Mount Sinai Hospital welcomes students from the University of Toronto’s Speech Language Pathology program, the University of Western Ontario’s Audiology program, and students enrolled in Communicative Disorders Assistant programs to complete their required fieldwork placements.

The Hearing, Balance and Speech Department (Otologic Function Unit) at Mount Sinai offers students the opportunity to learn how to care and provide services to patients suffering from auditory, vestibular and/or speech and swallowing disorders. Students help Mount Sinai’s bright minds and big hearts conduct assessments and deliver the best therapy to minimize and prevent these disorders.

Speech Language Pathology Master of Health Science students have the opportunity to:

• work with an interdisciplinary team of professionals to assess and treat patients with communication and swallowing disorders;
  
• attend rounds and learn about disorders of developmental language, neurogenic speech and language, voice, articulation, phonology, dysphagia (swallowing) and fluency;
  
• work with family members and caregivers to provide education and support;
  
• take an individual and/or group approach to assess patients using a variety of diagnostic procedures.

 
Audiology students have the opportunity to:

• provide a range of assessment, habilitative and rehabilitative services to patients;
  
• assess hearing abilities and evaluate the effect of hearing problems on communication;
  
• help prescribe assistive listening devices, training and counselling to individuals and families coping with hearing problems;
  
• work with an interdisciplinary team of health-care providers, as well as family members and industry professionals.
   

Communicative Disorders Assistant students have the opportunity to:

• participate as an active member of an interdisciplinary team, demonstrating interpersonal, professional and ethical skills;
  
• work closely with speech-language pathologists and audiologists to assess and care for a variety of patients;
  
• develop a strong, practical understanding of physiological and functional speech, language and hearing disorders.

The Ontario Infant Hearing Program

Mount Sinai Hospital is also a training site for audiologists who want to work with the Ontario Infant Hearing Program (IHP).

The IHP is a province-wide program of the Ministry of Children and Youth Services. The Program aims to identify all infants with permanent hearing impairment, and give parents the information they need to make timely, informed decisions. By maximizing family communication and language development, the program reduces the delay in learning language and helps the development of reading skills.
 

How to Apply

Speech Language Pathology Master of Health Science, Audiology and Communicative Disorders Assistant students, please contact your program administration to find out how to apply.