Speech Therapy
| Code | 977 |
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| School | School of Rehabilitation |
| Department | Department of Speech Therapy |
| Degree | Ph.D. |
| Apply | Apply |
Program Description:
Speech and language pathologists/ therapists are responsible for pathology, assessment, and treatment of speech, language, communication, and swallowing disorders (American speech and hearing association, 2019). PhD students of speech therapy can present different services. They have role, as a professional manager, in clinical position and in the clinical education for bachelor and MSc students; lead the local and national projects in the academic and research centers such as examination of prevalence of disorders; assess and treat communication, language, speech, and swallowing disorders for clients with speech sound production disorders, stuttering, and fluency disorders, acquired and developmental language disorders and voice and swallowing disorders; analyze language, speech, communication, and swallowing data using laboratory instruments and equipment in a specialized way; diagnose disorders based on analysis of laboratory data and present a treatment plan; perform the designed treatment plan. Generally, the field of PhD students of speech therapy are the professional responsibility of clinical supervision, guidance of minor and major research projects, assessment and diagnosis of speech, language, communication, and swallowing disorders, plan and presentation of specialized treatment.
Definition
Speech therapy is one of the branches of rehabilitation sciences that in PhD degree provides education for diagnosis of communication and swallowing disorders via laboratory devices and instruments. In addition to providing the professional role in the clinical position, PhD graduates can educate lower degree students and guide the basic and applied research projects.
Objectives:
1.Training of expert and professional staff in the field of education, research, treatment, technology, management, and specialized speech therapy services based on update scientific perspective and approaches in fields of communication, speech, language, and swallowing disorders;
2.Participation in health development policy and rehabilitation services according to the role of communication, language, speech, and swallowing.
Admission Requirements
General Requirement: To apply for this program, you will need to fulfill a number of requirements, which can be found in the Graduate Admission Requirements.
Admission Deadline
Tehran University of Medical Sciences has a rolling application system and reviews student applications all year round.
However, the deadline for the September intake is June 31.
Education Fees and Yearly Expenses
For complete and comprehensive information about fees and expenses, please refer to the Education Fees and Yearly Expenses section.
Duration: 4.5 years
Specialized compulsory curriculum (core): 16 credits
Specialized optional curriculum (non-core): 10 credits
Thesis: 20 credits
Total: 46 credits
For more information, please download the Program Curriculum of Speech Therapy
Contact Information:
In case of any inquiries, you can contact the Office of International representative of the Department of Audiology Tehran University of Medical Sciences through the following:
Contact Person : Dr. Mansoureh Adel Ghahraman
Tel.: (+98 21) 77530636
Email : madel@tums.ac.ir
Address: Department of Audiology Rehabilitation Faculty, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Pitch-e-Shemiran, Enghelab Ave.,Tehran, Iran
To contact the Office of International Admissions, please use the following information:
Tel.: (+98 21) 8890 2090-93, Ext.: 166
Email: admission@tums.ac.ir
Address: No. 21, Dameshgh St., Vali-e Asr Ave., Tehran 1416753955, Iran
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