The AUM Communication Disorders program was established in 1976 and is comprised of two academic faculty and four clinical faculty members, which all hold certification by the American Speech, Language and Hearing Association and licensure via the Alabama Board of Examiner’s in Speech Language Pathology and Audiology. The academic faculty teach the theoretical perspectives for both development and disorders, while the clinical faculty directs the student’s implementation of this knowledge for the remediation of speech, language and hearing disorders within the river region.