Recently, Dawn Brown was featured in the Huskie Spotlight: There’s no such thing as simply memorizing content to get by in Dawn Brown’s physical therapy classes. Once students learn the material, they are then expected to apply it to real-life scenarios they may
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Language is a fundamental aspect of being human. Being able to understand and produce language allows one to create strong social and emotional bonds with friends and family and to fully participate in society. It is therefore not surprising that when parents
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Several speech-language pathology (SLP) students received valuable experience during their visit to the 2019 American Speech and Hearing Association Convention in Orlando, Florida recently. The convention provides speech-language pathologists, audiologists and scientists an opportunity to learn the latest in their fields and
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If you are caring for an individual with autism or have questions about helping someone with autism navigate the holidays, or just want to connect with other caregivers and share concerns and advice, make plans to attend the Autism Caregiver Group Holiday
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Bridget Ivanic, who is pursuing her master’s in speech-language pathology at NIU, was one of five recipients of the Spinoso Masters Scholarship, given by the DeKalb County Community Foundation. Read more.
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NIU Audiology Professor King Chung is making good use of her Fulbright Scholarship Award. She and a team in Brazil have provided hearing tests for over 500 people in three different populations in two months. She has moved on to Natal, where
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NIU Audiology students gathered recently for Audiology Day, an event that included presentation of white coats to third-year students, research presentations, and fourth-year panel discussion. Check out the photo gallery. (Photos courtesy of audiology student, Tran Do.)
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Northern Illinois University’s School of Allied Health and Communicative Disorders is offering a free course, Critically Appraised Topics in Social Communication Disorders.* This 2-hour, 40-minute course uses 25 case studies to demonstrate how family values, clinical expertise and research evidence are intertwined.
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Megan Haduch, a second year graduate student in the speech-language pathology program, was inducted into the Alpha Eta Society recently. Alpha Eta is an allied health honor society celebrating academic and clinical excellence. To be eligible, graduate students must have at least
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Two College of Health and Human Sciences students will present their research at the upcoming “Posters Under the Dome” event at the Illinois State Capitol. Kelly Furr, a Nutrition, Dietetics & Wellness major will present “Simplifying Science with FAN Cards: Creating and
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Does your pet Husky wear cool glasses? CISLL’s Deputy Director Dr. Allison Gladfelter’s’ does. However, her Husky is a stuffed animal which lives in her HUSKIES research lab (HUman Speech KInematics Experimental Studies) at NIU. And the cool glasses are part of an infrared movement tracking system
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Over 250 NIU students recently participated in the seventh annual Interdisciplinary Case Study Event–an event that brings together students from audiology, counseling, dietetics, medical laboratory sciences, nursing, physical therapy, and speech-language pathology to discuss issues related to providing quality health care to
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