
Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences

The Ph.D. Program in Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences offers a research-based doctoral education to gain understanding of the major issues of human communication and its disorders.
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Ph.D. in Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences
Full-time
Admissions Deadlines
January 1 (fall enrollment)
(No spring enrollment)
The Ph.D. Program in Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences prepares scholars and researchers with a capacity to develop broad theoretical and conceptual frameworks to strengthen their understanding of the major issues of human communication and its disorders. We offer our students a strong and multifaceted research-based doctoral education where they will gain the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to continue learning and growing throughout their professional lives.
Faculty members from CUNY’s senior colleges and the Graduate Center conduct research on varied aspects of speech, language, and hearing processes and disorders. One common theme across projects and laboratories is bilingualism and cross-linguistic studies across the lifespan in typical and clinical populations.
Since its inception in 1965, the program has achieved a reputation for excellence in doctoral program, and has graduated many individuals who have assumed positions of leadership and have contributed significantly to the advancement of knowledge in the processes and disorders of human communication.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Task Force Mission
The mission of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Task Force of the Ph.D. Program in Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences is to promote our continued commitment to foster a responsive environment that engages, respects, and supports individuals from diverse backgrounds and perspectives. We value all genders, sexual identities, races, ethnicities, cultures, languages, (dis)abilities, beliefs, viewpoints, and their intersectionality. We strive to ensure that all members of our community are presented with equitable opportunities to flourish academically and professionally.

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We conduct a variety of scientific experiments about speech production, speech perception, language processing, and hearing processing for both children and adults.
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Our Research
What research do we do at the Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences Ph.D. Program at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York? How are the other students? What kind of instruments and machines do we use? What is the atmosphere in the program? Watch this video to find out!
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Recent News
Apr 26, 2023
Three Graduate Center Professors Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Linda Martín Alcoff, Ofelia García, and Virginia Valian join the prestigious honorary society.
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Nov 9, 2022
Professor Barbara Weinstein Honored by Columbia Teachers College
She is recognized as a trailblazer in addressing hearing loss in older adults.
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Oct 17, 2022
Back for Her Ph.D., Alumna Finds Promise in a New Field
Cognitive Neuroscience master’s grad finds appeal in the research and career possibilities of Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences.
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- Alumni News
Aug 15, 2022
Science Faculty Spotlight: Jason Bishop
Meet a Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences professor who specializes in prosodic processing and aspects of speech production and perception.
- Faculty News