A specialisation is a focused collection of courses within a programme that allows you to gain deep, targeted knowledge in a specific sub-field. Normally these courses make up more than 50 percent of a qualification, some of which lead to registration within a certain field. They may be interdisciplinary, professionally oriented, or designed to meet accreditation requirements. Specialisations often restrict elective choice in favour of a clearly defined study plan.

Completed specialisations will appear on your academic transcript.

Please see the main programme link below for further details.

Speech Science is a large and complex field that includes topics in acoustic analysis and speech recognition, diagnosis of speech, language disorders, speech-language therapy and speech perception.
The University of Auckland is home to the Speech Science Group, which is comprised of researchers from departments and schools across the University, including the School of Psychology and the Department of Audiology and Engineering.
We also have the well-equipped Speech Science Laboratory, which houses a range of therapy and analysis equipment for treatment of speech disorders.

PhD - Doctor of Philosophy

We welcome PhD proposals in areas including:
- Auditory processing disorders
- Speech and language development in monolingual and bilingual children
- Swallowing disorders and acquired communication disorders in adults
- Language processing in people with aphasia after a stroke
- The psychosocial impacts of living with aphasia
- Communication disorders in adults and children
- Electrophysiological assessment of auditory function
- Hearing loss & speech discrimination
- Cochlear implants
- Choral singing therapy for people with neurological disease (aphasia & Parkinson’s disease)
- Perception & production of speech prosody
- Sensory processing in mild cognitive impairment