News: Communication Sciences and Disorders
A Family’s Unlikely Journey to Become Knights
This commencement, U.S. Marine veteran and education student StaceyAnn Castro Tapler, 49, will graduate alongside her son 21-year-old Johnny Castro, an aspiring doctor. Castro Tapler’s journey to her diploma has...
Taking Apart the Mystery of Vocal Fatigue
Assistant Professor Hamzeh Ghasemzadeh is tackling mysteries in communication disorders, starting with vocal fatigue.
UCF Speech-Language Pathology Program Reaches Rankings High
The speech-language pathology graduate program in the UCF School of Communication Sciences and Disorders has achieved its highest ranking in program history, earning a tie for the No. 40 spot...
Say what? Hearing loss has a direct relation to dementia, experts say
Listen up: Even if hearing aids don’t get enough respect to be included in most health insurance coverage like eyeglasses do, geriatricians and audiologists agree they are a key weapon against a dreaded diagnosis: Dementia.
9 UCF Experts Inducted to National Academies of Practice
Faculty members from UCF’s Colleges of Health Professions and Sciences and Nursing are now recognized as distinguished fellows, honored for their dedication to interprofessional research and practice. ne experts from...
Dementia or normal aging? Here’s how to tell the difference
Will your heart outlast your mind? Chances are growing that it will. Dementia, a decline that interferes with the activities of daily living, isn’t a normal part of aging but...
Research Roundup: Publications by CHPS Faculty, Fall 2025
Students at the College of Health Professions and Sciences benefit from faculty who conduct research into a broad number of health and wellness topics, discovering new insights and creating innovation...
Can you ace a cognitive test? 3 evals help you find concerns early
President Donald Trump’s boast that he “aced” a cognitive test is not the only reason these brain fitness tests are becoming a bigger part of the national health conversation. These screening tools are for the...
How UCF Shaped Marisol Freytes’ ’22 ’25MS Journey
Marisol Freytes ’22 ’25MS has spent her life bridging worlds. Born to deaf parents, she learned American Sign Language before English, serving as a translator for her family from a...
Future Speech-Language Pathologists Test Skills in High-Tech “Escape Room” Exam
The final exam for Basic Phonetics in Fall 2025 was anything but basic, thanks to Lecturer Erin Leeming and the technology at the College of Health Professions and Sciences’ Rehabilitation...
