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?
Undergraduate & Graduate Programs
Undergraduate
Learn to evaluate, diagnose and treat individuals with alternative communication styles.
Graduate
Elevate your career in communication sciences and disorders.
Miller Speech & Hearing Clinic
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.
Research & Outreach
As teacher-scholars, our Davies School faculty are engaged in research to better understand and treat communication and language disorders.
Davies School of Communication Sciences & Disorders
Two COSD Professors Receive High Honors from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Two professors in the Davies School of Communication Sciences & Disorders in Harris College of Nursing & Health Sciences received awards this year from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. (continue reading)
Recent Publications
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Comparing and characterizing trauma-informed behavior management decisions of SLPs with trauma informed perspectives
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Functional Reading Activities to Motivate and Empower (FRAME): Maintenance of Reading Outcomes for Young Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Following an RCT
https://doi.org/10.1044/2026_AJSLP-26-00004
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Supporting Continued Reading for Transition-Aged Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
https://doi.org/10.1177/00400599261438507
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Derivational morphology performance of children who are deaf and hard of hearing who use cochlear implants or hearing aids.
https://pubs.asha.org/doi/full/10.1044/2025_AJSLP-25-00115