With an emphasis on best practices and applying research, the integrated classroom and clinical education in Pitt's Audiology program is like no other. Choose to participate in research projects mentored by expert faculty and benefit from a coordinator to guide your externship search. The Audiology curriculum offers you extensive hands-on experiences with a focus on:
- Prevention, diagnosis, and treatment in hearing and balance across the lifespan
- Interdisciplinary assessment and practice
- Rehabilitation/management of hearing and balance disorders
- Critical consumption of research
Program Director
Dr. Catherine Palmer, program director, has championed life-changing interventions in audiology for patients of all ages. View how she’s changing every day health care practices to help patients get better, faster through the video below. Palmer recently served as president of the American Academy of Audiology and is currently the director of Audiology and Hearing Aids at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center including the UPMC Children's Hospital.
Audiology Courses
Entry-level students (with a baccalaureate degree in communication science and disorders) will complete four years of study, meeting all requirements for degree and state licensure—as well as all clinical practicum requirements for the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC). Learn more about the clinical component of the curriculum.
- CSD 2021 - Clinical Procedures Lab 1-1, 1 credit
- CSD 2022 - Clinical Procedures Lab 2-2, 1 credit
- CSD 2029 - Implantables in Clinical Practice, 1 credit
- CSD 2040 - Audiologic Assessment, 3 credits
- CSD 2041 - Management of Hearing Problems, 3 credits
- CSD 2042 - Audiologic Assessment Lab, 1 credit
- CSD 2043 - Fundamentals of SLP for AuD, 1 credit
- CSD 2044 - Differential Assessment, 4 credits
- CSD 2045 - Physiological Assessment, 3 credits
- CSD 2046 - Pediatric Evaluation, 3 credits
- CSD 2047 - Amplification I, 3 credits
- CSD 2051 - Clinical Procedures Lab 1-2, 1 credit
- CSD 2052 - Clinical Procedures Lab 2-3, 1 credit
- CSD 2053 - Clinical Procedures Lab 2-1, 1 credit
- CSD 2055 - Pediatric Auditory Rehabilitation, 3 credits
- CSD 2056 - Audiology Practicum Network, variable credits
- CSD 2057 - Clinical Practicum in Audiology, Outplacement, variable credits
- CSD 2060 - Proseminar/Research Round Table (6 semesters), 0 credits
- CSD 2068 - Speech Practicum Network, 1 credit
- CSD 2078 - Physics, Physiology, and Psychology of Sounds, 3 credits
- CSD 2081 - Research Strategies and Tactics, 3 credits
- CSD 2084 - Science of Inplantables, 2 credits
- CSD 2101 - Stats Meth Clinical Research 1, 3 credits
- CSD 2102 - Stats Meth Clinical Research 2, 3 credits
- CSD 2103 - Professional Writing for Audiologists, 1 credit
- CSD 2110 - Neuroscience of Communication, 3 credits
- CSD 2162 - Counseling Stategies for AuD and SLP, 2 credits
- CSD 2251 - Vestibular Assessment and Rehabilitation, 3 credits
- CSD 2252 - Advanced Physiological Assessment, 3 credits
- CSD 2451 - Audiology Masters Comprehensive, 1 credit
- CSD 2454 - Amplification II, 3 credits
- CSD 2456 - Speech Perception Across the Lifespan, 3 credits
- CSD 2600 - Interprofessional Rotation, 1 credit
- CSD 2601 - Supervision, 1 credit
- CSD 2602 - Educational Audiology, 2 credits
- CSD 2652 - Advanced Clinical Seminar 3-1, 1 credit
- CSD 2654 - Practice Management, 3 Credits
- CSD 2655 - Advanced Clinical Seminar 4-1, 1 credit
- CSD 2657 - Advanced Clinical Seminar 3-3, 1 credit
- CSD 2658 - Advanced Clinical Seminar 4-3, 1 credit
- CSD 2659 - Externship (3 semesters), 4 credits
- CSD 2660 - Advanced Clinical Procedures 4-2, 1 credit
- CSD 2661 - Advanced Clinical Seminar 3-2, 1 credit
- CSD 2971 - Research Practicum (2 semesters), 1 credit
- CSD XXXX - Elective Any Level (3 courses), 2 credits
- XXXX - Elective (2000 level or higher), 2 credits
Comprehensive Examination I
Comprehensive Examination II
Research Project