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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SCSD Associate Professor Published in American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

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Associate Professor in the School of Communication Science and Disorders, Kelly Farquharson, and her team were recently published in the American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. This publication is the result of a multi-site research group lovingly referred to as “BILL,” or Brain Injury, Language, and Literacy. The team is composed of two Traumatic Brain Injury …

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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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Dr. Therrien Receives ASH Grant

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Dr. Michelle Therrien is a professor in the School of Communication Science and Disorders. She recently received a grant from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation for her project, Training Preschool Teachers to Support Peer Interaction for Children with Complex Communication Needs. The outline of the project states: “Friendships and peer interactions play an important role in …

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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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SCSD Collaboration Receives $25,000 in Funding

SCSD to Collaborate on new project

Each semester, the Office of Proposal Development hosts events called Collaborative Collisions. These events encourage researchers from all FSU Colleges, Departments, and Centers to come together and discuss potential collaborations around specific topics. In the past, topics have included “Smart Cities,” “Environment,” and “Mental Health and Well-Being.” “The goal of Collaborative Collision events is to …

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