The University of Akron
College of Health Sciences and Human Services
Akron, OH 44325-1001

Offer undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degree programs, The UNiversity of Akron's College of Health Sciences and Human Services includes three schools: School of Family and Consumer Sciences, School of Social Work, and School of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology. The programs in the College are acclaimed regionally, nationally, and internationally. All are fully accredited.

The University of Akron is the public research university for Northern Ohio. The Princeton Review listed UA among the "Best in the Midwest" in its 2008 edition of Best Colleges: Region-by-Region. Serving nearly 28,000 students, the university offers approximately 300 associate, bachelor's, master's, doctoral and law degree programs and 100 certificate programs at sites in Summit, Wayne, Medina and Holmes counties.
Quick Facts:  

• Graduates of The University of Akron's Coordinated and Didactic programs consistently achieve a 95 to 100 percent pass rate on the national exam for dietitians, far exceeding the national average. 

• Outreach activities and field practice are essential to The University of Akron's Social Work students. Students gain professional experience - and contribute to the community - at more than 200 social service agencies throughout the region

• The Audiology and Speech Center is the clinical training arm of the UA School of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology. The Center provides evaluation and treatment for people of all ages, including children with speech, language and hearing disorders; children and adults who stutter; persons with voice disorders; adults who have acquired head injuries; persons who cannot speak and require technology to express themselves; and children and adults persons with hearing losses. Among the Center's many services: individual and group speech and language therapy; audiologic testing and rehabilitation; cochlear implant mapping; and hearing aid dispensing, counseling, selecting, dispensing, orientation, and repair. It also is one of the few sites in the country with an auditory-verbal clinic for infants and children with severe hearing impairments or cochlear implants.


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