Dear Editors of Science,
I was pleasantly surprised to see behavioral sciences highlighted in the recent issue of Science (Volume 316, Issue 5827, 18 May 2007). The section on the diversity of occupations pursued by behavioral scientists was especially compelling.
The readers of Science might be interested in a field in which tens of thousands of behavioral scientists work: speech, hearing, and language sciences, i.e., the science of human communication. Employment opportunities for behavioral scientists exist in the academic study of speech, hearing, and language; the clinical treatment of speech, hearing, and language disorders and disease; and in providing products and services for improving human communication in a wide variety of contexts. Working on one of the most important human behaviors, human communication, has been rewarding to thousands of speech, hearing, and language scientists.
William A. Yost, PhD
Chair (designate) Speech and Hearing Sciences
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ 85287 USA
