Every year the aphasia language support and book groups celebrate the end of the fall semester. The goal is to encourage language practice with new people, to model effective communication skills for family members, and, of course, to have a good time. This year, five of our first-year graduate students took the party to a […]

Research Audiologist/Postdoctoral Fellow position at the University of Connecticut The Auditory Perception and Neuroscience Lab (PI: Akshay Maggu, Ph.D.) at the Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences at the University of Connecticut is seeking a research audiologist/postdoctoral fellow to join their team to work on projects investigating central auditory processing using behavioral, physiological, and […]

Congratulations to UConn SLHS PhD student, Louisa Suting, for receiving the ASHFoundation’s New Century Scholars Doctoral Scholarship! This scholarship is an honor given to select doctoral students who show exceptional potential for becoming future leaders in academic and research careers in communication sciences and disorders. This highly competitive award provides financial support to doctoral students, […]

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 […]

Learn about our graduate programs and what makes them special at sessions on Thursday, Oct. 10, at 12 p.m.

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 […]

Congratulations to Dr. Jennifer Tufts on her recent award from the DOD/Defense Health Agency/Edare for her project on Multi-User, Reliable Hearing Protection Fit Test System with Integrated Education. This award is a Phase II SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research), which focuses on stimulating technological innovation. This project aims to improve the process of fit-testing hearing […]