Welcome to the Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences

The mission of the Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences is to provide the highest level of education, research, and service in communication sciences and disorders. Our award-winning faculty achieve this through:

• Research innovation
• Clinical Services
• Community outreach
• Training the next generation of clinicians and researchers

And through active collaborations across the campus.

LEAP 25th Anniversary: Classroom Update

Why Support LEAP?

LEAP makes a positive impact on children in our community at a very early age. Help magnify that impact by supporting LEAP's 25th Anniversary classroom update! For nearly 25 years, the Language-Learning Early Advantage Program (LEAP) has worked with more than 250 families of preschool-aged children with communication delays. Your generous gift will allow us to update our classroom, purchase new instructional materials, and improve our educational technology so that we can continue to support children and families well into the future. Click here to donate!

Event Spotlight: Walk 4 Hearing

This year, the Student Academy of Audiology (SAA) at UMD will participate in the Walk 4 Hearing, hosted by the Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA). SAA will walk to increase awareness about hearing loss, help to end the stigma associated with it, and raise funds to provide information and support for people with hearing loss.

The walk will take place on Saturday, October 20 at the National Harbor at 149 National Plaza, Oxon Hill, MD.  Please join us or consider donating to this great cause! To join our team or donate, click here. 

MCICE CI Camp: Successful Summer!

The MCICE Cochlear Implant Summer Camp was a big success! Six students participated in a literacy-based, oral language focused cirriculum interwoven with fun summer activities. These students worked with both speech-language pathology and audiolgoy students to build auditory, speech, and language skills while enjoying new social opportunities with their peers. Read more in Terp Magazine, as Annie Dankelson covered the summer program in their article "Learning to Listen."

HESP InTerpretation

Introducing a new blog where clinicians and researchers in Communication Sciences and Disorder (CSD) share their interests, curiosities and questions.  Brought to you by HESP faculty, this blog seeks to bring a wide range of perspectives and insights into the currents state of hearing, language and speech science. We hope to raise questions and inspire the field to seek new ideas and innovative answers. We hope you will join the conversation! Check out the blog.

What makes the UMD Hearing and Speech Clinic Different?

• At Maryland, top clinicians and researchers work together, providing you with the best evidence-based therapy and diagnostics. 
• We work with all hearing aid manufacturers; so we can help you find the very best devices for your needs. 
• As a not-for-profit clinic, we devote a great deal of time to providing free or low-cost services to the less fortunate in the community; by supporting our clinic, you are also supporting these efforts. 
• Call (301) 405-4218 to make an appointment today!