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Personal Challenges Lead to Professional Successes for Audiology Alumna 

August 2, 2024 | 5 min read

Suzanne Yoder (MA ’02, AuD ’04) has lived with severe hearing loss since childhood. Her personal journey—from using different hearing aids, learning to lip-read, asking people to repeat themselves, searching for coping skills and finally receiving cochlear implants in both ears—has made her a more compassionate audiologist.

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Alumni Feature

How Alumna April Klein Found a Fulfilling, Lifelong Career with a Bachelor’s in Communication Science

February 8, 2024 | 6 min read

Is a successful career defined by whether you have a graduate level degree? Our alumna shows how she found her niche and a lifelong passion to help people with her bachelor's degree.

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Everyone Has a Story to Tell: the Pitt Communication Science and Disorders Podcast

January 18, 2024 | 4 min read

Recent Speech-Language Pathology master’s program graduates Ellen Swain (MA ’23) and Juliann Bardin (MA ’23) co-created the “Lived Communication Experiences” podcasts.