Category: DHS News
Streaming on Disney+ starting July 9: Camp ALEC Documentary Featuring Dr. Karen Erickson
Karen Erickson, Phd, is featured in a new Disney+ documentary spotlighting Camp ALEC—a unique camp for children with physical disabilities whose primary communication mode is augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). Founded in 2014, and now hosted at Rocky Mountain Village in Colorado, Camp ALEC brings together campers and educators for a week of intensive literacy instr … Read more
Patricia Johnson, AuD Recently Joined International Clarinet Association (ICA) Podcast to Discuss Hearing Loss
Patricia Johnson, AuD, a clinical audiologist and associate professor in the Department of Health Sciences, was recently featured on the ICA’s ClarinetCast, where she discussed noise-induced hearing loss in musicians and ways to protect a musician’s most important instrument: their ears. Listen to the Podcast
Recent PhD Graduate Gives Voice to Rett Syndrome Community
Andrea Etkie always knew she wanted to be a speech-language pathologist. After earning her undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Florida, she began her career working with geriatric patients in skilled nursing and home health care. But a temporary assignment in a Florida school district in 2014 shifted her focus in a way she never expected. Etkie was assigned … Read more
PhD Candidate Soomin Kim Selected as NIDCD Student Fellow at Clinical Aphasiology Conference
Soomin Kim, a PhD candidate specializing in speech-language pathology, was recently honored as one of the student fellows for the prestigious NIDCD Research Symposium in Clinical Aphasiology, held during the annual Clinical Aphasiology Conference (CAC). The Clinical Aphasiology Conference is an annual event for researchers, clinicians, and students dedicated to understanding and … Read more