The Northeast Ohio Au.D. Consortium website houses important information for all current and prospective students.

Below you will find helpful links from their site: 

• Student Outcome Data
• Faculty and Staff
• NOAC FAQs

• Admissions deadline: December 15— Applicants should apply to Kent State University through the Communication Sciences and Disorders Centralized Application Service or CSDCAS.
  • For updated information on applying to NOAC, click here.
• Visitation Day (interviews and tour): First Friday in February. Invitations will be extended to students who have completed their applications by the December 15 deadline.

At our annual NOAC campus visitation date, interested potential students will meet faculty and present students as well as tour facilities at The University of Akron, Kent State University and the Cleveland Clinic. For more information, please contact Dr. Erin Miller at elm@uakron.edu.

The University of Akron
School of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology

Kent State University
Speech Pathology and Audiology

This program is designed to prepare students to apply for Audiology licensure in all 50 U.S. States.  If appropriate options are selected during your time in the program, you may also become eligible to apply for licensure as a P12 practitioner in the State of Ohio, as approved by the Ohio Department of Higher Education.

There is a clear local, regional, and national need for audiologists. Employment for audiologists is expected to grow at a faster than average rate through 2031, with 10% growth expected from 2021-2031. This demand for audiologists is expected since hearing loss and balance disorders are associated with aging, and there is a rapid growth in the population of individuals aged 55 and older due to the aging of the “baby boomer” generation.

A goal of the Northeast Ohio Au.D. Consortium is to educate students in all aspects of audiologic diagnosis and treatment. As such, graduates are prepared for placements in any type of audiology practice including hospital, clinic, private practice, school, or industrial settings.

The mission of the Northeast Ohio Au.D. Consortium is to be an innovative program of excellence that provides Ohio with a pool of independent and competent professional audiologists.

To this end, the consortium seeks to: