SCSD Associate Professor Published In Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Associate Professor in the School of Communication Science and Disorders, Kaitlin Lansford, and her team were recently published in the Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. Her group’s article, “Regularity Matters: Unpredictable Speech Degradation Inhibits Adaptation to Dysarthric Speech,” focuses on Dysarthria, a mobile speech disorder arising from neurological damage or disease that often …

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Kevin Spencer Brings Magic to SCSD

At the end of October, the FSU School of Communication Science and Disorders (SCSD) had a special visitor. Kevin Spencer, a performing artist and educator, hosted a workshop for graduate students, faculty, and clinical staff of the L.L. Schendel Speech and Hearing Clinic during his week-long visit to FSU. An advocate for using the power …

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Doctoral Students Present Research, Win Awards

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College of Communication and Information doctoral students and faculty members gathered at FSU’s Alumni Center Ballroom for the annual Doctoral Student Research Presentation and Reception on November 5, 2019. Twenty posters from the FSU’s School of Communication, School of Information, and School of Communication Science and Disorders competed for awards. See below for a list …

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Michelle Therrien Attends Google Conference

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Earlier this month Assistant Professor in the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders Michelle Therrien was invited to a workshop at Google in San Francisco. The workshop brought experts in speech, language, and neurology together with Google researches, engineers, and product managers to discuss recent advances in machine learning for people with disabilities. Therrien’s background …

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HAPPI Foundation Endows $25,000 in Honor of Alumna

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The Robin Shari Parker HAPPI Foundation, Inc. recently endowed a gift of $25,000 at the School of Communication Science & Disorders at the College of Communication & Information, in memory of Dr. Robin Shari Parker, 1986 M.S. Communication Science & Disorders alumna. Dr. Robin Parker was a talented and highly respected speech-language pathologist, known for …

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SCSD Speech-Language Pathology Boot Camp

Faculty at the Speech Camp

On September 20, the School of Communication Science and Disorders hosted its annual Speech-Language Pathology Graduate Student Boot Camp. For the past 5 years, the school has run this program that allows first-year graduate students to practice their skills on their peers in a relaxed and comfortable environment. During boot camp, the students work through …

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