Northern Public Radio station WNIJ recently featured NIU Speech-Langauge Pathology Associate Professors Jamie Mayer and In-Sop Kim and their research into music’s effects on those with impaired communications. Listen to the segment here.
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AHCD professor receives Champions of Empathy award
Patricia Tattersall, associate professor of speech-language pathology, has been named a Champion of Empathy by The Changing Children’s Foundation. The Geneva, Illinois-based organization strives to strengthen the capacity of parents, caregivers and communities to care for children’s help and well-being while promoting peaceful
Read moreInterprofessional Case Study event a success
Over 260 students from several area universities and healthcare groups recently participated in an Interprofessional Case Study event here. Led by School of Allied Health and Communicative Disorders Chair Sherrill Morris, and School of Health Studies Dietetics Intern Coordinator Nancy Prange, students studied
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SLP student featured in Huskie Spotlight
Speech-language Pathology graduate student Megan Haduch, of Park Ridge, Illinois, says, “Graduate school is everything I could have wished for.” Read what else she has to say about NIU and her degree program.
Read moreSLP program offers Core Vocabulary Exchange System course
Speech-language pathology professionals and students are invited to attend a course in CVES, The Core Vocabulary Exchange System. For complete details, please see below.
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Communicative disorders programs seeking feedback
The NIU Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology graduate programs are being evaluated for reaccreditation by the Council for Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association in February. Public feedback is a part of that process. All are invited
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SLP grad student’s aphasia choir gaining attention
NIU Speech-Language Pathology graduate student Elizabeth Lanza is researching how music can act as a bridge to recover language for those with aphasia. Her Bridges Choir for people with aphasia holds their first rehearsal next week in DeKalb. The MidWeek profiled on Lanza
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Ph.D student to present paper at national ASHA convention
Cindy Lund-Hrdi, a graduate student in the NIU Ph.D in Health Sciences program was recently awarded a student Research Travel Award (SRTA) from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) to attend the ASHA Convention in Los Angeles this November. She was selected to receive
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NIU clinic offering aphasia treatment group
June is National Aphasia Month. Aphasia is a communication disorder affecting over 2 million Americans. According to the National Aphasia Association, aphasia is an impairment of language, affecting the production or comprehension of speech and the ability to read or write. It
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COMD student recognized for volunteerism
COMD post-baccalaureate student Trevor Miller, who begins our graduate program in speech-language pathology summer term, has been recognized by Unity Hospice of Western Illinois as an outstanding hospice volunteer. Miller and his accomplishment was recently featured in a DeKalb Midweek news story.
Read moreGrant received to research workstations and brain function
Two NIU professors have secured a grant to investigate the effects sitting and standing workstations have on brain function. In-Sop Kim, assistant professor in speech-language pathology, along with Jaejin Hwang, assistant professor in industrial and systems engineering, secured a grant from FOCAL Upright,
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