Leonard La Pointe and Julie Stierwalt of the SCSD faculty have published a research article in the International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology along with Charles Maitland (College of Medicine). For “Talking while walking: Cognitive loading and injurious falls in Parkinson’s disease,” the researchers studied 25 participants with Parkinson’s disease and 13 participants without neurological compromise. …
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LaPointe and Stierwalt publish research on cognitive loading and injurious falls
Apel and Thomas-Tate are researchers on $26 million IES grant
As part of a larger group of researchers at The Florida State University, Dr. Kenn Apel and Dr. Shurita Thomas-Tate of the School of Communication Science & Disorders are co-investigators on the “Reading for Understanding Research Network” project. The five-year, $100 million grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences …
CONTINUE READINGApel takes helm as SCSD Director
Dr. Kenn Apel has begun a three-year appointment as director of The Florida State University’s School of Communication Science & Disorders. And no, that’s not a typo in his first name. He’s “double-n Kenn.” Apel, who earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Speech-Language Pathology at San Diego State University and his PhD at the …
CONTINUE READINGKenn Apel new Director of Communication Science & Disorders
Dr. Kenn Apel has begun a three-year appointment as director of The Florida State University’s School of Communication Science & Disorders. And no, that’s not a typo in his first name. He’s “double-n Kenn.” Apel, who earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Speech-Language Pathology at San Diego State University and his PhD at the …
CONTINUE READINGPreventing falls in aging U.S. population topic of research
By Frank Stephenson Research in Review When it comes to preventing falls among the most fragile among us, the science is in. It’s a sobering, undeniable fact of life in America today—the country is falling down. Literally. No idle political punditry this — as a people, we Americans are older than we’ve ever been, and …
CONTINUE READINGMotor-guided learning has benefits in speech therapy
Motor Guided Learning (MLG) is based on Dr. Schmidt’s schema theory of motor learning involving the limbs, which emphasizes practice to achieve a desired movement outcome. Recently, motor learning principles have been applied to speech language as collaboration between FSU and UNI in treating verbal apraxia. The treatment teaches a person to listen to their speech …
CONTINUE READINGHardiman named 2009 Outstanding Alumna
Carole Jo Hardiman was honored at the College of Communication & Information Homecoming Convocation Ceremony as the 2009 outstanding alumna of the School of Communication Science & Disorders. She served 35 years as a faculty member for the Department of Communication Disorders at FSU, retiring in 2004. Hardiman received both undergraduate and graduate degrees at …
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