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Elmira College can start you on the path toward several rewarding career options in the communication sciences field.

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Speech-Language Pathology

As a speech-language pathologist, your work can help people in many different ways, from overcoming stuttering and articulation issues to treating feeding and swallowing disorders. Speech-language pathologists can play a crucial role with helping the youngest generations develop early language skills, teaching people with autism to communicate using speech devices, or helping those with cognitive disorders or head injuries recover language skills, according to the American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA). A little more than half of speech-language pathologists work in K-12 schools, while more than a third work in healthcare. There are also employment opportunities in higher education, where you can teach, participate in research that could produce new discoveries, serve as an advisor, and educate the public.  

Audiology

A majority of audiologists become employed in healthcare settings. There, you will be able to help people of all ages, whether it is performing a newborn's first hearing screening or training a client about how to use and care for an assistive listening device. You'll also be able to create different rehabilitation programs based on a patient's needs, or work with people whose balance and hearing has been impaired by a traumatic brain injury, according to ASHA.

Audiologists can also play a prominent role in educational settings. where they not only provide hearing screenings and support for families with children with hearing loss, but also help children advocate for their own communication needs, train teachers and staff about how to better help students with hearing difficulties, and coordinate rehabilitation activities with teachers, according to the ASHA. At the college and university level, an audiologist's work can include educating future generations of audiologists, serving as an expert on advisory boards, research into hearing and balance disorders, and educate the community.


Many CSD occupations require at least a master's degree. Fore more information about state requirements for licensure, visit the ASHA website.

 
Career Highlights

21%

40%

job growth is projected for speech-language pathologists between 2021-2031 (much faster than average)

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

of speech-language pathologists work in educational services

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

 

Graduates of our Communication Sciences & Disorders programs have been able to help many people through organizations such as: 

  • American School for the Deaf
  • Anderson School for Autism
  • Arkansas Center for Ear, Nose & Throat
  • Audiological Consultants of Atlanta
  • BOCES
  • Canton Area School District
  • Conklin Center for the Blind
  • Donegal School District
  • East Rochester School District
  • Finger Lakes Audiology
  • Flagship Rehabilitation
  • Glens Falls Hospital
  • Hearing Life
  • Heritage Christian Services
  • Hingham Public Schools
  • New Haven School District
  • Rising Stars Children's Therapy
  • St. Camillus Rehab Facility
  • St. Luke's Idaho Elks Hearing & Balance Center
  • The Oregon Clinic
  • Coastal Speech Therapy
  • Duke University
  • Early Intervention
  • Johns Hopkins Hospital
  • Kidz Therapy Services
  • National Technical Institute for the Deaf
  • Rochester General Hospital
  • Rehab Resources
  • Watkins Glen Central School District
  • SUNY Buffalo State

Our alumni have worked in positions including sign language interpreter, speech pathologist, speech therapist assistant, teacher, audiologist, enablement trainer, director of communication disorders, special education teacher, behavior therapist, case manager, 

 

Our Office of Career Services can help you take the next steps with your EC education.

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