communication for all tomorrow.

Department of Communications

Sciences & Disorders:

Speech Language Pathology,

Audiology, ASL, InterpreterTraining

NSSLHANational Student Speech

Language Hearing

Association

What is NSSLHA?

The National Student Speech Lan-

guage Hearing Association (NSSLHA)

was created in 1972 to meet student's

desires to have a closer affiliation with

professionals in the field of Communica-

tion Disorders. NSSLHA operates as an

independent organization and is recog-nized by the discipline's professional

organization, the American Speech-

Language-Hearing Association (ASHA),

as the official organization for students

interested in communication sciences

and disorders.

NSSLHA-USF

At USF, NSSLHA members are active

members in the community. NSSLHA-USF

hosts several volunteer activities at

Shriners Childrens Hospital, John Knox

Village, MOSI, Horses for Handicapped,

Ronald McDonald House, and many more.

In addition to volunteering in the commu-

nity, NSSLHA-USF hosts several support

groups on campus for those with fluencydisorders.

Communication Sciences & Disorders

University of South Florida

4203 E. Fowler Avenue, PCD 1017

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What is Speech Language

Pathology?

Speech language pathology is the

study of disorders that affect a person's

speech, language, voice, cognition, swal-lowing. SLPs also aid in the rehabilitation/

corrective treatment of various physical

and cognitive deficits that result in prob-

lems communicating with others as well

as swallowing.

Speech pathologists/speech language

therapists can also assist people who

have difficulties in speech production, vo-

cal production, swallowing disorders, andaccent reduction.

Unlike other professions, Speech Lan-

guage Pathologists have a wide variety of

work environments to choose from, rang-

ing from public & private schools, hospi-

tals, rehabilitation centers, nursing care

facilities, community clinics, government

agencies, local health departments, and

research laboratories. The future forSpeech Language Pathologists is very

promising. Due to the number of baby

boomers entering middle age, more and

more people will be needing the services

of SLPs due to the possibility of increased

neurological disorders and impairments

involving speech, language, swallowing,

as well as hearing.

Audiology

ASL & Interpreter Training

The Department of Com-

munication Sciences &

Disorders at USF offers a

variety of courses that can

prepare you to become

proficient in American Sign Language as well

as prepare you to become an interpreter for

deaf individuals. Within the interpreter training

track, students will learn the roles of interpret-

ers in several settings, techniques and appli-

cations of interpreting, and the cognitive, psy-

chosocial, and language development of hear-

ing and deaf children in the school systems.

The minor in ASL involves taking 3 levels

of ASL (basic, intermediate, advanced) and 3

additional ASL-related classes. Within the

CSD field, it can be very advantageous to be-

come familiar with ASL as it is very likely thatone will come across patients and clients who

may use it.

Audiologists all across the coun-

try specialize in the study normal

and impaired hearing; the pre-

vention of hearing loss; identifi-

cation and assessment of hearing and balance

problems; and the rehabilitation of persons withhearing disorders. Similar to SLPs, audiologists

have the chance of working with a various

group of people. Audiologists work with infants,

young children, and adults who may need hear-

ing screenings, rehabilitation following a hearing

loss, or even counseling after a hearing inter-

vention has been put into place.

Cued Speech Initiative

The National Cued Speech Association de-

fines Cued Speech as a visual communication

system that uses eight handshapes in four dif-

ferent placements near the face in combina-

tion with the mouth movements of speech to

make the sounds of spoken language lookdifferent from each other.

USF currently offers once

Cued Speech class to CSD

majors. There are also vari-

ous workshops given through-

out the year that help students and interested

parties learn the basics of cued speech.

Research at USF

At USF, Communication Sciences and Dis-

orders makes a point of supporting basic and

applied research in hearing, speech, lan-

guage, and neurocommunicative sciences.

There are several labs in the department that

focus on different areas of study, some of

which include: Auditory Perception and Inter-

vention; Bilingualism and Language Variation;Language and Literacy; Language Processing

and Intervention; Neurophysiology of Hearing,

Speech, and Language; Speech and Voice

Production; and Speech Perception.

The Undergraduate Honors Programs

gives a select group of seniors in the depart-

ment the opportunity to gain valuable re-

search experience by taking an Advanced

Honors course and writing an Honors Thesis

during their second semester.