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Become a Doctor of Audiology

The Â鶹ӰÊÓ School of Audiology offers an accelerated three-year professional curriculum leading to a doctor of audiology (AuD) degree. Rich in clinical experience, the doctor of audiology program embeds clinical experiences in the community and at the Pacific EarClinic into a curriculum centered in interprofessional education and excellence.

Become an Audiologist

 

Audiology Research

The Â鶹ӰÊÓ SIMLab is a high-tech environment that provides simulated clinical experience for Pacific audiology students, as well as a site for audiology research.

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Become a Preceptor

Preceptors are a critical part of the healthcare professional educational experience. Preceptors are professionals who supervise doctoral students in clinical sites. The School of Audiology relies on preceptors across the United States and internationally to support the future of our profession.

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Care at the Pacific EarClinic

The School of Audiology operates the Pacific EarClinic in Hillsboro, Oregon. Open to the public, the Pacific EarClinic provides audiology students with supervised clinical experience while serving the hearing and balance needs of the community.

Pacific EarClinic

 

Â鶹ӰÊÓ the School of Audiology

The mission of the School of Audiology is to prepare doctors of audiology in an innovative educational environment who are clinically outstanding, committed to life-long learning, and leaders in their community and profession.

Aiming for Excellence

The primary goal of the School of Audiology is to Â鶹ӰÊÓ outstanding audiologists, ready to assume autonomous professional responsibilities in a variety of practice settings, including private practices, medical centers and clinics, and other diverse settings.

To achieve this goal, the faculty members in the audiology school strive to offer a curriculum that prepares students across the audiology scope of practice through a combination of rigorous, didactic courses and critical clinical experiences that work together to integrate comprehensive knowledge and skills. The curriculum is further enhanced with a rich framework of collegial interprofessional collaboration, evidence driven practice, highly professional and ethical behavior, and a team-based learning environment that supports critical thinking and professional communication.

As a school, we are committed to fostering among our students a spirit of life-long professional learning, a commitment to service, and a desire to contribute to the advancement of the profession. 

Strategic Plan

The School of Audiology faculty and staff regularly update the strategic plan to guide the school's growth. View the . For more information, please contact the Director, Dr. Wendy D. Hanks at whanks@pacificu.edu.

Equitable Treatment for All

The School of Audiology, along with the entire Â鶹ӰÊÓ community, is committed to providing equitable treatment for all — students, faculty, staff, patients, colleagues, community members, visitors, and all other constituents and guests.

Â鶹ӰÊÓ Oregon School of Audiology values its relationships with alumni, current students and professional affiliates to the highest regard, and we strive to maintain those relationships through their professional careers and beyond.

We are so very proud of the leadership of our alumni and the exemplary healthcare professionals they have become within the ever-advancing field of audiology. We recognize that the professional contributions and financial support they provide to the community, our school and the profession are essential to the continued strength and excellence of the School of Audiology at Â鶹ӰÊÓ.

We are always excited to learn of new accomplishments, awards and honors or even new family additions from our alumni and we would love to hear about them. Please share with us any news you may have and we will be sure to share that with other alumni and friends.

 

Accreditation

The residential Doctor of Audiology (Au.D.) educational program in audiology at Â鶹ӰÊÓ is accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology (CAA) of the American Speech-Language-hearing Association, 2200 Research Boulevard #310, Rockville, Maryland 20850, 800-498-2071 FREE or 301-296-5700.  This program meets the educational requirements for licensure or certification in these U.S. states and territories. Student outcome data is available here, and additional student learning outcome and curriculum information is available in the .