Category: News
Michaela DuBay, PhD Student in Speech-Language Pathology, Receives 2019 CAPCSD Scholarship
Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences PhD student Michaela DuBay has received the 2019 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. DuBay’s dissertation is titled “Translation and Cultural Adaptation of Developmental Screening Tools.” Parent-report sc … Read more
Kaylene King to present at Symposium on Cochlear Implants in Children; Receives Scholarship Award
Kaylene KingKaylene King, a third-year Doctor of Audiology student in the Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences, will present at the 16th Symposium on Cochlear Implants in Children, to be held in July 2019 and hosted by the American Cochlear Implant Alliance. King has also received a 2019 student scholarship award. Previously, King works with Drs. Lisa Park, Meg Dillon, and Mer … Read more
The Coastland Times Features Interdisciplinary Service-Learning Trip to Tyrrell County
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 of Physical Therapy and Doc … Read more
John Grose, PhD, Visits India as Research Travel Fellow on behalf of UNC School of Medicine
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 and met with faculty at th … Read more
Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences (2019)
Learn more about the Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences in their 2019 online brochure.
Creating Accessible and Sustainable Health Care: A UNC Doctor of Audiology Student’s Call to Action
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 hours from a major medical ce … Read more
American Academy of Audiology: 2019 Faculty and Student Presentations
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 Users Benefit? Union Stati … Read more
Katarina Haley, PhD, CCC-SLP, and LIV Cards Featured in Aphasia Access Podcast
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. Katarina Haley, PhD, CCC-SLP Aphasia Access focuses on bringing resources to those who have aphasia or other communi … Read more
Margaret ‘Gretta’ Richter Receives Summer 2019 Appointment at Boys Town National Research Hospital
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 Laborator … Read more
Patricia Johnson, AuD, Featured as News Expert on Reverse-Slope Hearing Loss
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. Read the full story