Students and faculty members from the Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences and the Division of Physical Therapy traveled to Tyrrell County, North Carolina, for an interdisciplinary service learning trip over spring break. During the trip, students learned how people’s health is impacted by where they live and how to build a culture of health. Doctor … Read more
John Grose, PhD, a professor in both the Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences and the Department of Otolaryngology, recently visited Bangalore, India, as a travel fellow to give a keynote presentation at the annual conference of the Indian Speech and Hearing Association (ISHACON-51). After the conference, Grose gave a presentation to the student body … Read more
Learn more about the Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences in their 2019 online brochure.
Jenna Sawafta is a third-year Doctor of Audiology student who has combined her passion for sustainable health care with reaching underserved populations in the Middle East by creating a series of YouTube videos designed to provide quality and accessible health care resources to those who speak Arabic. “Some people still live in villages where they’re … Read more
Join faculty and students from our Doctor of Audiology program at the American Academy of Audiology’s 2019 conference. Title Featured Speaker Audiology Is Linear, Advances in Genetics Are Exponential: Are We Going to Be Left Behind? A213 March 28, 3:00 until 4:00 p.m. Nancy McKenna, AuD Target/Masker Sex Mismatch: Do Adult and Pediatric Cochlear Implant … Read more
Aphasia Access recently featured Katarina Haley, PhD, CCC-SLP, in its podcast conversation series. The podcast featured Haley’s Life Interests and Values (LIV) Cards, which are an instrumental tool in working with people who have neurologic communication disorders. Aphasia Access focuses on bringing resources to those who have aphasia or other communication disorders.
Margaret ‘Gretta’ Richter, a second-year Doctor of Audiology student in the Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences, has received an appointment for T35 summer research training program at Boys Town National Research Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska. Richter will work alongside Monita Chatterjee, PhD, on a research project in the hospital’s Auditory Prostheses and Perception Laboratory. … Read more
Patricia Johnson, AuD, and an clinic manager and audiologist at the UNC Hearing and Communication Center, was recently featured as an expert on reverse-slope hearing loss.
Megan Bartoshuk, a second-year Doctor of Audiology student, has received a 2018 Empowering Students Scholarship from the Student Academy of Audiology.
Your Health Radio, an initiative of UNC Family Medicine, featured Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences faculty member Patricia Johnson, AuD, in an episode on healthy hearing.