Meet Emily Tuohey, an alumna of the UConn MA-SLP program! Emily’s interest in speech pathology began when she was working as a preschool teacher and she saw a speech-language pathologist (SLP) working with her students. She then decided that she was interested in pursuing the profession! Emily completed her undergraduate degree at Elms College in […]
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Lab Spotlight: SPLD Lab
Next up in our UConn SLHS Lab spotlight series is the Speech Perception and Language Development Lab! The Speech Perception and Language Development Lab (SPLD; PI Dr. Garcia-Sierra) focuses on bilingual language processing, neural mechanisms of speech perception and production, and cross-linguistic influence—especially using ERP methods to study how bilinguals process phonetic and syntactic structures. […]
Frontiers in Undergraduate Research
On Wednesday, April 16th, undergraduate students from UConn SLHS laboratories presented at the Frontiers in Undergraduate Research Exhibition in Storrs, CT! Check out the following posters: Qualitative Analysis and Translation Process of Spanish and English Stakeholders’ Responses to an EHDI Module – Aaron Herrera Effort-Based Linguistic Retrieval Markers and Accuracy of Autistic Adult Eyewitnesses – […]
Alumni Spotlight: Rebecca Kall, M.A., CCC-SLP
Meet Rebecca Kall, M.A., CCC-SLP! Rebecca is an alumna of the UConn Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences Undergraduate Program. She attended George Washington University for her master’s in speech-language pathology. Rebecca found the field of speech-language pathology when she shadowed a speech-language pathologist (SLP) during her high school career. During this shadowing, she saw a […]
IPE Event
April is National Interprofessional Healthcare Month! On April 14, 2025, our second-year speech-language pathology students participated in an Interprofessional Education event with students and faculty from pharmacy and dietetics. During this event, students collaborated with one another to work through a complex case study involving a patient with Parkinson’s Disease. This event encouraged interprofessional collaboration […]
UConn SLHS Undergraduate Student Experience Survey
Share Your SLHS Experience – Quick Survey + Chance to Win a $25 Gift Card! We want to hear from you! Take the UConn SLHS Undergraduate Experience Survey (less than 10 mins) and help improve the SLHS program. Your responses are anonymous. You could win one of two $25 Amazon Gift Cards! Just provide your […]
CSHF Award Recipients
Congratulations to the following students for receiving awards from the Connecticut Speech and Hearing Foundation (CSHF): Carolyn Elliott – Kenneth T. Gist Promising Professional Scholarship Aidan Laliberte – CSHA Foundation Scholarship Eliza Mulkern – Antonia B. Maxon Memorial Scholar/Clinician Scholarship You all make our department so proud!
Alumni Spotlight: Sydney Wilcox
Meet Sydney Wilcox, an alumna of the UConn MA-SLP program! Sydney is currently a speech-language pathologist at CREC River Street Autism Program and the Early Learning Center at Birken. As a high schooler looking for potential careers, Sydney knew she wanted to work with kids in the related services or allied health fields (PT, OT, […]
Aural Rehabilitation Lab Spotlight
The Aural Rehabilitation (AR) lab is directed by Kathy Cienkowski, Ph.D. The AR lab studies how to improve communication outcomes for individuals with hearing loss across the lifespan through patient-centered care. Research focuses on engaging patients and families in their hearing healthcare decisions including enhancing access to communication, promoting shared decision-making, and empowering individuals to […]
CLAE Course Tours the UCSHC
Last week in Collaborative Learning and Academic Engagement (CLAE) class, students explored the UConn Speech and Hearing Clinic. See below to read reflections from the students: “I found it really insightful to hear about the clinicians’ personal backgrounds and stories on how they got to where they are today.” “Looking at the audiology sound booths […]