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Communication Sciences & Disorders

Industry Areas

Here are examples of industry areas students enter with this major, jobs/internships, typical employers that hire students, skills employers look for, and examples of where alumni work. To find more information make an appointment with your career counselor/advisor.

 

Industry Areas for Communications Sciences & Disorders
Industry/Employer  
Job/Roles  
Skills  
Alumni

Medicine

• Group or private practice
• Hospitals
• Clinics
• Health networks
• Nursing homes
• Rehabilitation centers
• Federal, state, and local health departments
• Government agencies
• Armed services
• Correctional facilities
• Colleges or universities
• Medical schools
• Large corporations

• Speech pathologist
• Audiologist
• Speech therapist
• Veterinarian
• Doctor
• Physician
• Dermatologist
• Optometrist
• Dentist
• Dietician
• Psychologist
• Rehabilitation counselor
• Pharmacist

• Flexibility
• Cross functional teamwork
• Analytical ability
• Communication skills
• Time and project management
• Technical and design (for research and manufacturing roles)
• Engineering coursework (for manufacturing based positions)

• Speech language pathologist, Oak Terrace School
• Speech Language Pathologist, Skokie School District 69
• Author of Educational Resource Materials, Linguisystems
• Adult ADHD coach, TimeADHD
• Owner/Speech-Language Pathologist, Holman Therapy, Inc.
• Speech-Language Pathologist, Kindred Hospital
• Genetic Counselor, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital
• Language Assistant and Spanish Instructor, The University of Chicago
• Head & Neck Oncologic, Skull Base and Microvascular Reconstructive
• Clinical Supervisor & Speech-Language Pathologist, The Speech Pathology Group
• Veterinary Technician, Green Bay Animal Hospital

Education

• Universities and colleges
• Medical and other professional schools, Public and private schools, K-12
• Child Studies Group
• Early Intervention Research Project

• Special Education teachers, primary and secondary
• Early Intervention
• ESL teacher
• early childhood or child development specialist
• school counselor
• public administrator or public policy specialist
• translator

K-12: 

  • Coordination
  • public speaking
  • critical thinking
  • writing
  • social perceptiveness
  • complex problem solving.

Higher Ed:

  • Research
  • Writing
  • critical thinking
  • judgment and decision making
  • presentations

• Professor of Business English, University of Applied sciences
• Professor, Linz International School auhof-Junior
• Adjunct Professor,  Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute
• Associate Professor, Department of Medicine at Northwestern University
• Special Education Teacher, Chicago Public Schools
• High School Special Education Teacher, Telluride School District
• Learning Specialist, Northwestern University Athletic Department
• High School Special Education Teacher, Telluride School District
• Learning Specialist, Northwestern University Athletic Department

Research

• Aphasia and neurolinguistics research laboratory
• Auditory neuroscience laboratory
• Auditory Physiology Laboratory
• Auditory Research Laboratory
• Bilingualism and Psycholinguistics Research Group
• Central Auditory Physiology Laboratory
• Communication Neural Systems Research Group
• Child Studies Group
• Early Intervention Research Project
• Hearing Aid Laboratory
• Hearing Biology Laboratory
• Hearing and Language Laboratory
• In-Vitro Physiology Laboratory
• Language and Communication in Aging and Neurodegeneration  Research Group
• Language, Education, and Reading Neuroscience Lab
• Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Laboratory
• Otoacoustic Emission Laboratory
• Psychoacoustics Laboratory
• Sensorimotor Learning Laboratory
• Speech Physiology Laboratory
• Swallow Physiology Laboratory

• Laboratory technician
• Biomedical engineering

• Flexibility
• Cross functional teamwork
• Analytical ability
• Communication skills
• Time and project management
• Technical and design (for research and manufacturing roles)

• Project manager, Speech  language literacy lab
• Co-Director, Third Coast Center for AIDS Research
• Biomedical Consultant, Independent Biomedical Consulting
• Research Assistant, Northwestern Infant Cognition Lab
• Research and Evaluation Associate, Searle Center for Advancing  Learning and Teaching

Business

• Hospitals
• Non-profit organizations
• Insurance Companies
• Public Schools
• Retail Companies
• Consulting Firms
• Corporate offices
• Government organizations
• Start-ups

• Health care, insurance, securities, real estate, business services
• marketing and sales
• top- and mid-level managers, executives, administrators
• management-related occupations
• Consulting
• Entrepreneur
• Translator

• Problem-Solving Skills
• Analytical Thinking Skills
• Leadership & Team Based Skills
• Business Judgment
• Communication Skills
• Project Management
• Professionalism

• Founding Clinical Supervisor, PresenceLearning
• Clinical Consultant, Hope's Promise
• Board of Directors - Internal Chair, Intercollegiate Taiwanese American Students Association (ITASA)
• Director of Enrollment and Marketing, Baker Director of Attention Programs, Sweeney, Augustin and Associates
• Account Manager, Online Sales, Google

Popular Industries (According to LinkedIn)

  • Healthcare Services (39%)
  • Education (20%)
  • Research (11%)
  • Entrepreneurship (8%)

Professional Associations