News: Communication Sciences and Disorders
Research Aims to Help Children With Communication Disorders Gain a Voice Through Apps
Researchers at the University of Central Florida and the University of New Mexico have been awarded a $2.7 million National Institutes of Health grant to study how language therapy, combined...
New UCF FAAST Lab Uses Technology to Help Speak
Alejandro Genovesi’s parents have tried multiple speech therapy methods and found only frustration as the 5-year-old struggled through a massive speech impediment, or they did until they found the FAAST...
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...
