In March 2018, the UW Speech and Hearing Sciences (SPHS) department announced the closure of its Doctor of Audiology program over the next three years. The program had been ranked fourth in the nation by U.S. News and World Report in 2016. Its scheduled closure came as a shock not only to students, but to the surrounding community of professionals and researchers involved in hearing science and health care.
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