Graduate Education

Program in Audiology and Communication Sciences (PACS)
at Washington University School of Medicine

The Program in Audiology and Communication Sciences (PACS) offers advanced graduate training in clinical audiology, deaf education and speech and hearing sciences. As a CID at Washington University School of Medicine program, PACS is a CID affiliate that is solely owned and operated by the University.

PACS offers three degree programs:

                    • Doctor of Audiology (AuD)

                    • Master of Science in Deaf Education (MSDE)

                    • Speech and Hearing Sciences Research (PhD)

A limited number of full tuition scholarships are typically available to students who enroll in the PACS master’s program in deaf education (MSDE). Partial tuition scholarships are available to qualified students who enroll in the AuD program.

Highly qualified practicing professionals from the Washington University School of Medicine, Central Institute for the Deaf and elsewhere make up the PACS faculty. Graduate students benefit from the on-campus location of a hearing clinic and deafness research laboratories as well as CID’s world-renowned auditory-oral school where deaf children learn to listen, talk, read and succeed in the mainstream.

For information and application materials, please visit the PACS web site or contact Beth Elliott, MAT, graduate education program coordinator, at elliottb@wustl.edu or 314.747.0104.

deaf education workshops

CID provides practicum opportunities for Washington University School of Medicine students in the deaf education and audiology PACS programs.


Continuing Education at CID
Central Institute for the Deaf offers deaf education workshops for professionals in the field (ASHA CEUs may be available). These workshops are offered by CID, a financially independent affiliate of CID at Washington University School of Medicine independent from the Washington University School of Medicine PACS graduate degree programs. Please click here or contact Dianne Gushleff at dgushleff@cid.edu for information about upcoming CID continuing education workshops in childhood deaf education.