Bachelor of Arts in Speech and Hearing Sciences

University at Buffalo - SUNY

While many of us take speech and hearing for granted, there are millions of people struggling with communication disorders every day. If you’re looking for a science-based major that lets you work with people and have a direct impact on their lives, you’re in the right place.What will I learn?As a speech and hearing science student, you’ll study the development and disorders of language, hearing and speech. You will learn how anatomy, biology, psychology and other factors affect how people speak, hear and understand throughout their lifespan, as infants, children, adults and seniors. As you take required classes in acoustics (sounds for hearing and speech perceptions), audiology (hearing), speech-language pathology (speaking), and technical skills such as statistics, you can also choose to explore related areas such as sociology and linguistics.

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