Communication Disorders
Welcome to Communication Disorders
The Department of Communication Disorders serves New Zealand and the world through excellence and innovation in scholarship, teaching and public service. Students are educated and challenged to excel in professional practice and disciplinary research related to disorders of hearing, speech, language, and swallowing.
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Early Communication Development: Your Child's Speech and Language
This 3-part lecture series by Professor Tom Klee and Speech and Language Therapist Ruth Ramsay will explore the fascinating process of young children learning to talk. Lectures will be held Tuesdays 16 - 30 March from 7.30 - 9.00pm. Enrolments are open now.
CMDS Orientation 2010
The annual Communication Disorders Orientation Pōwhiri and BBQ lunch will be held this year at Te Akatoki on Friday 19 February 2010, starting at 10:30 am.
Prof. Michael Robb appointed Head of Department (01 January).
Professor Michael Robb has been appointed Head of the Department of Communication Disorders for the next three years. We thank Dr Catherine Moran for her outstanding contributions as HoD over the last three years.
The deadline for applications to the Bachelor of Speech-Language Therapy (BLST), Master of Speech-Language Therapy (MSLT) and Master of Audiology (MAud) degree programmes is 1 November each year.