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The underlying basis for the graduate degree programs in audiology and speech-language pathology is the teacher-practitioner model, whereby students learn from faculty who take on dual roles as academicians and practitioners. This approach to professional education helps to bridge the gap that can exist between classroom teaching and clinical service delivery. Students learn in an environment where teaching, research, and patient care are fully integrated. The faculty at Rush participate fully in the clinical process in addition to teaching and research. Students receive outstanding clinical education experiences with diverse patients who present a full range of communicative disorders. Department faculty is supplemented by the expertise of physicians, scientists, and other health care professionals within the Medical Center. The audiology and speech-language pathology programs are accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA).
Professional Credentialing
Rush programs in communication disorders and sciences offer the academic and clinical education background necessary to begin the ASHA clinical fellowship year (speech-language pathology) and to meet requirements for certification in audiology and speech-language pathology. Upon gaduation, students are eligible to:
- obtain Illinois licensure
- meet requirements for professional certification in speech-language pathology or audiology
- meet requirements for the Illinois Type 73 teaching certificate (optional track)
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