Communication Sciences and Disorders

COMD graduate program ranked 39th overall by USNWR!
COMD Celebrates 75 Years!
We have 9 research labs investigating human communication and 5 NIH-funded principal investigators.
In 2023, 100% of our MA students passed the praxis exam on the first attempt. Historically, more than 90% of MA graduates are employed in speech-language pathology positions within 9 months of graduation.
The American Sign Language Interpreting Program is the first baccalaureate degree for ASL Interpreting in Texas and our faculty possess expertise in training individuals to meet rigorous state and national certification standards.

NEWS

Celebrating PhD Candidate, Stephanie Fan’s Conference Success

In March, doctoral candidate, Stephanie Fan presented her research at the AMIA 2025 Informatics Summit, followed by winning 3rd place at this week's Bridge2AI Voice Symposium in Tampa for her poster on error analysis of a clinically-interpretable voice disorder screening model. Congratulations Stephanie!
Speech-language Pathology graduate program earns Top 40 ranking

The speech-language pathology master’s program has advanced in the U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate Schools rankings for the second consecutive year, climbing to No. 39 nationwide.
Graduate Student Receives TSHA Award

Brianna Sanborn was awarded the Sara Haynes Scholarship from the TSH Foundation. This award is given to only one graduate student from Texas who demonstrates specific interest in working with adults with neurogenic disorders. Congratulation Brianna!
Manuscript Publication

Graduate student, Christina Quinn, and her research mentor, Dr. Heather Dial, recently published an article in NeuroImage: Reports. This work is based on Christina's undergraduate thesis. Congratulations Christina and Heather!
Student Receives Provost's Undergraduate Research Scholarship

Madison Freeman, mentored by Dr. Amber Thiessen, received a PURS award to study supports for people with aphasia. The purpose of this study is to examine the way that people with aphasia visually attend to text-based cues that support language comprehension. The overall goal is to improve the communication of people with aphasia.

Graduate Students

The Master of Arts education program in Speech-Language Pathology at the University of Houston is accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association .

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Undergraduate Students

The undergraduate curriculum provides a pre-professional foundation for graduate study in Communication Sciences and Disorders and related fields. Courses are offered in typical and disordered speech, language and hearing across the lifespan.

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Post-Baccalaureate Programs

We offer two post-baccalaureate programs: The Leveling Program and the SLP Assistant program.

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American Sign Language Interpreting

This program is designed to prepare students to effectively interpret between American Sign Language and English (spoken & written).

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