Meet Nicole Gallagher, M.S., CCC-SLP, a Clinical Professor in the UConn Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences (SLHS) Department!  Nicole began her journey into the field of speech-language pathology (SLP) as an undergraduate student at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She originally entered college with the plan to be a first grade teacher, focusing on […]

Congratulations to Dr. Maggu on receiving the Clinical Research and Innovation Seed Program (CRISP) funding award for his project on comparative investigation of treatment methods for helping school-aged children with listening difficulties. This project will involve school-aged children from local schools and is aimed at finding which treatment approach is best in addressing speech-in-noise perception […]

Students in Prof. Cienkowski’s Introduction to Aural Rehabilitation class recently explored concepts related to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). They met with community stakeholders last week. Allegra Klein from the Eastern CT HLAA shared information on accommodations for hearing differences in CT. Howie Gallagher from Cosmic Service Dogs discussed how service dogs are selected […]

Congratulations to Dr. Lee Drown and Dr. Emily Jackson on successfully defending their dissertations this past summer! Read below to learn more about Dr. Drown’s and Dr. Jackson’s dissertations.    Title: Establishing the psychometric properties of three measures of speech perception Description: Relatively little research has determined whether extant measures of speech perception measure stable […]

UConn MA-SLP alumna, Laura Lachance, was recently featured in a UConn Today Article. Laura published a book last year that aims to help children with their speech development. Click the following link to read more about her work: UConn Graduate Authors Book to Aid Communication Development    

Interested in adjunct teaching in the UConn SLHS Department? Please send an email to slhs@uconn.edu with your name, resume, and what you’d consider your area(s) of expertise.  Adjunct teaching allows you to have an educational impact on future SLPs and AuDs, gain valuable teaching skills, interact with students, and become a part of the UConn […]

Last weekend, members from Dr. Erika Skoe’s Auditory Brain Research Lab attended Windham’s Annual Multicultural Latin Festival to provide free hearing screenings and recruit community members for their ongoing NSF-funded study on bilingualism and the brain. Copy and paste this link if you’re interested in participating in the study!  https://uconn.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_a5J2bmTP4Lrpum2

Meet Adrián García-Sierra, Ph.D.! Dr. García-Sierra is an Associate Professor in the department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences (SLHS), as well as the Associate Department Head of the SLHS Undergraduate Program. He is also the Principal Investigator of the Speech Perception & Language Development Lab. Dr. García-Sierra began his career as an undergraduate student […]

Sunday, June 23rd was the Walk4Hearing in the Yard Goats stadium. UCONN SLHS was well represented with SAA having their own team (shown Ashley Paul, Georgia Pendergast, Aaron Kaszas, Rachel Corsetti, Eliza Mulkern, Stella Bragoni), Torri Ann Woodruff-Gautherin walking for CT Hand and Voices, and Kathy Cienkowski walking for the Eastern CT HLAA Chapter. In […]

One of our alumni, Monica Fenwick (MA-SLP class of 2024), just competed in and won the Miss Connecticut 2024 title on June 22, 2024! Through hard work, perseverance, and dedication, Monica earned her master’s in speech-language pathology from the department of SLHS at UConn this past May while simultaneously completing the CT LEND grant requirements […]