Past Events

Matthew Banks, Ph.D.
Waisman Center
October 11, 2024 @ 8:30 am - 9:30 am
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The sense of self is a multiplicity of interacting processes that is dynamic and flexible, for example including core self (“I am”), embodied self (“I am an agent with a body that feels and senses”), and narrative self (“I have traits and identity that persist through time”). How these processes are integrated during typical waking consciousness, and how this integration is disrupted during sleep, anesthesia, and in psychiatric and neurodegenerative disorders is unclear. We are investigating the neural correlates of the self in neurosurgical patients using electrophysiological recordings combined with behavioral tasks. We will use these data to test models of the integration of the self during loss and recovery of consciousness during sleep and anesthesia.

October 9, 2024 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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October 8, 2024 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Join us for the second Student-Led DEI Discussion! This session will explore Deaf culture and provide a space for thoughtful discussion led by our student facilitators. The event will include a guest speaker, interactive activities like Think-Pair-Share, and opportunities for personal reflection. Whether you're familiar with Deaf culture or looking to learn more, this discussion aims to foster a respectful and inclusive environment. Facilitated by students from the SLP and AuD programs, this is a chance to engage with peers and expand your understanding of diversity, equity, and inclusion.

401 Goodnight Hall
October 7, 2024 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

The monthly meeting of the DEIAB Committee is dedicated to discussing the latest developments, announcements, and updates across all our task forces. This meeting provides a platform for committee members to collaborate, share insights, and …

Anumitha Venkatraman, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
62 Goodnight Hall
October 7, 2024 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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Psychosocial stress and voice disorders are circularly and inextricably linked. While 25% of patients with voice disorders report increased self-perceived psychosocial stress, a single stressful event causes negative acoustic voice changes. Despite an associative relationship between stress and voice disorders, underlying biological mechanisms remain relatively unexplored. In the gut, stress-induced gut microbial dysbiosis (i.e., altered microbial composition), intestinal epithelial barrier dysfunction and altered sensory mechanisms can increase risk of infection and pathogenic invasion, and delay recovery from injury. If replicated in the larynx, stress could increase laryngeal susceptibility to noxious environmental and systemic stimuli. My research explores the relationship between stress and laryngeal biology using animal models, invitro assays and clinical patients with dysphonia.

October 2, 2024 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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Learn about guided observation and CSD 371

Kimberly Mueller, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
62 Goodnight Hall
September 30, 2024 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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Episodes of lucidity (EL) in Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) are defined as unexpected, spontaneous, and meaningful communication or connectedness in individuals thought to have lost the capacity for coherent interaction due to a progressive neurodegenerative process. While evidence for ELs has traditionally been limited to case studies and retrospective reports, recent initiatives from the National Institute on Aging have spurred studies aimed at operationalizing and directly measuring ELs. Understanding ELs could provide new insights into cognitive decline mechanisms, suggest potential therapeutic approaches, and improve caregiver strategies. Moreover, documenting ELs can reshape societal views on personhood in dementia. This presentation will introduce a research framework to study ELs, including guiding principles, definitions, proposed measurement methods, and areas needing further exploration. A study at the University of Wisconsin–Madison using video observational data in a hospice care setting will be highlighted, along with the perspectives of caregivers, staff, and individuals with dementia on the ethical considerations and research priorities.

Angie Salles, Ph.D.
Waisman Center
September 27, 2024 @ 8:30 am - 9:30 am
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Bats are auditory specialists, using acoustic signals to guide their behaviors, including prey tracking, navigation, and communication. Most bat species are very social and emit various communication calls, including food-claiming, aggressive, and appeasement calls. There is strong evidence that context plays a role in the processing of acoustic signals in humans and other animals. Yet, this process’s circuits and mechanisms are still not fully understood. Bats emerge as outstanding mammalian models to explore the neural mechanisms underlying acoustic communication.

September 25, 2024 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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Deling He, Ph.D.
62 Goodnight Hall
September 23, 2024 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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Acoustic-driven and Cross-language Effects on Neuro-behavioral Synchronization to Speech Rhythms