New England’s premier program for impactful research and education in speech, language, and hearing sciences as well as clinical practice in audiology and speech-language pathology.

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Undergraduate Program

Our undergraduate major readies students for a wide range of careers and graduate study.
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Research

Housed within a nationally-ranked R1 university, our department is the home for cutting-edge research in our fields.
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Graduate Programs

Our graduate programs emphasize hands-on learning in clinical and research settings.

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Pre-Masters in Speech Language Pathology

Our online, asynchronous pre-masters program offers required coursework typically needed for admission to graduate school for Speech Language Pathology.  

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Speech and Hearing Clinic

The UConn Speech and Hearing Clinic delivers compassionate, state-of-the-art, evidence-based clinical care in speech-language pathology and audiology. Based at the Storrs campus, we serve clients from UConn and surrounding communities.

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News

  • New NHCA Position Statement
    Hearing protection devices such as earplugs are not one-size-fits-all.  The amount of protection from loud sound that earplugs provide can vary widely from person to person, from virtually no protection at all to maximal protection – even if they are wearing the same type of earplug.  This is due to factors such as ear canal […]
    Posted on July 21, 2025
  • SLHS at the Connecticut Walk4Hearing
    This past Sunday, members from our SLHS community joined the Eastern Connecticut HLAA Chapter at the Connecticut Walk4Hearing. The HLAA Walk4Hearing aims to raise awareness and funds to support hearing health, advocacy, and educational programs, while empowering individuals of all ages and backgrounds to live confidently and thrive with hearing differences. Torri Ann Woodruff-Gautherin, Portia […]
    Posted on June 26, 2025
  • Alumni Spotlight: Dr. Kayla Hart
    Meet Dr. Kayla Hart, an alumna of the UConn SLHS Doctorate of Audiology program! Kayla completed her undergraduate degree at Eastern Connecticut State University, majoring in Health Sciences. She worked as a pharmacy tech at this time and knew she wanted to work in healthcare, but wasn’t sure what specialty she was interested in. As […]
    Posted on June 18, 2025