Washington University in St. Louis
Central Institute for the Deaf (CID) - Department of Speech and Hearing
Founded in 1853, Washington University is a medium-sized, independent university known internationally for its commitment to excellence in teaching, research and service to society. The Department of Speech and Hearing is governed and operated by Central Institute for the Deaf (CID), a private, not-for-profit institution in that combines an oral school for hearing-impaired children, clinical speech, hearing and language services, scientific research facilities, and professional education in its mission to help hearing-impaired children and adults throughout the world. CID is located on the Washington University Medical School campus, adjacent to Forest Park-one of the nation's largest metropolitan parks, and near the main Hilltop campus.
The Community
Known as the "Gateway to the West," St. Louis was initially a trading post in 1764, and has evolved into a metropolitan area of more than 2.5 million people. From the centrally-located CID campus, one can travel minutes by car, bus, or MetroLink to many cultural and historical offerings. A diverse selection of restaurants, entertainment, nightlife and cultural activities are offered in such places as Laclede's Landing, the University City Loop, South Grand, the Washington Avenue "loft" district, and the nearby Central West End. Professional sporting events include games of baseball's National League St. Louis Cardinals, the National Hockey League's St. Louis Blues, and the National Football League's St. Louis Rams. The Kiel Center, Powell Symphony Hall, Riverport Amphitheater, and riverboat casinos are also favorite destinations for weekend and evening leisure. St. Louis and its suburbs offer an affordable and comfortable environment for students and their families.
Programs of study
Master of Science (M.S.) in Speech and Hearing-Audiology A clinical audiologist is one who is qualified to diagnose hearing impairment and to administer and interpret hearing tests. A master's degree is the required entry-level degree for all clinical audiology positions in the United States and CID's program fulfills education and practicum requirements for certification by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), as well as those of most states.
Master of Science (M.S.) in Speech and Hearing-Education of the Hearing Impaired An educator of the hearing impaired in one who is qualified by academic training to educate children who have a hearing impairment. Students in this program learn to teach deaf children to talk, from making their first sounds to conversational discourse. Students have an opportunity to work with all ages of children, from birth to 15 years, as well as their parents in the CID school. The program is fully certified by the state and by national accrediting bodies.
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Speech and Hearing Sciences Master of Arts (M.A.) in Speech and Hearing Sciences To further our understanding of communication processes, scientists conduct basic, clinical and applied studies using a variety of different procedures. Individuals academically trained in Speech and Hearing Sciences may be found working in a wide array of diverse environments, including research laboratories, academic university departments, and commercial companies. The Ph.D. and M.A. programs are research based and are offered in four areas of specialization-Sensory and Cognitive Neurosciences, Clinical Audiology, Deaf Education, and Speech and Hearing Sciences.
Facilities & Resources
Construction has begun on the new CID campus. The work is being carried out on land just east of the current facilities, facing the heart of the Washington University Medical Center in the Central West End of St. Louis.
New facilities for the Department will incorporate all traditional academic facilities, with a special emphasis on connectivity among the academic programs, as well as with CID's research facilities, clinic, and school. The building will be attached to the new school and research facilities on both sides, facilitating practica, work/study, and professional interaction. The new state-of-the-art classrooms will be connected to other professionals around the world via computer audiovisual access and satellite distance learning technology. CID's world-class Speech, Hearing, and Education Library will be located in the new facility, along with student and faculty lounges, offices, and computer laboratories.
Students enrolled in the Department have access to all resources on the Washington University campuses that are available to other students, including the Bernard Becker Medical Library, computer laboratories, Olin Library, The Writing Center, Athletic Complex, and Student Health and Counseling Service.
Expenses and Aid
Expenses
Tuition for the 2000-2001 academic year is $12,900, or at a per-unit rate of $1,075 for part-time students.
Financial Aid
Tuition fees are set at substantially less than the actual cost, with the remainder provided by CID through endowments, private contributions, and other sources. CID is able to offer scholarships to qualified students that provide partial to full support. Scholarships are awarded based on academic record, professional promise, and financial need. Additional financial aid may be available in the form of long-term, low-interest loans and/or a work/study program.
Housing
Assistance is available to find housing in the area, in both University-owned dorms and apartment complexes and independently run apartments. Monthly rents in the area average from $400-$800 per month.
How to Apply
Applicants must hold at least a bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited college or university. To apply, a prospective graduate student must submit:
á A completed CID graduate application and a $35 application fee.
á Official transcripts from all previous college-level coursework.
á Three letters of recommendation.
á Official scores from the Graduate Record Examination (GRE).
á For international students, TOEFL scores earned within the past two years are also required.
Application materials are accepted anytime, but should be complete by March 1st for full consideration for fall admission. Students are also encouraged to visit CID for a tour of the campus, if possible.
Who to contact
Washington University Central Institute for the Deaf
Attn: Registrar
818 South Euclid Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63110
Tel: 314.977.0240
Fax: 314.977.0027
E-mail: pe@cid.wustl.edu
The Faculty and Their Research
The faculty of the Department of Speech and Hearing consists of 38 faculty members, all of whom also work as researchers, clinicians, or teachers of the hearing impaired.
R. A. Baird, Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley. Functional organization of the central and peripheral vestibular apparatus, development and regeneration of vertebrate hair cells, information processing in hair cell systems.
L.C. Berkowitz, M.S., Washington University (St. Louis). Parenting issues in families with hearing impaired children, effects of early intervention on hearing impaired children and their families, reading instruction.
C.D. Bohl, D. Sc., Cincinnati. Hearing conservation in the industrial environment, federal regulation of programs to control noise exposure, workers' compensation activities.
B.A. Bohne, Ph.D., Washington (St. Louis). Degeneration and repair in the inner-ear using mutant mice with inner-ear anomalies and noise-damaged chinchillas and mice as models.
D.G. Brennan, Ph.D., Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. D.L. Carter, M.A.T., Webster University.
W.W. Clark, Ph.D., University of Michigan. Noise-induced hearing loss, occupational hearing loss.
J.A. Crosson, Ph.D., Washington (St. Louis). Cochlear implants in adults, development of narrative skills in deaf children, structural analysis of narratives in a group of cochlear implant users.
L.S. Davidson, M.S., Washington University (St. Louis). Cochlear implants in children and adults.
J.D. Driskill, M.Ed., University of Arkansas. Manual communication.
B.T. Faddis, Ph.D., University of California-Davis. Degeneration in the central and peripheral auditory systems, mechanisms of injury.
A.E. Geers, Ph.D., Washington University (St. Louis). Clinical evaluation of hearing-impaired children, cochlear implants, literacy in hearing-impaired children, language acquisition.
I.J. Hirsh, Ph.D., Harvard. Temporal aspects of hearing. auditory psychophysics and perception.
R.K. Karzon, Ph.D., Washington University (St. Louis). Assessment of auditory sensitivity and processing in children, early identification of hearing loss, pediatric audiology.
V.J. Kozak, M.A.Ed., Washington University (St. Louis). Language development and auditory stimulation of hearing-impaired children, needs of families of hearing-impaired children, cochlear implants for hearing-impaired children, literature-based reading.
B.A. Lanfer, M.A.Ed., University of Missouri-St. Louis. Instruction of learning disabled hearing-impaired children, reading and literature instruction, curriculum development for children with hearing impairment.
D.I. Mason, Ph.D., University of Tennessee. Hearing aids and hearing aid fittings, factors affecting measures of speech audibility with hearing aids.
L.W. McCann, M.S. , Washington Univesity (St. Louis). Mainstreaming, reading instruction, written language development, cochlear implants in children.
J.D. Miller, Ph.D., Indiana University. Acoustic bases of speech perception studied by measurement of natural speech, responses to synthetic speech, interpretation of the results in terms of a computational model of human perceptual processes.
E. Tracy Mishler, M.A., Northwestern University.
J.G. Nicholas, Ph.D., Washington (St. Louis). Development of the social uses of language by preschool-age children, communication of oral deaf and normally hearing children.
D.W. Nielsen, Ph.D., Wayne State. Cochlear micromechanics and transduction, regeneration of cochlear hair cells and nerves, genetics of hearing loss.
J.M. Ogilvie, Ph.D., Harvard. Molecular mechanisms and neurotrophic factors in sensory cell atrophy and rescue, development and degeneration of retinal in organ culture, gene expression in the neurodegenerative model of mouse retina.
K.O. Ohlemiller, Ph.D., Northwestern. The relationship between presbycusis genes, vulnerability of the cochlea to noise and ototoxic compounds, free radical production and regulation within sensory cells.
T.K. Parthasarathy, Ph.D., Texas at Dallas. Rate, frequency, and intensity effects on early auditory evoked potentials and binaural interaction component in humans.
M.H. Russo, M.S., Washington University (St. Louis).
M.B. Salas-Provance, Ph.D., Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Acoustic characteristics of pre-speech vocalizations in babies with cleft palate, laryngeal symptomatology, sleep apnea syndrome.
M.W. Skinner, Ph.D., Washington (St. Louis). Optimizing the benefit obtained by patients with cochlear implants.
N.T. Murray, Ph.D., University of Iowa. Aural rehabilitation, speech production of deaf talkers, acquisition of speech by children who have prolonged cochlear implant experience.
R.M. Uchanski, Ph.D., MIT. Finding objective acoustic measures that are correlated with the speech intelligibility of deaf children, development of a children's speech database with both normal-hearing and hearing-impaired talkers, speech perception.
E.H. Vrugtman, M.Ed., University of Missouri-St. Louis. Professional and parent training in behavior management of exceptional children, counseling needs of families with handicapped children.
M.E. Warchol, Ph.D., Northwestern University. Sensory regeneration in the auditory and vestibular systems.
C. Wood, M.S., Washington University (St. Louis). Programming strategies with children with implants, pediatric audiology, sudden onset hearing loss/progressive hearing loss.
P.R. Zacher, M.S.Ed., University of Missouri-St. Louis. Clinical evaluation of hearing-impaired children, social skills training for hearing-impaired children.