People say between 150 and 200 words a minute on average during a casual conversation. That breaks down to several syllables a second and adds up to hundreds, even thousands, of sentences. And for many …
2023 News
Serena Helman Receives American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation 2023 Student Research Grant in Audiology
Congratulations to third year audiology student Serena Helman! Serena’s proposal entitled “Evaluating the importance of the timescale of fine structure of speech that is important for intelligibility in difficult listening situations” was selected for a …
Students Named Finalists for Biohealth Communications Competition
Congratulations to Nimesha Didulani Dantanarayana, BSc, MSc, doctoral student in the Binaural Hearing and Speech Laboratory, and Mia Kroll, premed-focused biology undergraduate student and daughter of clinical professor Amy Kroll, on being selected as finalists …
2023 Distinguished Early Career Professionals Awards
Congratulations to CS&D doctoral students Michelle Bretl and Caitlyn Slawny on being selected as American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)’s 2023 Distinguished Early Career Professionals! The ECP Certificate is awarded to individuals in the fields of audiology …
CSD Student Receives UW-Madison L&S Leadership Award
Congratulations to CSD senior Gracie Turner, recipient of the 2023-24 Cyrena Pondrom Leadership Award. This leadership award is based on a leadership project proposal and awarded through the L&S Faculty Honors Committee. Professor Pondrom is …
Nirali Patel and Ryan Burdick Receive WSHA 2023 Risa Mari Otto Scholarship
Congratulations to Nirali Patel and Ryan Burdick. Nirali and Ryan are recipients of the Wisconsin Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Association (WSHA) 2023 Risa Mari Otto Scholarship. This memorial scholarship is sponsored by the family and …
Speech-Language Pathology Students from University of Texas El Paso Visit CSD for an Intensive Research Experience
Five Masters Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) students from University of Texas El Paso (UTEP) visited the UW-Madison Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD) Department for two weeks in July. This visit was part of a new research …
SALT & PEPPER: Seasoned Tools to Better Understand Speech and Language Disorders
We might know salt and pepper as the dynamic duo of seasonings that adds flavor to foods, but in the language and speech research world, the duo has a different meaning. SALT is short for …
Advocacy in Action
Dr. Rachel Lee had the honor of advocating on Capitol Hill last week for our profession and the people we serve. She met with the offices of seven U.S. senators and representatives from Wisconsin and …
CSD Students Engage in First Nations Cultural Landscape Tour
Our speech-language master’s students visited campus landmarks illuminating the university’s ongoing relationships with the contemporary First Nations of Wisconsin, including the Ho-Chunk Nation, on whose ancestral lands the university now sits. The First Nations Cultural …