Doctor of Audiology (AuD)(Clinical)
The department offers a clinical doctorate program in Audiology culminating in the Doctor of Audiology (AuD) degree. The four-year program will begin in fall 2010 and requires a student to complete 67 credits of academic coursework and 25 clinical practicum credits. The general educational objectives of the AuD Program of Study are to: (1) prepare audiology practitioners who are well-grounded in the basic sciences; (2) provide didactic coursework and supervised clinical practicum experiences necessary to enable students to develop competencies in the areas outlined by ASHA (Foundations of Practice, Prevention and Identification, and Evaluation and Treatment), and (3) expose students to research in an effort to develop skills that will allow them to use evidence-based approaches to clinical practice.
Students completing the Au.D. program will have met the course and practicum requirements set by ASHA for the Certificate of Clinical Competence in Audiology and for New York State licensure.
Any student holding a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university in this country, or its equivalent in a foreign institution, will be eligible for the AuD program in audiology. Potential students need not have an undergraduate degree in the field of speech and/or hearing sciences. However, in order to comply with ASHA general education requirements, all students will need to take or show evidence of having taken coursework in math, science, social science, basic human communication processes, and speech/language disorders. If a student has not taken any of these courses as an undergraduate and needs to take them as part of the graduate program, then it may add to the length of the student's program. (see below for more details of general education requirements)
Clinical Practicum
Students will have a wide variety of clinical experiences. They will begin work in the Gebbie Speech-Language-Hearing Clinics, where they will receive maximum supervision. The Gebbie Speech-Language-Hearing Clinics, opened in 1972, are located in a separate wing of the Gordon D. Hoople Building. The clinics serve the Syracuse community and surrounding areas. Audiology practica in the Gebbie Hearing Clinic include diagnostic evaluations of clients of all ages as well as participation in a comprehensive Hearing Aid Delivery Program. Students obtain first-hand experience in the entire hearing aid delivery process, including evaluation, selection, fitting, and counseling. Aural rehabilitation practicum is obtained in the Gebbie Clinic or at a variety of external practicum sites.
After their first academic year, students will be placed at one of our local extern sites, which include clinical rotations in hospitals, private-practices, rehabilitation centers, and schools in the Syracuse area. Through these various externships, students are not only exposed to a variety of diagnostic and rehabilitative modalities, but also have opportunities to observe procedures such as otologic surgeries and neuroimaging. We have extern sites located in less populated areas that serve more rural communities and other sites that are based in large metropolitan areas. Externship sites in the central NY region for audiology students include hospitals & medical centers in Syracuse, Albany, Utica and Rochester (including a VA medical center), the Rochester School for the Deaf, and the tri-county Board of Cooperative Education (BOCES) in Syracuse. During the spring and summer semesters of the third year of the program, audiology students are placed in a full-time clinical externship. These full-time externship sites may be located within the Syracuse area or in many other locations in New York State and across the country.
National placements have included the following:
• Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston MA
• Veteran's Administration Hospital – Tampa, FL
• Veteran's Administration Hospital – Boston, MA
• Long Island Jewish Medical Center
• Albany Medical Center
Sample Program
ASHA General Education Requirements
ASHA General Education Requirements can be taken at Undergraduate level. In order to seek ASHA certification after the completion of the Master's degree, the applicant must have transcript credit (which could include course work, advanced placement, CLEP, or examination of equivalency) for each of the following areas: biological sciences, physical sciences, social/behavioral sciences, and mathematics. Appropriate course work may include:
• Biological: ( 3 credits) human anatomy and physiology, neuroanatomy and neurophysiology, genetics
• Physical: (3 credits) physics, inorganic and organic chemistry
• Social/behavioral: (3 credits) psychology, sociology, anthropology
• Math: (3 credits) non-remedial mathematics.
Capstone Experience
At the conclusion of their academic and local clinic work, each student must pass an examination designed to comprehensively and intensively assess AuD students' academic and clinical preparation.
Contact Persons
Dr. Linda Milosky
Associate Professor & Chair
805 South Crouse Avenue
Syracuse, New York
13244-2280
Phone: (315)443-9620
FAX: (315)443-1113
email:Milosky@syr.edu
Ms. Jennifer Steigerwald
Administrative Specialist I
805 South Crouse Avenue
Syracuse, New York
13244-2280
Phone: (315)443-9615
FAX: (315)443-1113
email: jssteige@syr.edu