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Samantha Erfe, AuD class of 2024, awarded a T35 Research Traineeship

Samantha Erfe, a 3rd-year Doctor of Audiology student has been awarded a 3-month, full-time T35 Research Traineeship at Vanderbilt University Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD). She will be collecting cortical auditory potentials…

2022 BHS-CSD Research Day

On April 12, 2022, 20 BHS-CSD students were on hand to present their research from the Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences.  Included in these students is Jillian Zuwalla, who won the 2022 Dean’s Scholar Award.  These students showcased their findings in a poster session attended by faculty and…

Sterling Sheffield and student members from the Speech Perception Lab attended the American Auditory Society meeting

Dr. Sterling Sheffield and six graduate and undergraduate students from the Speech Perception Lab presented three posters and one podium presentation at the 2022 American Auditory Society Scientific and Technology Meeting in Scottsdale, AZ.  The research topics included training effects for cochlear implant simulations, sound quality of over-the-counter amplification products, and speech perception…

SLHS students attended the 2022 Florida Undergraduate Research Conference

Six students from the Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences presented at the 2022 Florida Undergraduate Research Conference  in Orlando on February 18-19.  The research topics included identifying children at risk for reading disabilities, studying the language skills in children with Sickle Cell Disease and vocal health and awareness…

Michela Mir Wins Student Presentation Award at ISARP Meeting

Michela Mir, a doctoral candidate in the Rehabilitation Science program, received the student award for her presentation at the annual meeting of ISARP (International Society for the Advancement of Respiratory Psychophysiology) in October 2021. Her presentation was entitled, “Respiratory sensation decline in Parkinson’s disease: Preliminary longitudinal findings”. The mission of ISARP…