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Read moreConnect and Discover: Focus of AHCD Graduate Colloquium Seminar
Tina Childress, an educational audiologist at the Illinois School for the Deaf in Urbana, Illinois, will present “Connect and Discover,” at the AHCD Graduate Colloquium Seminar, 3:30 p.m., April 30 at the Holmes Student Center Sky Room. Childress has expertise in cochlear
Read moreHuskie spotlight focuses on audiology professor
Blythe Kitner, an audiology instructor and recipient of an NIU Presidential Commission on the Status of Women Outstanding Mentor Award, has become one of the university faculty featured in a Huskie Spotlight. Read her story.
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
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.
Read morePeople with disabilities sought for job readiness study
The NIU Rehabilitation and Disabilities Services and Rehabilitation Counseling program faculty are looking for participants for their research on the impact of a job readiness training intervention to support the job search process. Study participants will receive $50. “When searching for work,
Read moreAudiology student presents poster at annual conference
Rachel Stuehm, a third-year student in NIU’s Doctor of Audiology program, will present a poster at the upcoming annual conference of the American Academy of Audiology. She will present: “Under the influence: narcotics abuse and hearing loss,” a case study examining the possible effects
Read moreCommunicative 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
Read moreNIU Audiology Symposium and Grand Rounds Invitational held
The first annual NIU Audiology Symposium and Grand Rounds Invitational was held Oct. 20, 2017, with a topic of “Audiology on the Hill: OTC and Our Profession’s Future Focus.” The keynote speaker was Dr. Mead Killion of Etymotic Research, with speakers including
Read moreHustle for Hearing raises funds for patients
The NIU Student Academy of Audiology raised over $2,900 for Hear the Cheers, a Chicago-based non-profit organization that provides hearing aids and assisted listening devices to children. The organization directly assists the patients seen at the NIU Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic. The Hustle for
Read moreHeart of Hearing trip to Australia remembered
NIU Audiology students traveled to Australia for a research and humanitarian trip in August this year. Guided by Audiology Professor King Chung, seven students conducted research and services at Kuranda College in Cairns, Australia, as well as visted the Great Barrier Reef
Read moreCHHS welcomes new faculty and staff
College of Health and Human Sciences has welcomed several new faculty members. College of Health and Human Sciences has welcomed several new staff members.
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