语音和听力科学学士学位使学生能够探索人类交流的机制和过程，并为学生做好在语音语言病理学，听力学或语音和听力科学领域的研究生教育的准备。课程向其他主要领域的学生开放。听力学家是具有硕士学位或博士学位的专业人士，专门从事听力障碍的预防，识别和评估。它们还为听力受损的人提供康复和康复服务，并且适合使用助听器。听力学家在医院，康复中心，私人诊所，大学，学校，政府机构，工业，疗养院和卫生部门工作。语言病理学家是具有硕士学位或博士学位的专业人员，他们可以评估和治疗沟通障碍，例如口吃，语言发育迟缓，失语症，声音障碍和发
The Bachelor's Degree in Speech and Hearing Sciences allows students to explore the mechanisms and processes of human communication and prepares students to pursue graduate education in the fields of speech-language pathology, audiology, or speech and hearing science. Courses are open to students in other major fields.<br><br>Audiologists are professionals with master's or doctoral degrees specializing in prevention, identification, and assessment of hearing impairment. They also provide habilitation and rehabilitation of persons with hearing loss, and they fit hearing aids. Audiologists work in hospitals, rehabilitation centers, private practices, universities, schools, government agencies, industry, nursing homes, and health departments.<br><br>Speech-language pathologists are professionals with master's or doctoral degrees who assess and treat communication disorders such as stuttering, delayed language development, aphasia, voice disorders, and articulation problems. Speech-language pathologists work in schools, hospitals, rehabilitation centers, nursing homes, research laboratories, universities, and private practices.<br><br>Speech, language, and hearing scientists are professionals, usually with a doctoral degree, who investigate basic and applied aspects of communication. They work mainly in universities, industry, and research institutes. There is a continuing need, nationwide, for certified professionals in these fields. The major is an excellent choice for students who have a general interest in human behavior, education, and/or health professions and who are specifically interested in how humans beings acquire, produce, and receive language.