{"id":2277,"date":"2018-03-13T12:33:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-13T16:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/sphs\/?page_id=2277"},"modified":"2025-12-04T14:34:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T19:34:18","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/sphs\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Our Programs<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/sphs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/600\/2023\/08\/ELP_6068-Edited.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-5286 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/sphs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/600\/2023\/08\/ELP_6068-Edited-300x197.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/sphs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/600\/2023\/08\/ELP_6068-Edited-300x197.png 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/sphs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/600\/2023\/08\/ELP_6068-Edited-1024x672.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/sphs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/600\/2023\/08\/ELP_6068-Edited-768x504.png 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/sphs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/600\/2023\/08\/ELP_6068-Edited-600x393.png 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/sphs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/600\/2023\/08\/ELP_6068-Edited.png 1502w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\" \">Three degree programs are offered:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\" \">Master&#8217;s of Science (MS) in Speech and Hearing Sciences (clinical and non-clinical track)<\/li>\n<li class=\" \">Clinical Doctor of Audiology (AuD); and,<\/li>\n<li class=\" \">Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) for students seeking a career in academic teaching and research<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Our master&#8217;s degree and Doctor of Audiology are ranked #5 and #2 respectively, according to U.S. News &amp; World Report.<\/p>\n<p>The division also offers an undergraduate minor. More than 20 full-and-part-time faculty hold appointments in the division,\u00a0and many others serve as clinical preceptors and research mentors.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Mission Statement<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p class=\" \">We are proud to support <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/about\/#mission\">the mission of the UNC School of Medicine<\/a>, and grateful to serve the people of North Carolina.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Programs Three degree programs are offered: Master&#8217;s of Science (MS) in Speech and Hearing Sciences (clinical and non-clinical track) Clinical Doctor of Audiology (AuD); and, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) for students seeking a career in academic teaching and research Our master&#8217;s degree and Doctor of Audiology are ranked #5 and #2 respectively, according to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/sphs\/about-us\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about About Us\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55977,"featured_media":5290,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-2277","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","odd"],"acf":[],"_links_to":[],"_links_to_target":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/sphs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/sphs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/sphs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/sphs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55977"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/sphs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2277"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/sphs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2277\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5891,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/sphs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2277\/revisions\/5891"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/sphs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/sphs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}