Choosing Majors and Careers

What Can I do With a Degree in Speech and Hearing Sciences?

Career Center Library Resources
The Career Center Library has a variety of resources to help students explore potential career fields. These resources include information about typical responsibilities, qualifications, career paths, job outlook, salary, and related careers.

Books Specifically Related to Speech and Hearing Sciences Majors

Health Professions - Career & Education Directory 2007-2008
Careers in Health Care
Top 100 Health-Care Careers
Career Opportunities in Health Care
Career Opportunities in Education

Vocational Biographies

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Audiologist
Geriatric Speech Language Pathologist
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Professional Associations

Internet Sites with Career-Related Information for Speech & Hearing Science Majors

Speech — Lists and briefly describes job titles related to speech majors. From the Career Exploration Center at the University of Texas, Austin, Texas.
Speech and Hearing Sciences: What Can I Do With This Major? — Outlines common career areas, identifies typical employers, and suggests general strategies to enhance employability. From Career Services at the University of Tennessee.
Speech, Language, Hearing — Lists potential job titles and related skills. From the University Career and Employment Services at the University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas.
Careers in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiologists — From the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
The Princeton Review Guide to Your Career: Speech Therapist
Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists — From the Bureau of Labor's Occupational Outlook Handbook.
Job Openings from the Association of Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Positions available at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association National Office
Careers in Speech and Hearing Sciences — From the College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University

Places of Employment

The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association reports that speech pathologists and audiologists work in many settings including: "schools, hospitals, rehabilitation centers, nursing care facilities, industry, government health facilities, research laboratories, [and] private practice." Speech and hearing sciences majors usually must pursue graduate education to be licensed to work as speech pathologists or audiologists.

The following list of employers and job titles was derived from the Career Center's jobs database where the employer specifically requested speech and hearing sciences majors. This list does not reflect all potential places of employment or kinds of jobs for speech and hearing sciences majors. This list does not reflect current openings.