2016
Thinking Outside the Booth: Three Overlapping Categories of University Audiology Outreach
Melanie Buhr-Lawler, AuD, was recently published in the Hearing Review, discussing ideas for broadening hearing care outreach for the benefit of your community and state. By extending hearing healthcare beyond the walls of the traditional audiology …
September 16, 2016Reflect, Mentor, Lead: A Unique Experience in Audiology Education
Melanie Buhr-Lawler, AuD, and Amy Hartman, AuD, were recently published in the Hearing Journal, describing how the audiology program established at the Wisconsin (UW) Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders provides an exemplary education program that prepares students …
July 5, 2016Zebra Finches Aid Neurodegeneration Research
Songbirds and people share the rare ability to learn vocal patterns through imitation, a skill driven by similar brain areas that have functionally converged over evolutionary time. This is true even at the genetic level. …
June 1, 2016Horsepower vs. Hearing
Most rural residents over age forty experience substantial hearing impairment, studies have found. On a farm, tractors and other heavy equipment each can exceed one hundred decibels or higher — enough to cause permanent hearing …
June 1, 2016Research Tackles Communication Disorders in Kids
Many children who have cerebral palsy (CP) cannot communicate effectively with the people in their life. They never develop the ability to express everything they want to say to anyone they want to say it …
May 8, 2016Michelle Ciucci: New Century Scholars Grant Funds Research in Parkinson’s Effect on Communication
Michelle Ciucci, PhD, talks about how ASHFoundation funding helped with her research in how Parkinson’s disease effects communication and swallowing.
April 12, 2016