News: Communication Sciences and Disorders
Faculty Members, Student Group to Receive National Speech-Language Pathology Awards
Professors Michael Crary and Jennifer Kent-Walsh and the 2015-16 UCF NSSLHA members UCF will be well-represented at this week’s awards ceremony of the 2016 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention in Philadelphia. Two leading...
AAC Journal Selects Research Article as ‘Most Significant of the Year’
The Editorial Board of the journal Augmentative and Alternative Communication has selected a study led by Jennifer Kent-Walsh, professor of communication sciences and disorders, as the “Most Significant Research Article of the...
UCF NSSLHA Wins National Gold Chapter Honors
UCF’s chapter of the National Student Speech Language Hearing Association is a recipient of the national organization’s Gold Chapter Honors for 2016! UCF NSSLHA learned the news last week in a congratulatory letter from...
Students Win Awards at Service-Learning Showcase
Congratulations to nine communication sciences and disorders students for receiving honors for their poster presentations at the 13th Annual Service-Learning Student Showcase, held April 14 in the Student Union. The annual showcase,...
Rivers Helps Students Land Coveted Research Internships
Two UCF students are heading to Michigan this summer thanks to guidance from faculty mentor Kenyatta Rivers, associate professor of communication sciences and disorders. Undergraduates Andrea Siguenza and Bryan Perez have been...
Orlando Sentinel Reports on New NIH Study
Research in Central Florida: UCF Professor Developing Interventions for Kids with Speech Problems For more than a decade, Dr. Jennifer Kent-Walsh has been studying how people who have severe speech...
UCF, Florida Hospital Research Collaboration Awards First Grant
A collaboration between the University of Central Florida and Florida Hospital has awarded its first $20,000 seed grant to a team that will study the fundamentals of cough in patients...
2016 Brutten Fluency Symposium to Be Held Jan. 29
The 2016 Gene J. Brutten Fluency Symposium will take place Friday, Jan. 29, 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., in UCF’s Student Union, Cape Florida Ballroom. The symposium will feature presentations by Nan Bernstein Ratner, Ed.D., a...
NIH Funds Study on Technology, Services for Children with Severe Speech Disabilities
Jennifer Kent-Walsh, professor of communication sciences and disorders, has been awarded a $437,812 grant from the National Institutes of Health to improve clinical services for young children with severe speech...
Victor Oladipo Donates $35K to UCF Listening Center
When he was named co-winner of the Rich and Helen DeVos Community Enrichment Award last March and was granted $50,000 to donate to charities of his choice, Victor Oladipo quickly...
