Overview

Dr. Chizuko Tamaki, Program Director
Sorenson Language and Communication Center, Room 2216

The Clinical Doctoral Degree (AuD) education program in Audiology at Gallaudet University is accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology (CAA) of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 2200 Research Boulevard #310, Rockville, Maryland 20850, 800-498-2071 or 301-296-5700. 

The Au.D. program is designed to produce audiologists who are able to function independently in all diagnostic and rehabilitative settings, serving individuals of all ages, including individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing. The program offers an intensive, broadly based academic curriculum together with an integrated sequential clinical experience that starts in the first semester, culminating in the final year with a full-time immersive externship experience. The curriculum was developed in accordance with the recommendations and guidelines of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), the American Academy of Audiology (AAA), and the Academy of Rehabilitative Audiology (ARA).  

In addition to providing a strong academic and clinical experience, the Gallaudet University Au.D. program has the unique charge of training audiologists who are proficient in American Sign Language (ASL) and are knowledgeable of Deaf Culture, and who have particular expertise in serving members of the Deaf community.

Academic and clinical instruction and coordination are led by 9 full-time faculty and clinical educators, with additional contributions from faculty members of the M.S. program in Speech-Language Pathology and the Ph.D. program in Hearing, Speech, and Language Sciences, as well as faculty from other Gallaudet University departments. In addition, Gallaudet University's Au.D. program benefits from having outstanding adjunct faculty, as well as high-quality clinical placements and internship preceptors in the metropolitan Washington, DC area.

Admissions Procedures

Applicants for the Au.D. in Audiology must complete the application process and meet the requirements for graduate study at Gallaudet University. Please visit the Graduate Admissions website for more information and a checklist of application requirements. Detailed program information and course descriptions are also available under the 'Courses' and 'Requirements' tabs. 

*The Au.D. program curriculum is currently undergoing a revision, with a projected implementation date of June 2018.

DEADLINE	DATE
Last Date for Consideration of Application:	February 1

Program Specific Requirements

GRE
Three Letters of reference
Interview

Recommended Undergraduate Major

Speech-Language Pathology
Audiology or related discipline
Communication Sciences/Disorders

Prerequisite Coursework

Physical Science (3 hrs)
Biology (3 hrs)
Statistics/Math (3 hrs)
Behavioral/Social Science (6 hrs)

Anatomy and Physiology of Speech/Hearing Mechanisms
Phonetics / Phonology
Speech Science/Acoustics
Normal Language Development
Intro to Audiology  

Requirements

Additional Requirements:

• Students must take a minimum of two electives following the first semester of the program.

• Students must successfully complete candidacy exams.

• Students must successfully complete comprehensive exams.

• Beginning the Fall semester of Year 2, students must register for HSL883 (Research Project in Audiology) for each semester until the research project is formally completed.

• Students must successfully complete ASL III.

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Prior to 2018-2019 Program of Study

 

Year I - Fall semester

HSL 814 Instrumentation Lab 1

HSL 815 Acoustics and Psychoacoustics 3

HSL 817 Anatomy & Physiology of the Auditory & Vestibular System 3

HSL 834 Diagnostic Audiology 4

HSL 840 Clinical Practicum-Introduction 1

HSL 846 Clinical Applications of Sign Communication I 1-2

PST American Sign Language 3

 

Year I - Spring semester

HSL 784 Research Methodology in Hearing, Speech, and Language Sciences 3

HSL 818 Acoustic Phonetics 3

HSL 840 Clinical Practicum-Introduction 1

HSL 847 Clinical Applications of Sign Communication II 1

HSL 850 Amplification I 3

HSL 861 Pediatric and Educational Audiology 3

Elective 2-3

PST American Sign Language 3

 

Year I - Summer semester

HSL 821 Informational Counseling and Multicultural Issues 3

HSL 827 Neural Bases of Hearing, Speech, and Language 3

Total Credits for Year I: 32-35

 

Year II - Fall semester

 

HSL 824 Aural Rehabilitation: Adults 3

HSL 835 Vestibular Assessment and Management 3

HSL 841 Clinical Practicum-Advanced 2

HSL 842 Clinical Practicum-Specialty Areas 1

HSL 852 Amplification II 3

HSL 883 Research Project in Audiology 1

PST American Sign Language 3

 

Year II - Spring semester

 

HSL 826 Aural Rehabilitation: Pediatric 3

HSL 841 Clinical Practicum-Advanced 2

HSL 842 Clinical Practicum-Specialty Areas 1

HSL 858 Cochlear Implants 3

HSL 866 Electrophysiological Measures in Audiology 3

HSL 883 Research Project in Audiology 1

PST American Sign Language 3

 

Year II - Summer semester

 

HSL 880 Internship in Audiology 2-6

HSL 883 Research Project in Audiology 1

Total Credits for Year II: 30-33

 

Year III - Fall semester

 

HSL 862 Central Auditory Processing Disorders -- Evaluation and Remediation 3

HSL 863 Community and Industrial Audiology 2

HSL 873 Private Practice Development/Clinic Management 3

HSL 880 Internship in Audiology 2-6

HSL 883 Research Project in Audiology 1

 

Year III - Spring semester

 

HSL 855 Communication Technology 3

HSL 870 Seminar in Medical Audiology 2

HSL 880 Internship in Audiology 2-6

Year III - Summer Session

 

HSL 875 Professional Issues 1

HSL 890 Externship 1-6

Total Credits for Year III: 24

Year IV - Fall and Spring semesters

 

HSL 890 Externship 6

Year IV - Summer Session

 

HSL 890 Externship 1-6

 

Additional Requirements:

• Students must take a minimum of two electives following the first semester of the program.

• Students must successfully complete candidacy exams.

• Students must successfully complete comprehensive exams.

• Beginning the Fall semester of Year 2, students must register for HSL883 (Research Project in Audiology) for each semester until the research project is formally completed.

• Students must successfully complete ASL III.

Courses

HSL 784 - Research Methodology in Hearing, Speech, and Language Sciences (3)

Evaluation of research in audiology and communication disorders. The course describes how to read, understand, and evaluate research appearing in the literature, and provides an introduction to research design. Although the major focus is for the research consumer, many of the principles presented will apply to the design and implementation of research.

Prerequisite: Open to HSLS majors only or permission of the instructor or department chair.

HSL 814 - Instrumentation Lab (1)

This course will provide hands-on learning experiences through use of instrumentation in audiology. Lab exercises will familiarize students to audiologic instrumentation and provide opportunities to apply basic audiologic concepts to lab findings. Laboratory format also provides an introduction to scientific report writing using the APA format.

Prerequisite: Open to HSLS majors only or permission of the instructor or department chair.
Co-requisite: HSL 815, HSL 832

HSL 815 - Acoustics and Psychoacoustics (3)

Study of basic physical properties of sound, including decibel notation, wave propagation, resonance, filtering, and the analysis of simple and complex signals. The course also includes study of the principles, procedures, and research involved in the field of psychoacoustics, including the relationships between the physical dimensions of sound and perceptual experience, as well as the relationships between psychoacoustic testing and both auditory physiology and the audiological evaluation process.

Prerequisite: Open to HSLS majors only or permission of the instructor or department chair
Co-requisite: HSL 817

HSL 816 - Applied Acoustic Phonetics (2)

This course covers topics in acoustic phonetics, as they apply to working with individuals with varying degrees of hearing acuity or processing related eficits. Topics include the review of anatomy and physiology of speech production; acoustic patterns and co-articulation; auditory psychophysics, physiology, and phonological representations; various theories of speech perception as it relates to phonemes; and the interface of speech acoustics and hearingloss/auditory processing disorders (in quiet and in difficult listening conditions).

Prerequisite: Open to HSLS majors only or permission of the instructor or department chair.

HSL 817 - Anatomy & Physiology of the Auditory & Vestibular System (3)

Anatomy and physiology of the auditory, vestibular, and central auditory nervous systems, including phylogeny, and genetics of hearing and balance; mechanical and biophysical factors in afferent and efferent signal transduction.

Prerequisite: Open to HSLS majors only or permission of the instructor or department chair.

HSL 819 - Neural Bases of Hearing, Speech, and Language (3)

This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of anatomy and physiology of the nervous system as it relates to the development of hearing, vision, thought, memory and emotions as well as the perception, processing and production of speech and language.

Prerequisite: HSL 817 Anatomy and Physiology of Audition

HSL 821 - Informational Counseling and Multicultural Issues (3)

The course is designed to help audiologists and speech-language pathologists work more effectively with their clients in addressing the biopsychosocial effects of hearing loss and other communication disorders. Students will learn about the impact of hearing loss and communication disorders on infants, children, adults, older adults, and significant others. Students will develop a interviewing and specific counseling skills to help clients address their hearing loss and communication-related needs. This course will serve to provide a theoretical framework, practical strategies and personal reflection for working and providing services with cultural and linguistic awareness, knowledge, competency and proficiency.

Prerequisite: Open to HSLS majors only or permission of the instructor or department chair.

HSL 823 - Auditory (Re)habilitation Across the Lifespan (4)

The focus of this course is on evidence-based auditory (re)habilitation (AR) practices addressing the communicative and biopsychosocial functioning of children and adults who have acquired or congenital hearing loss and/or tinnitus across the lifespan. Special emphasis is given to the AR knowledge and skills needed by audiologists to assess function and provide effective rehabilitative services for families with deaf or hard of hearing infants and toddlers, children in educational settings, young adults, those in military service, veterans, working-age adults and seniors. The course has a strong interdisciplinary focus, and comprehensively addresses multicultural, ethical and professional issues in AR.

Prerequisite: Open to HSLS majors only, or permission of the instructor or department chair.

HSL 828 - Clinical Applications of Sign Communication I (1-2)

The focus of this course is upon applying the principles of sign communication in the field of clinical audiology. Students will develop and demonstrate proficient sign language skills while performing the following clinical procedures: client interviewing/case history, walk-in service, assessing client communication skills and abilities, audiologic test interpretation, and instructional techniques for communication therapy.

Co-requisites: ASL I or equivalent, HSL 871, permission of instructor.

HSL 829 - Clinical Applications of Sign Communication II (1)

Continued focus upon the clinical application of principles of sign communication in the field of diagnostic audiology/aural rehabilitation. Emphasis will be placed on use of sign language for informal counseling of clients and instructional techniques for communication therapy.

Prerequisite: American Sign Language proficiency and HSL 828.

HSL 831 - Foundations of Clinical Audiology (1)

This course provides foundational principles of audiologic evaluation. The course is designed to provide students with the theoretical and evidence-based practice in basic audiologic evaluation, skills for which is developed in the Clinical Lab (HSL871).

Prerequisite: Open to HSLS majors only, or permission of the instructor or department chair.
Co-Requisite: HSL871

HSL 832 - Diagnostic Audiology (3)

This course builds on the basic audiologic evaluation principles discussed in HSL 831. Topics will include advanced consideration of pure-tone and speech audiometry, clinical masking, acoustic immittance battery, calibration and standards, behavioral site-of-lesion testing, OAEs, and various pathologies that affect auditory-vestibular systems.

Prerequisite: HSL 831
Co-requisite: HSL 872

HSL 833 - Pediatric and Educational Audiology (3)

The course covers various aspects of audiology as it relates to infants, children, and difficult-to-assess individuals. Topics include: case history/interviewing; parent counseling; normal and abnormal auditory development; review of normal motor, cognitive, language, and psycho-social development; identification audiometry; behavioral and electrophysiologic procedures; pure tone and speech audiometry; hearing aids and group amplification systems, audiologic counseling, and educational audiology. Ethnic and cultural differences are considered throughout the course.

Prerequisite: Open to HSLS majors only or permission of the instructor or department chair.

HSL 836 - Electrophysiological Measures in Audiology (3)

Electrophysiological measures of auditory and vestibular systems, including auditory brainstem response (ABR), middle and late potentials, otoacoustic emissions (OAE), electrocochleography (ECoG), vestibular-evoked myogenic potentials, and intraoperative monitoring.

Prerequisite: Open to HSLS majors only or permission of the instructor or department chair.

HSL 838 - Vestibular Assessment and Management (3)

This course covers vestibular function, assessment, and management. A basic understanding of basic auditory diagnostics and peripheral vestibular anatomy is presupposed. Procedures and interpretation of videonystagmography will be covered in detail, in addition to introduction to various other vestibular evaluation and management techniques.

Prerequisite: HSL 817, HSL 832

HSL 843 - Amplification I (3)

Study of amplification systems and hearing aids, including hearing aid design, electroacoustic characteristics and specifications, spectral shaping, earmold acoustics, candidacy issues, and fitting techniques.

Prerequisite: Open to HSLS majors only or permission of the instructor or department chair.

HSL 844 - Amplification II (3)

This course is designed to facilitate advanced application of knowledge and skills obtained in Amplification I. Topics covered include special clinical procedures, new technology, digital signal processing, implantable devices, and counseling techniques.

Prerequisite: HSL 843

HSL 845 - Communication Technology (1)

This course will integrate the audiology students’ knowledge and skills of auditory, visual, and vibrotactile receptive communication technologies designed to meet the needs of deaf and hard of hearing individuals as well as other populations, at home, in the workplace, in educational settings, and for recreational purposes. Communication technologies include systems to facilitate (1) face-to-face communication, (2) the reception of media, (3) telephone reception, and (4) the awareness of environmental sounds. Review and practice with actual volunteer clients of the needs assessment, selection, and verification process will be provided in two hands-on one-day workshops in the Gallaudet Assistive Devices Demonstration Center.

Prerequisites: HSL 844; 823 or 824

HSL 848 - Cochlear Implants (3)

This course includes description of the various cochlear implants that have received FDA approval, discussion of candidacy issues, follow-up procedures including programming and habilitation, positive and negative outcomes with emphasis on research results. Controversies surrounding implantation of children will be included.

Prerequisite: Open to HSLS majors only or permission of the instructor or department chair.

HSL 851 - Central Auditory Processing Disorders -- Evaluation and Remediation (3)

This course will provide knowledge of central auditory processing disorders and how they are assessed and managed in home, school, work, and therapeutic environments. Areas to be addressed include differential diagnosis, the collaborative model, counseling, and advocacy. The course will have an interdisciplinary focus.

Prerequisites: HSL 817 and HSL 832

HSL 853 - Community and Industrial Audiology (2)

This course examines public school, community, industrial, and military hearing programs, including screening tests, noise control, and medical-legal problems associated with acoustic trauma and noise-induced hearing loss.

Prerequisite: Open to HSLS majors only or permission of the instructor or department chair.

HSL 854 - Tinnitus and Hyperacusis (1)

Causes, assessment, and management of tinnitus and hyperacusis, with emphasis on multi- and inter-disciplinary approaches.

Prerequisites: HSL817, HSL833 and permission of the instructor or department chair.

HSL 859 - Private Practice Development/Clinic Management (3)

Issues relating to establishing a private practice including clinical management, small business and accounting practices, models of private practice, referrals and reimbursement, managed care.

Prerequisite: Open to HSLS majors only or permission of the instructor or department chair.

HSL 860 - Seminar in Medical Audiology (2)

Oto-audiologic and neurologic considerations in the differential diagnosis of auditory and vestibular disorders.

Prerequisite: HSL 838

HSL 865 - Professional Issues (1)

The study of issues of professional importance that have not been addressed in other courses. The important issues will be those that are current at the time the course is taught; content will change from year to year.

Prerequisite: Open to HSLS majors only or permission of the instructor or department chair.

HSL 869 - Current Topics in Audiology (1-2)

Current and emerging topics in audiology. Topics are selected each semester, based on current trends, new research and technologies, political and healthcare landscape, and needs of the students.

Pre-requisite: HSLS majors only, or permission of the instructor or department chair.

HSL 871 - Clinical Lab: Hearing Evaluation (1)

This is a guided clinical lab course, allowing the students to gain hands-on experience to perform basic hearing evaluations, including but not limited to: otoscopy, acoustic immittance, and puretone audiometry. This course will prepare students for enrollment in HSL 872.

Prerequisite: Open to HSLS majors only or permission of the instructor or department chair.
Co-Requisite: HSL 831.

HSL 872 - Clinical Practicum-Introduction (1-2)

Introduction to a variety of audiologic activities under the guidance of clinical supervisors, including structured participation in diagnostic evaluations and hearing aid services. The experience will expose students to audiologic evaluation, treatment, prevention/identification, as well as professional and culturally sensitive communication.

Prerequisite: HSL871.

HSL 873 - Clinical Practicum-Advanced (2)

Continued practicum experience under the guidance of clinical supervisors, encompassing a variety of audiology services, with emphasis in audiologic evaluation and hearing aid services. Students will build on skills gained in HSL871, and will focus on synthesis, application, and flexibility of clinical knowledge.

Prerequisite: HSL 872; Open to HSLS majors only or permission of the instructor or department chair.

HSL 874 - Clinical Practicum-Specialty Areas (1)

Supervised experience in various specialty areas in audiology, such as aural rehabilitation, cochlear implants, vestibular and electrophysiology services.

Prerequisite: Open to HSLS majors only or permission of the instructor or department chair.

HSL 880 - Internship in Audiology (2-6)

Advanced diagnostic and aural rehabilitation practicum in 1) a rehabilitation or medical facility and 2) school programs for deaf and hard of hearing students (day classes and residential).

Prerequisite: HSL 872, 873

HSL 883 - Research Project in Audiology (1)

Students will develop a research proposal based upon a topic of the student's choice. Students will describe a problem area, develop a rationale for a study through the literature review, develop and explore a research hypothesis, and collect pilot data for the study. The course will be repeated until the research project is completed.

Prerequisite: Open to HSLS majors only or permission of the instructor or department chair.

HSL 890 - Externship (1-6)

This course provides students with full time experience, in hospital, private practice, clinical, educational, university, or other approved setting. The externship is to be completed under the supervision of audiologists holding current national certification and/or state licensure in audiology and approved by the department of Hearing, Speech, and Language Sciences.

Prerequisite: Open to HSLS majors only or permission of the instructor or department chair.