Welcome to the Program in Audiology and Communication Sciences (PACS) at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, one of the nation’s leaders in medical education, research, and patient care. PACS provides graduate programs and advanced training in the fields of clinical audiology, deaf education, and speech and hearing sciences research. Three degree programs are offered through PACS:
We also offer a Minor in Speech and Hearing Sciences through Arts & Sciences to qualified undergraudate students.
As a member of a consortium of academic, clinical, and research programs known as CID at Washington University School of Medicine, PACS is affiliated with the Department of Otolaryngology and the CID School, a world-renowned oral school for hearing-impaired children dedicated to serving people with hearing loss worldwide, so that they can communicate and live to their fullest potential.
There has never been a more exciting time to enter the field. The scientific discoveries and educational advances of the next decade will be truly astonishing, and Washington University will play a key role in these academic, clinical and research innovations. We invite you to join PACS as we discover the future of hearing and deafness.