SPEECH & HEARING THERAPY

*At the moment of enrollment, the student has to certify that his/her health status is compatible with the Program.

Program Information

A Phonoaudiologist, trained at the Universidad de La Frontera, is a professional with a solid scientific, humanistic, technological, ethical, and moral training. The graduate’s skills allow him/her to evaluate, diagnose, investigate, intervene, and prevent alterations in oral communication of people at any stage of live, considering the context of the family, community, and cultural aspects. He/She is ethically and socially responsible and therefore demonstrates a reflexive attitude of continuous learning, leadership, the capacity of management and research, and being able to generate new knowledge in the field, in order to contribute to the improvement of health and quality of life with his/her actions.

Occupational field

A Phonoaudiologist who graduated from the Universidad de La Frontera is qualified to work in:

• Public and private health: being part of teams in the specialties of otorhinolaryngology, audiology, neurology, pediatrics, dentistry, craniofacial malformations, physical medicine and rehabilitation, psychiatry, etc.;
• Education: preventing, evaluating, and treating communication disorders in preschool and school children; integrating teams in diagnostic centers, language schools, and school integration projects;
• Arts and communications: working with people from the media, singers, and actors who want to improve their voice and speech; putting teams of speech and singing together, in schools, theater academies, radio, and television;
• The academic field: joining teaching and research teams, in order to develop conceptual, therapeutic, and technological lines of innovation.