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Davies School of Communication Sciences & Disorders

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The Davies School excels in teaching, research and clinical practice for speech-language pathology and deaf and hard of hearing habilitation.

For over 70 years, it has offered innovative services for individuals with communication difficulties, featuring one of the first bilingual speech-language pathology training programs nationally and emphasizing multicultural and cross-cultural instruction and research.

Why the Davies School?

Individual learning opportunities
Hands-on learning in state-of-the-art teaching, clinical and research facility
Participation in research projects and thesis opportunities
 Exposure to unique linguistically and clinically diverse populations

Undergraduate & Graduate Programs

TCU student working with a child on speech

Undergraduate

Learn to evaluate, diagnose and treat individuals with alternative communication styles.

Undergraduate degree options
TCU students in an ASL class

Graduate

Elevate your career in communication sciences and disorders.

Graduate degree options

Miller Speech & Hearing Clinic

Miller Speech & Hearing Clinic building

The Miller Speech & Hearing Clinic is an outpatient community clinic located on the TCU campus, serving as a learning laboratory for students and faculty in the Davies School of Communication Sciences & Disorders. The clinic offers superior clinical services to individuals of all ages with speech, language, hearing or swallowing problems in the Fort Worth community, the larger DFW metroplex and surrounding areas.

EXPLORE THE CLINIC

Research & Outreach

As teacher-scholars, our Davies School faculty are engaged in research to better understand and treat communication and language disorders.

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Announcements

Davies School of Communication Sciences & Disorders

Harris College Welcomes 2025 Leaders in Parkinson’s Disease Speaker Ray Dorsey

On October 11, The Zoota Family Leaders in Parkinson’s Disease speaker series will host Dr. Ray Dorsey, Director of the Center for Brain & Environment Atria Health & Research Institute and Professor at the University of Rochester, to present, "The Parkinson's Plan." By engaging the TCU and Dallas-Fort Worth communities, Dr. Dorsey will expand our knowledge of Parkinson’s disease and how we can help prevent it through the food we eat, the water we drink, the air we breathe, and the lifestyles we live. (continue reading)

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Recent Publications

  • Dialogic reading strategies and vocabulary in Spanish-speaking students with developmental language disorder: A single-case research study.

    Jean Franco Rivera Pérez

    https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2025_LSHSS-25-00004

  • The insufficiency of norm-referenced writing assessment for identifying writing weaknesses in children who are deaf and hard of hearing

    Emily Lund

    https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2025_LSHSS-25-00009

  • Balance performance in children who are deaf and hard of hearing

    Emily Lund

    https://doi.org/10.1159/000545482.

  • Is Knowing Words Enough? Assessing Vocabulary in Children who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing

    Emily Lund

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