Author Archives: Elizabeth Poindexter

WRAL recently featured Patricia Johnson, an audiologist at the UNC Hearing and Communication Center and assistant professor in the Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences. The story features Johnson’s expertise regarding miscommunication while wearing masks during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Four master’s of speech-language pathology students have translated an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) resource from the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute into Spanish in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The resource, spearheaded by division alumna Jessica Dykstra Steinbrenner (’13 PhD; ’04 MS) and Division of Occupational Science and Occupational...

Four Doctor of Audiology (AuD) students in the Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences received the award for best poster at the national 2020 Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) conference in Kansas City, Missouri, held in early March. The ongoing project, which is focused on improving hearing screening in...

Meaghan Whalen, a second-year student in the Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences studying speech-language pathology, has repurposed communication resources in order to equip health care providers as they treat patients who face COVID-19. Whalen, who returned home to Massachusetts to be with family at the beginning of the pandemic...

Alexis Nye ‘19 is a first-year doctor of audiology student who was born profoundly deaf in both ears; now, she’s part of the Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences pursuing a career in audiology. At age two, she received her first cochlear implant and began her journey in the field...

Philip Griffin (’07 AuD), an audiologist at the UNC Hearing and Communication Center, is advocating for statewide clarification for the role of audiologist assistant, which could allow for limited telehealth opportunities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Griffin, an assistant professor in the Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences, also serves as...

WRAL recently featured Patricia Johnson (’13 AuD) the clinic manager at the UNC Hearing and Communication Center, in an article about how to get hearing care during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Four graduate-level programs in the Department of Allied Health Sciences rank among the top five for public universities, according to U.S. News & World Report methodologies.

The American Academy of Audiology 2020 conference has been cancelled.

UNC Health Talk recently featured Patricia Johnson (’13 AuD) for an article about hearing loss. Johnson is an assistant professor in the Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences and clinical audiologist and clinic manager at the UNC Hearing and Communication Center.