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  • Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences Students Present Award-Winning Research at 2018 ASHA Convention

    Faculty and students from the Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences presented research at the 2018 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association conference, held in Boston, Massachusetts. Several current and former PhD students received recognition for their research. Student Research Grant in Early Childhood Language Development Awarded $2,000 Ashwaq A. Alzamel PhD Candidate, U … Read more

  • 2018 Brochure: Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences

    2018 Brochure: Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences

  • Philip Griffin, AuD, speaks with a patient at the UNC Hearing and Communication Center.

    UNC Hearing and Communication Center Audiologist Opens Vestibular Clinic to Help Patients Balance Dizziness Symptoms

    The UNC Hearing and Communication Center (UNC HCC) has opened an outpatient vestibular clinic to assess dizziness and vertigo—the first of its kind in the UNC Health Care system. Philip Griffin, AuD, speaks with a patient at the UNC Hearing and Communication Center. Led by Philip Griffin, AuD, the clinic will provide a variety of services related to the vestibular system, a senso … Read more

  • Third-Year Doctor of Audiology Student Arielle Abrams Finds Passion by Sharing her Hearing Loss Story

    Arielle Abrams is a third-year Doctor of Audiology student in the Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences who hopes her experience with hearing loss will positively influence the field of audiology from the standpoint of patient care and research. An audiologist diagnosed Abrams with hearing loss when she was one-and-a-half years old. “I grew up going to audiologists all the time … Read more

  • Roush and McComish Awarded $1.3 Million to Prepare Audiologists and Speech-Language Pathologists to Serve Children with Hearing Loss and Developmental Disabilities

    Jackson Roush, PhD, and Cara McComish, PhD, both faculty within the Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences, have received two federally funded training grants totaling $1.3 million. The four-year grants will prepare future audiologists and speech-language pathologists to work with children who have autism spectrum disorder and other developmental disabilities, in addition to hea … Read more

  • Megan Bartoshuk, AuD student

    Bartoshuk Receives Scholarship from American Academy of Audiology

    Second-year audiology student Megan Bartoshuk has received the American Academy of Audiology Foundation’s Empowering Students Scholarship. This scholarship, which includes a $5,000 award, is presented annually to five students among nominees across the United States for academic excellence and exceptional promise as a clinical audiologist.

  • Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) Conference

    Four first-year LEND AuD students brought home a blue ribbon in the student poster category at the national Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) conference in Denver, Colorado. The poster was titled: “Screening, Diagnosis, and Audiologic Management of Children with Significant Cognitive Disabilities,” It summarized the first part of a larger project inspired by the wor … Read more

  • Nicole Corbin

    Nicole Corbin Receives 2018 CAPSCD Scholarship

    Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences PhD student Nicole Corbin received the 2018 Council of Academic Programs in Communication Sciences and Disorders (CAPCSD) PhD scholarship. The scholarship provides $20,000, to support the completion of the PhD program. Corbin’s dissertation project is titled “Spatial Hearing and Functional Auditory Skills in Children with Unilateral Hearing … Read more

  • Elizabeth Crais

    Elizabeth Crais, PhD, Featured as Expert in Baby Sign Language

    Elizabeth Crais, PhD, speech-language pathologist and professor and coordinator of the Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences PhD program, spoke recently to The Epoch Times and to Healthline about teaching babies sign language. Her research shows that facilitating a child’s communication will help their language and communication skills.

  • Letter from the director

    It is such a pleasure to send greetings and warm wishes to all of you. The 2017-18 academic year was exciting and productive. It was also a year of change within the division. We welcomed Drs. Lindsey Byom and Hannah Siburt as members of the faculty. We also hosted a retirement celebration for Dr. Melody Harrison. Dr. Harrison offered leadership for us in numerous roles for over … Read more