Department of Speech-Language Pathology

This is a general graduate program offered by the College of Medicine. Despite recent advances in medicine, the number of people with congenital and moderate speech impairments is increasing. However, limitations in treating speech disorders through clinical treatment alone have been discovered. Therefore, starting in the 1990s, members of the Voice Laboratory, an interdisciplinary research center for professors in experimental phonetics, speech medicine, and speech engineering, recognized the need for speech-language therapy. The need to train speech-language pathologists suitable for hospital systems emerged as an urgent task, leading to the establishment of the Department.

To ensure that students acquire comprehensive speech-language therapy skills, the Department of Speech-Language Therapy requires mandatory clinical observation and practical training in speech-language therapy laboratories and diagnostic radiology departments, including the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Otolaryngology, Neurosurgery, Pediatrics, and Orofacial Surgery. During vacation periods, students also participate in field training at prestigious universities abroad or domestic speech-language therapy institutions.

• Clinical Speech Pathology
• Speech-Language Therapy (SLT) from the 2014 academic year

• Professor Myung-Hwan Koh (Department of Rehabilitation Medicine)
• Professor Seung-Oh Koh (Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery)
• Professor Geun-Sang Kwon (Department of Preventive Medicine)
• Professor Seong-Hee Park (Department of Rehabilitation Medicine)
• Professor Eun-Jeong Lee (Department of Otolaryngology)
• Professor Yu-Hee Won (Department of Rehabilitation Medicine)
• Professor Ki-Wook Kim (Department of Rehabilitation Medicine)
• Professor Yong-Tae Hong (Department of Otolaryngology)
• Professor Hyun-Ki Kim (Department of French, Head Professor)

The department aims to cultivate creativity and research capabilities in the medical field, fostering competent researchers and medical leaders with the fundamental qualities and capabilities of educators.

Subspecialization	Subject name (English)	note
specialty	Studies in Communication Disorders with Cleft Palate Intervention
specialty	Research on Aging and Communication Disorders
specialty	Special Lecture on Cerebral Palsy Speech Pathology
specialty	Research on Multicultural Communication
specialty	Study on Paralytic Articulation Disorders and Apraxia of Speech
specialty	Anatomy and Physiology of Speech and Language Organs
specialty	Special lecture on speech and language disorders
specialty	Studies in Childhood Development
specialty	Clinical Practicum: Aural Rehabilitation
specialty	Augmentative and Alternative Communication Research
specialty	Behavioral Hearing Evaluation
specialty	Swallowing Disorders Research
specialty	Physiological Phonetics Special Lecture and Practice
specialty	Special Lecture on Neuroscience
specialty	Neurolinguistic Disorders Research
specialty	neuroimaging
specialty	Special Lecture on Aphasia and Brain Damage Language Disorders
specialty	Language Development Disorders Research
specialty	Special Lecture on Speech Pathology
specialty	Language Rehabilitation Observation Practice
specialty	Language rehabilitation practice
specialty	Language Rehabilitation Field Practice
specialty	Language diagnostic practice
specialty	Pharmacotherapy Research for Speech-Language Therapists
specialty	Studies in Dyslexia
specialty	Fluency Disorders Research and Practice
specialty	Special lecture on voice disorder treatment
specialty	Language Disorders with Learning Disability Intervention
specialty	Pediatric Audiology
specialty	Studies in Audiology
specialty	Communication Disorder Diagnostic Evaluation
specialty	Understanding Children with Disability
specialty	Special Topics in Speech Science
specialty	Clinical Voice Disorder Research and Practice
specialty	Autism Spectrum Disorder Language Rehabilitation Research
specialty	Special lecture on rehabilitation medicine
specialty	Special lecture and practice on complementary and alternative communication
specialty	Research and Practice in Articulation and Phonological Disorders
specialty	Research on language rehabilitation for intellectual disabilities
specialty	Special Topics in Communication Disorder
specialty	Special lecture on hearing rehabilitation
specialty	Special Lecture on Statistical Linguistics

As the name "Speech-Language Therapy" suggests, the department has established itself as Korea's only medical model focused on clinical practice and speech science. Students rotate between five speech-language therapy rooms at the university hospital and the speech-language therapy departments at affiliated hospitals. Through clinically-focused lectures and hands-on training, they acquire extensive speech-language therapy skills. Furthermore, each treatment room is equipped with cutting-edge voice analysis and diagnostic equipment to scientifically analyze the assessment and treatment of speech disorders, then quantify the effectiveness of speech-language therapy for patients. This system fosters the development of trustworthy, information-based speech-language pathologists.

You will work as a therapist at a speech therapy institution to treat congenital and moderate speech disorders.