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UNC Hearing and Communication Center (HCC)

The UNC-HCC offers exemplary hearing and communication services to the members of the community while providing exceptional clinical education to graduate students. The UNC-HCC is a part of the Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences in the School of Medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. As a training institution, the faculty clinicians use the latest research and most advanced technology available while providing excellent patient care.

UNC Center for Aphasia and Related Disorders

The UNC Center for Aphasia and Related Disorders conducts research targeting treatment effectiveness for aphasia and related disorders and clinical applications for integrating perceptual and acoustic speech analysis tools. The Center also provides evaluation services, along with aphasia conversation groups through the UNC Institute on Aging.

UNC Hospitals (UNCH)

The Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences has enjoyed a history of successful collaboration with UNC Hospitals Acute Care, Ear and Hearing Center, Head and Neck Oncology, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Rehabilitation Center, and Voice Center. UNCH audiologists and speech-language pathologists are actively involved in clinical supervision of graduate clinicians in audiology and speech-language pathology. Many are also involved in graduate-level teaching.

UNC Craniofacial Center (School of Dentistry)

The UNC Craniofacial Center consists of an interdisciplinary team of professionals dedicated to the care of the patient and family with cleft lip, cleft palate, and other craniofacial anomalies. The UNC Craniofacial Team is composed of many individuals who are nationally known in their fields. The Craniofacial Team is also known for its continuing efforts in the research of patient care. The division has close links to the UNC Craniofacial Center through joint appointments of faculty, providing clinical and research opportunities for our students.

The Children’s Cochlear Implant Center at UNC

This center, which is located within the UNC Department of Otolaryngology, is one of the largest pediatric cochlear implant programs in the southeastern United States. Graduate students in audiology and speech-language pathology have the opportunity to see and participate in the pre-selection process as well as fitting and mapping of cochlear implants in children. The program is dedicated to providing quality auditory-oral early intervention and preschool services to children who are deaf or hard of hearing and their families.

UNC Carolina Institute for  Developmental Disabilities (CIDD)

Our faculty audiologists and speech-language pathologists have provided clinical services at CIDD (formerly the Center for Study of Development and Learning CDL) for more than fifteen years. The Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Section Heads are DSHS faculty members, and they actively participate in service delivery to pediatric patients seen for team evaluations at the center. The collaboration between our faculty and CIDD has resulted in sharing of instrumentation and facilities. The CIDD provides an outstanding clinical research environment for AuD and MS students, not only in the clinical practice of pediatric audiology and child speech and language evaluation but through active participation in an interdisciplinary team diagnostic facility.

Carolina Living and Learning Center (CLLC)

The Carolina Living and Learning Center (CLLC) is an integrated vocational and residential program for adults with autism located in Pittsboro, North Carolina. The CLLC is part of Division TEACCH and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In addition to being a treatment program, as part of the university, the CLLC is involved in training professionals and has an active research program.