PhD in Audiology and Speech Sciences in Vancouver Canada | The University of British Columbia

The School of Audiology and Speech Sciences is dedicated to enhancing understanding of human communication, its disorders, and associated fields through rigorous research and by training future audiologists, speech-language pathologists, and research scholars. The School's academic and research initiatives highlight the crucial role of foundational science in comprehending communication disorders while demonstrating how clinical findings inform theories of human communication.

Students can pursue a Ph.D. program with specialized professional training in various disciplines, including: language and cognitive communication disorders, bilingual studies, childhood language impairments, phonetic and phonological development, discourse analysis, swallowing disorders, electrophysiological and otoacoustic diagnostic methods, auditory science, language learning processes, speech sound disorders, psycholinguistics, speech perception research, and age-related speech comprehension challenges.