In Person & Virtual Options @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
The discussion group meeting will be dedicated to the facilitation of focused discussion on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Accessibility, and Belonging (DEIAB). This meeting will center on organizing groups for students to foster open dialogues …
In Person & Virtual Options @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Our upcoming Faculty Discussion Group meeting this spring would be focusing on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Accessibility and Belonging (DEIAB) themes. This session is part of our initiative to engage faculty and staff in meaningful …
Laura Horton, Ph.D.
62 Goodnight Hall @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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In this presentation, I will discuss collaborative work with Jenny Singleton (Stony Brook University) and Amy Lederberg (Georgia State University) on the pragmatics of teacher-student interactions in early elementary classrooms (kindergarten through second grade) focusing on visual attention management and turn-taking strategies. All students in the study are Deaf or Hard of Hearing (DHH). Using a video corpus of classroom interactions, we compare teacher-student interactions during group book-sharing in ASL-signing classrooms and spoken English classrooms, describing teachers’ language use and visually anchored socializing practices. I will discuss the demands and affordances of book-sharing using a visual language and being a DHH learner in this instructional context.
Joseph Roche, M.D.
Waisman Center @ 8:30 am - 9:30 am
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Neurofibromatosis type-2 (NF2) is an autosomal dominant genetic condition resulting in multiple benign central nervous system (CNS) tumors, including the hallmark finding of bilateral schwannomas of the vestibulocochlear nerves (AKA vestibular schwannomas). Hearing loss is a near universal symptom for these patients due to tumor induced derangement of auditory nerve fibers, the effect of CNS tumor treatment or both. Due to the nature of the induced hearing losses, aural preservation / rehabilitation has required non-traditional strategies including auditory brainstem implantation. Additionally, the retrocochlear mechanisms of NF-2 hearing losses precluded consideration of cochlear device implantation. Recent data, including work from the University of Wisconsin Cochlear Implant Program, has demonstrated that cochlear implantation is an effective aural rehabilitation option. Now, based on previous success in NF-2 subjects, cochlear implantation is being explored as a hearing restoration option for cerebellopontine angle tumors outside of NF-2. Recent data demonstrating cochlear implantation efficacy in sporadic vestibular schwannoma will be presented.
@ 12:15 pm - 1:00 pm
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Applications, Interviews, Resumes, and more! Opening the doors to opportunities.
Rebecca M. Alper, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
62 Goodnight Hall @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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Community-based approaches support scalability, ecological, and cultural validity of early language intervention research. However, there are often unique challenges including funding, recruitment, maintaining design rigor, and dissemination. This session will highlight the strengths and challenges of community-based research, as well as strategies for reducing barriers, through the lens of two ongoing early language intervention clinical trials, KOALA and DUET.
Erik Jorgensen, Au.D., Ph.D.
Waisman Center @ 8:30 am - 9:30 am
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Hearing aid use and listening performance are shaped by auditory ecology—the sounds and soundscapes listeners encounter in daily life and their interaction with them. One of the primary goals of our lab is to better understand the bidirectional effects between auditory ecology and listening performance, and how these affects shape hearing aid use and benefit. This talk will discuss the theoretical framework around auditory ecology and its relationship to hearing and hearing aid use. Then, methods and sampling considerations for characterizing auditory ecology will be discussed, including time, place, and participant. Preliminary results of studies investigating how auditory ecology in younger listeners affects listening performance and how hearing loss and hearing aid use may shape auditory ecology in older listeners are presented. A particular focus will be given to how technologies to collect and analyze real-world data, including mobile technologies and machine learning, can be used to quantify auditory ecology, as well the challenges and limitations that come with these technologies.
@ 12:15 pm - 1:00 pm
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Research, Jobs, Volunteer work, and More
62 Goodnight Hall @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
My Beautiful Broken Brain is a documentary film on acquired disability, and the journey to recovery. This film traces the emotional journey of Lotje Sodderland after she suffered a hemorrhagic stroke in 2011 at the age of 34, losing her ability to read, write, and speak coherently. The film covers the daily challenges that Lotje experienced with dysphasia and apraxia, as well as memory deficits.
Jenn Seale, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
62 Goodnight Hall @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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Individuals who use and/or can benefit from augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) can experience a variety of social barriers in a predominantly mouth speaking culture. Considering various factors (e.g., capacity, design, policy) that can impact success with AAC, this talk will explore ways in which AAC systems may be contributing to barriers commonly reported in the literature (e.g., communication rate, technology demands, expertise). Beyond technology, AAC success requires community integration and support – work evaluating these systems and targeting capacity building models to increase access to AAC services will be shared. Mixed-methods research aimed at understanding lived experiences of interacting with, and through, AAC offer an important perspective shift that can be used to inform clinical practice, product design, advocacy, and research efforts.