News: Communication Sciences and Disorders
Speaking About Better Vocal Health
It seems counter-intuitive, but as Professor Bari Hoffman explains, “Whispering can actually lead to more damage. It is hard on the vocal folds due to turbulent airflow and increased muscle...
Faculty Member Inspires Undergraduates to Participate in Research
Diana Abarca is a UCF undergraduate who conducts research every Friday at the Beta Center/UCP Downtown campus in Orlando. She runs and evaluates playgroups at the center, under faculty supervision,...
Autistic Boy, 4, Says ‘Hi, Mr. Passenger,’ As SunRail Conductor for a Day
James Richart loves trains. The 4-year-old Winter Park boy with autism often spends hours sitting on his living room floor linking toy tracks and pushing along the engine, cars and...
Alumni Spotlight: Mary Ann Cooke ’98
Mary Ann Cooke ’98 was a newly single mother-of-two when she decided to go back to college. Even then, she knew that UCF stands for opportunity. Read about Cooke’s journey...
Faculty Members to Receive Honors, Recognition at National Speech-Language-Hearing Convention
Professor Bari Hoffman will be honored with the Fellowship of the Association award at the annual convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Nov. 9-11 in Los Angeles. This honor is bestowed to those...
Dreaming Possibilities Through ASHFoundation Funding
Originally published in The ASHA Leader, September 2017, Vol. 22, 68. As many communications sciences and disorders students head back to class, and in keeping with The ASHA Leader’s “Back...
UCF Listening Center Offers Hearing-Loss Services for Children and Adults
Every Wednesday evening, Julie Shipp and her two children, 9-year-old Ethan and 6-year-old Addison, take an hourlong drive from Apopka to the UCF Communication Disorders Clinic for their weekly appointment....
UCF Helps Launch Go Baby Go! in Belgium for Children with Limited Mobility
The first Belgian chapter of Go Baby Go!, an outreach program that works to give children with mobility impairments more freedom, launched this week thanks to the help of the...
Amy Engelhoven, New Director of Aphasia House
For Amy Engelhoven, the new director of UCF’s Aphasia House, language has always been her passion. She studied communications and Spanish in college, and even spent a year abroad in...
Clinical Educator Charlotte Harvey to Retire This Summer
When Charlotte Harvey was growing up in Clarksburg, Massachusetts, she became aware of the power of the spoken word when a favorite aunt asked her to read for 15 minutes...
