🎉 New Publication Alert! 🎧 A paper by Dr. Akshay Maggu and Carly Furlong has been featured in Hearing Research! To read the full article, click the link below: doi.org/10.1016/j.he...

⭐️ Alumni Publications ⭐️ Two of our SLHS graduates, Arden Ricciardon and Matthew Phillips, recently had their work published in the Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. To read their publications, click the links below: doi.org/10.1044/2025... pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/...

Meet Kacie Wittke, M.A., CCC-SLP, an Associate Clinical Professor in the Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences (SLHS) Department! ⭐ Click the link below to read more about Kacie: speech-language-hearing.uconn.edu/2025/10/13/f...

The SLHS football tailgate at UConn’s Homecoming game against FIU was a huge success! It was great to see so many familiar faces come together to celebrate, connect, and show our Husky pride. Thanks to everyone who joined us — what an amazing day with our SLHS community! 💙🐾

Congratulations to Samantha Ratchford, M.A., CCC-SLP, winner of ASHA’s Distinguished Early Career Professional Certificate! Sam received this award for her impact on leadership, volunteering, and advocacy at the local, state, and/or national level. We are so proud she is part of our team!

Second-year Au.D. student performed Wideband Acoustic Immittance (WAI) on a patient this week. Special thanks to Dr. Terry Yanaway for championing this tool here at UConn, and to all the researchers pushing audiology forward! #boystownaudiology Check out the full article on our website!

Save the Date!! Current SLHS students and alumni are invited to join us for our UConn SLHS Homecoming Tailgate & Football Game on October 4, 2025! 🏈 Stay tuned for RSVP details, coming soon! #UConnSLHS #HuskiesForever

Earplugs aren’t one-size-fits-all—protection can vary widely from person to person. That’s why fit-testing is critical, especially in noisy jobs and the military. Dr. Tufts recently helped author a new NHCA position statement offering guidance on implementing fit-testing programs. Read more below!

On Sunday, our SLHS community joined the Eastern CT HLAA Chapter at the Connecticut Walk4Hearing. Members from the HELLO and LAB Labs entered a joint application to fund brining the Science Alliance Mobile to the Walk for Hearing! Read more on our website: speech-language-hearing.uconn.edu/news/

Join the HBCUxPWI Meet-Up on Sunday, June 29th from 4–5 PM (EST) on Zoom! This session will feature Dr. Christine Haines facilitating an important conversation on: "Increasing Diversity in the Field of Audiology: Barriers and Opportunities." Register at: umass-amherst.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Registration for SLHS 3247 is still open! Check out the link below for more information about the online, asynchronous, summer course offerings! speech-language-hearing.uconn.edu/graduate/mas...

Congratulations to Dr. Akshay Maggu for being awarded Apple’s Investigator Support Grant! Through this grant, Dr Maggu will receive 60 Airpod Pro 2 from Apple to be used in his study: “Investigation of Central Auditory Processing Disorder in Older Adults with Hearing Loss.”

Meet Emily Tuohey, an alumna of the UConn MA-SLP program! Emily is completing her CF at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. Her clinical interests involve neurological and neurodegenerative disorders. Click the link below to read more: speech-language-hearing.uconn.edu/2025/05/12/a...

Congratulations to MA-SLP and Au.D. classes of 2025! We are so proud of all of the accomplishments you have made and will continue to make in your careers! 🤍💙

Enrollment is still open for SLHS 3248:Introduction to Audiology!

Next up in our UConn SLHS Lab Spotlight Series is the Speech Perception and Language Development (SPLD) lab! Click the link below to read more about the SPLD Lab and their current projects: speech-language-hearing.uconn.edu/2025/05/07/l...

Saturday, April 26th, members of the SLHS department attended the Northeast CT Health and Wellness Fair! Read about it below: speech-language-hearing.uconn.edu/2025/05/05/n...

Enrollment is still open for SLHS 2156Q: Speech and Hearing Science! Check out the link below for more information on the online, asynchronous summer courses! speech-language-hearing.uconn.edu/graduate/masters/pre-masters-in-speech-language-pathology

On Wednesday, April 16th, undergraduate students from UConn SLHS laboratories presented at the Frontiers in Undergraduate Research Exhibition in Storrs, CT! Check out the following posters by Aaron, Emma, Sarah, and Carly.

Our graduate programs are continuously growing and improving & this is evidenced by the new rankings released from the U.S. World & News Report. The Audiology program rose 5 points to #14 out of 74 programs in the country, & the SLP program rose 7 points to #32 out of 283 programs in the country!

Meet Rebecca Kall, M.A., CCC-SLP! She is an alumna of the UConn SLHS Undergraduate Program, and she currently works in a facility that is a combination of long-term acute care and skilled nursing. Click the link below to learn more about Rebecca: speech-language-hearing.uconn.edu/2025/04/29/a...

April is National Interprofessional Healthcare Month! Click the link below to read more about a recent Interprofessional Education Event that our 2nd year MA-SLP students took part in: speech-language-hearing.uconn.edu/2025/04/28/i...

Enrollment is still open for SLHS 1150:Introduction to Communication Disorders! Check out the link below for more information on the online, asynchronous summer courses! speech-language-hearing.uconn.edu/graduate/mas...

Congratulations to the following students for receiving awards from the Connecticut Speech and Hearing Foundation (CSHF):

speech-language-hearing.uconn.edu/2025/04/23/a... Today is Administrative Professionals Day! Check out the article about the UCSHC Business Operations Specialist, Kimberly McMahon!

The Northeast CT Family Health Fair is being held this Saturday, April 26th, 12-4 pm at Killingly High School. This free event for all ages is being held by the UConn Committee of Inter-professional Excellence in Healthcare, the Northeast District Department of Health and other community partners!

#UConnGives is a giving initiative that brings UConn Nation together to support and celebrate what they care about at UConn. Please join us in supporting UConn’s commitment to excellence by donating to the Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences Excellence Fund! Link to support: lnkd.in/eKcHgNvU

Last Thursday, the UConn SLHS Community Engagement Alumni Subcommittee hosted a lively alumni event at Urban Lodge Brewing in Hartford. Keep an eye out for our next SLHS Alumni event and join our Alumni LinkedIn page to stay connected!

Enrollment is still open for the May Course, SLHS 2204 Speech and Language Acquisition!

Meet Sydney Wilcox, an alumna of the UConn MA-SLP program. Sydney is currently a speech-language pathologist at CREC River Street Autism Program and the Early Learning Center at Birken. Click the link below to read more about Sydney! speech-language-hearing.uconn.edu/2025/04/14/a...

Second-Year MA-SLP students presented the clinical presentations today! Additionally, Ashley Lombardi defended her thesis on March, 31st! Great job to all who presented!

Need to take pre-requisites for Graduate School? Enrollment is still available for our summer course, SLHS 2203: Anatomy and Physiology of Speech, Hearing, and Swallowing!

Next up in our SLHS Lab Spotlight Series is the Aural Rehabilitation lab! Click the link below to read more: speech-language-hearing.uconn.edu/2025/04/04/a...

Last week in Collaborative Learning and Academic Engagement (CLAE) class, students explored the UConn Speech and Hearing Clinic! Click the link below to read reflections from students after their visit: speech-language-hearing.uconn.edu/2025/04/02/c...

SLHS welcomed admitted students at UConn bound this weekend. NSSLHA students Jamie Martin (class of ‘26) and Hansika Subramanian (class of ‘28) answered questions alongside Associate Clinical Professor Kacie Wittke.

As part of the CE Committee, 2nd year MA-SLP students Emma Kelleher & Arden Ricciardone alongside Nicole Gallagher, Clinical Professor and SLP, have partnered with the Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence. speech-language-hearing.uconn.edu/2025/03/28/c...

⭐ Alumni Spotlight ⭐ Meet Emma Sked, MA, CF-SLP! Emma is an alumna of the UConn SLHS Undergraduate program, as well as the MA-SLP program. Emma is currently finishing up her clinical fellowship at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center. speech-language-hearing.uconn.edu/2025/03/26/a...

Congratulations to Dr. Akshay Maggu! Dr. Maggu has been awarded the Investigator Research Grant by the American Academy of Audiology Foundation to develop remote screening solutions for auditory processing disorders.

First up in our UConn SLHS Lab Spotlight Series is the Language and Brain Lab! Click the link below to learn more about the lab: speech-language-hearing.uconn.edu/2025/03/19/l...

Email [email protected] by March 28th, with interest or any questions!

Wednesday, March 12th, the third year audiology students presented their Grand Rounds!

🌟Exploring Research at SLHS (UConn) During CLAE Class! (Collaborative Learning and Academic Engagement)🌟 Click below to read more: speech-language-hearing.uconn.edu/2025/03/12/e...

Check out this recent HLAA news:

Check out this spotlight post highlighting Matt Phillips, M.A., CF-SLP! speech-language-hearing.uconn.edu/2025/02/26/a...

Shoutout to Eilis Welsh M.S., CCC-SLP, ATC, UConn SLHS alumna, for an outstanding presentation in our CLAE class!

Meet the Graduate Assistants of the UConn SLHS Community Engagement Committee! The Community Engagement (CE) Committee is composed of 4 graduate students and 6 faculty members.The CE GA's are supported by the faculty members, who provide guidance in these various projects. Swipe to learn more!

Check out our Pre-Masters in Speech-Language Pathology program! Click the link below to learn more: speech-language-hearing.uconn.edu/graduate/mas...

Click the link below to read more about SLHS 3295: Special Topics—Collaborative Learning and Academic Engagement! speech-language-hearing.uconn.edu/2025/01/24/s...