About the Department

The Dept. of Speech & Hearing Sciences has its origins at The George Washington University in the 1940s. Beginning with an emphasis on enhancing the speech performance of GW students (an emphasis that remains for undergraduate students), the department soon became involved in assisting students with speech disorders and, in turn, educating professionals who wished to serve persons with communication disorders. The department's efforts on behalf of persons with communication disorders led to the establishment of the GW Speech and Hearing Center.

As part of the training and service missions of the department, The George Washington University established its Speech and Hearing Center in 1946, to train graduate students to serve those with communication impairments in the metropolitan Washington, D.C., area. Certified speech language pathologists and audiologists (both faculty and staff) provide the many hours of direct graduate student supervision necessary to ensure superb training for our students and quality speech language and hearing services to hundreds of clients per year. Faculty and students are also involved in clinical research projects, which many of the clients have chosen to participate in. The Speech and Hearing Science Department is extremely proud of the quality of our Center and the quality of service we provide to the community.