Speech and Hearing graduate student conducting research on a computer.

Graduate

Experts in speech, language and hearing sciences (SLHS) are in high demand across many sectors, including health care, education and research. In the SLHS Department, graduate students master the skills they need to enter the workplace as professors, clinical practitioners and researchers.

MA and PhD students benefit from faculty mentorship, research opportunities and flexible course options. A core benefit of the graduate program is the clinical training in the GW Speech and Hearing Center, where graduate students are the primary clinicians. Off campus, graduate students enjoy unique externship and career opportunities through Washington, D.C.'s hospitals, clinics, acute care and rehabilitation centers, schools and facilities for children with learning disabilities.

Programs

Victoria Laiter

MA '19

“Serving diverse client populations in the clinic, along with multiple populations in externships, allowed me to flourish as a flexible clinician and problem-solver. ... I now feel equipped to serve multiple populations thanks to the resources, courses and mentorship I was given."

Prospective Student Open Houses

Open houses are a great way for prospective graduate students to learn about the department and the GW Speech and Hearing Center, sit in on a lecture and meet current graduate students, faculty and staff. Open houses are held from 10:15 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on GW’s Foggy Bottom Campus. Virtual open houses are also available on most dates.

Outside of the Speech and Hearing Center building with its sign.

Upcoming Open Houses

Graduate Student Resources

Students in Action

Jordan Sender guiding a client through voice training exercises.

At Speech and Hearing, Students Are Clinic Caretakers

On a typical day at the Speech and Hearing Center, graduate students might spend an afternoon leading a stroke patient in vocal exercises, guiding a client with Parkinson’s disease through treatment software or corralling a feisty 4-year-old with apraxia into playing with colorful flashcards.