Lansford’s Speech Science Research Grant to support dysarthria research at SCSD

The $5,000 Speech Science Research Grant that new SCSD Assistant Professor Kaitlin Lansford received last November at the 2012 Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association in Atlanta will fund a project to improve diagnostic practices of dysarthria, a class of speech disorders that arises from neurological damage to the speech-motor control system. Lansford, who joined …

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Seminole Productions offers students real-work experience

The Florida State University School of Communication’s Seminole Productions was highly commended in a recent article for providing students with real-work media production experience.  This company is also used by many departments for their video needs.  The article was published January 27, 2013 on both FSU News and Tallahassee.com.  Seminole Productions is supervised and was …

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Scott interviewed about popular American Idol contestant's communication disorder

Dr. Lisa Scott, director of clinical education in the School of Communication Science & Disorders at Florida State University, was interviewed by the Erie Times-News about a popular contestant on the newest season of American Idol, Lazaro Arbos.  Arbos has a stutter which disappears when he sings and impresses the show’s star judges, which include Mariah Carey, …

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