It is a pleasure to welcome you
to the Department of Communication Sciences and
Disorders website. My name is Stephen Painton
and I have the distinct honor and privilege of
serving as Chairman of the Department that enables
individuals like you to become Audiologists and
Speech-Language Pathologists. Our department
is located in the John W. Keys Speech and Hearing
Center building on the University of Oklahoma
Health Sciences Center campus in Oklahoma City.
The OUHSC campus is an ever-expanding, ever-bustling,
beehive of activity in health service provision,
health education and health-related research.
We are proud to be a part of such winning tradition!
Our primary goal is to offer the
best EDUCATION AND CLINICAL TRAINING possible
in the disciplines of Audiology and Speech-Language
Pathology. We manage this by offering an undergraduate,
pre-professional bachelor’s degree in Communication
Sciences and Disorders. This degree prepares
the graduates for graduate school in either Audiology
or Speech-Language Pathology. Also, we offer
both an M.A. and an M.S. degree in Speech-Language
Pathology. Our wide variety of clinical practicum
sites for the M.A. degree, both on and off the
Health Sciences Center Campus, make it the premiere
clinical degree in Speech-Language Pathology
in the state. Our Au.D. degree, a clinical doctorate
in Audiology, is the only Audiology degree in
Oklahoma and enjoys the same wealth of clinical
experiences. In addition, we have the only Ph.D.
programs in both Audiology and Speech-Language
Pathology in the state of Oklahoma.
Another major goal of any department
on an academic health sciences center, including
ours, is to engage in CUTTING-EDGE RESEARCH.
We are fortunate to have research faculty who
are constantly pushing the envelope in their
areas of interest. Examples of such research
are: 1) childhood language, 2) prosody, and 3)
high-frequency sound discrimination. Students
at all graduate levels work as graduate assistants
in many of the labs. Be sure to check further
into our website for detailed information regarding
faculty research interests.
Professional services in Audiology
and Speech-Language Pathology are provided to
the public in the John W. Keys Speech and Hearing
Center. These activities not only help fulfill
our goal of SERVICE to the populace of Oklahoma
City and surrounding areas, but also account
for a large number of clinical practicum hours
for our students. The quality of supervision
in the Keys Center is second to none. As can
be seen in our website, we offer services for
all ages and with all different types of communication
disorders.
Please contact me or any of our
contact personnel if you would like to visit
the department and take a tour.
We are constantly moving forward
and we invite you to be a part of the excitement!
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