School of Communication Science and Disorders (SCSD) Professor Hugh Catts and College of Social Work Associate Professor Yaacov Petscher received a subcontract grant award from the University of California San Francisco to further develop and test a dyslexia screener. The grant will allow Drs. Catts and Petscher to test a digital dyslexia screening and assessment …
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Research news from the CCI School of Communication Science & Disorders
SCSD Professor Acquires Grant to Develop Dyslexia Screening System
Student Research on Stroke Victims and Aphasia Wins Poster Competition
Ashley Archer, a graduate student working with Elizabeth Madden, Ph.D., won the Institute for Successful Longevity’s Student Poster Day competition, with her poster on her research on stroke victims and aphasia.
CONTINUE READINGJSLHR Publishes Study on Dysarthric Speech Completed by FSU Doctoral Student
On February 17, 2021, the Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research published work by FSU School of Communication Science and Disorders doctoral student Megan Hirsch. The paper is titled “Generalized Learning of Dysarthric Speech Between Male and Female Talkers.” “Previous research has shown that listeners can improve their understanding of speech produced by talkers …
CONTINUE READINGCCI Faculty Partner with the College of Social Work
Faculty members from FSU’s School of Information (iSchool) and School of Communication Science and Disorder (SCSD) have partnered with the College of Social Work (CSW) to examine information and communication technology (ICT) use among rural child welfare workers. Christopher Constantino, assistant professor in SCSD, and iSchool professors Melissa Gross and Don Latham, collaborated Karen Randolph, …
CONTINUE READINGKelly Farquharson Receives 2020 ASHA Award
Associate Professor in the School of Communication Science and Disorders, Dr. Kelly Farquharson, was recently awarded the 2020 ASHA Award for Meritorious Poster Submission. The winning proposal, entitled “Speech-Language Pathologist Perceptions of Interprofessional Collaborative Practices” was one of 57 poster submissions chosen for meritorious recognition out of 1,531 submissions total. ASHA, or the American Speech-Language-Hearing …
CONTINUE READINGASHA Selects Student for Academic-Research Careers Award
CCI graduate student Briana Acevedo (pictured left), who is pursuing a master’s degree in Speech-Language Pathology, was awarded by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) with a Students Preparing for Academic-Research Careers (SPARC) award. She was given the award of $1,000 in support of her master’s thesis. “I am confident that my master’s thesis coupled with …
CONTINUE READINGKaitlin Lansford Receives NIH Grant
Dr. Kaitlin Lansford (pictured left), an Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director within the School of Communication Science and Disorders, was awarded a grant in the amount of $233,828 by the National Institute of Deafness and other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) within the National Institutes of Health (NIH) last month. Dr. Lansford was presented with this …
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