Two School of Communication Science and Disorders (SCSD) undergraduate audiology students, Eva Gegovski and Hannah Figueras, represented Florida State University at the Florida Special Olympics Healthy Hearing (SOHH) event this fall. These students provided valuable assistance to clinicians by assisting with hearing screenings and showcasing their skills. Gegovski and Figueras delivered otoscopy, otoacoustic emissions testing, …
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SCSD Students Participate in Florida’s Special Olympics Healthy Hearing Event
SCSD’s DHH/ASL Educational Outreach Program Hosts Community Gathering at Wakulla Springs State Park
SCSD’s Deaf and Hard of Hearing/American Sign Language (DHH/ASL) Educational Outreach Program hosted a community gathering at Wakulla Springs State Park for families of children who are Deaf and hard of hearing.
CONTINUE READINGPhD Student co-host Stuttering Affirmative Therapy workshop for the Spanish-speaking community
Angelica Bernabe, PhD student in the School of Communication of Science and Disorders (SCSD), and Christopher Constantino, SCSD Associate Professor, hosted a Stuttering Affirmative Therapy workshop for the Spanish-speaking community through Centro Especializado en Tartamudez. “There is a need in the Spanish-speaking community for accessible, affirming resources about stuttering,” Bernabe said. “All the events I …
CONTINUE READINGSCSD Hosts FSUs Inaugural Intensive Comprehensive Aphasia Program
This summer, Florida State University’s School of Communication and Science Disorders (SCSD) hosted its inaugural six-week Intensive Comprehensive Aphasia Program (ICAP). The program, designed by Dr. Elizabeth Madden and Faculty Clinical Supervisor Ellen Nimmons, focuses on utilizing a new clinical service delivery model to better the communication skills of those with aphasia.
CONTINUE READINGSCSD Assistant Professor Published in Nature Genetics
Dr. Dillon Pruett, an assistant professor in the School of Communication Science and Disorders (SCSD), was recently published in Nature Genetics for his “Large-scale genome-wide analysis of stuttering” study. “One of the most significant impacts of our work is the potential to reduce the stigma and shame often associated with stuttering,” Pruett said. Pruett and …
CONTINUE READINGSCSD Associate Professors Receive 5-Year $5 Million Grant from the HHS
SCSD Associate Professors Andrea Barton-Hulsey and Michelle Therrien, along with their research team, received a 5-year $5 million grant from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to fund the Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center (RERC) on Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC).
CONTINUE READINGSCSD Professor Receives Grant from FSU’s Institute of Pediatric Rare Diseases
Kelly Farquharson, Professor in the School of Communication Science and Disorders, has been awarded a $12,500 grant from the Institute of Pediatric Rare Diseases (IPRD) for her work, “Developing the Scoring for Expressive Evaluation and Diagnosis (SEED) paradigm for pediatric speech disorders.”
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