School Updates
Students and Alumni indicated with *
Grants
Dr. Matt Hollis received the CSD/CRISCI Clinical Faculty Award for his project, 鈥淪HIMP as a tool for evaluation of vestibulo-ocular reflex suppression鈥�.
Dr. Raghav Jha received the CSD/CRISCI Faculty Research Grant for his project, 鈥淓ffects of age on bone conduction tuning of vestibular evoked myogenic potentials鈥�.
Dr. Kelsey Mankel received the CSD/CRISCI Faculty Research Grant for her project, 鈥淧erceptions and practice patterns of electrophysiologic testing among U.S. audiologists鈥�.
Julie Marshall received the CSD/CRISCI Clinical Faculty Award for her project, 鈥淒oes dialect matter? Assessing reading comprehension and spoken narrative skills of African American male college students using both mainstream American and African American English鈥�.
Dr. Deborah Moncrieff received $25,000 from Urban Child Institute as Co-P.I. with Dr. Roozbeh Rezaie on the project 鈥淯nveiling the role of dichotic listening in academic challenges: An MEG study of brain correlates in elementary school children.鈥�
Dr. Deborah Moncrieff received $1,000 from the Rotary Foundation to evaluate dichotic listening deficits in children enrolled at Sherwood Middle School, 糖心Vlog传媒, TN.
Service/Professional Development
Dr. Jennifer P. Taylor, Past President, Council of Academic Programs in Communication Sciences and Disorders, 07/01/2023-06/20/2024
Dr. Jennifer P. Taylor, Topic Co-Chair: Supervision and Precepting for the ASHA Convention 2024.
Dr. Jani Johnson, President, Academy of Rehabilitative Audiology, 1/1/2024-Present.
Book Chapters
Feenaughty, L., Mefferd, A., & Tjaden, K. (in press). Dysarthria. In J. Grafman (Eds.), Encyclopedia of the Human Brain Elsevier. Invited chapter publication.
Moncrieff, D. (in press). Identification and Treatment of Dichotic Deficits. In Geffner, D. Ross-Swan, D. Auditory Processing Disorders: Assessment, Management, and Treatment 4th Edition. Plural Publishing. Invited chapter publication.
Publications
Griebel, U. & Oller, D. K. (2024). From emotional signals to symbols. Frontiers in
Psychology. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1135288
*Long, H. L., Klaiman, C., Pulver, S. Richardson, S., Brane, N., Pileggi, M., Ramsay, G., Oller, D.K. (2024). Rates and acoustic measures of cry and whimper vs speech-like vocalizations in typically developing and ASD infants in the first year. Poster for the Meeting on Autism and Language, Durham NC.
*Yoo, H., Su, L. P., Ramsay, G., Long, H. L.*, Bene, E. R., & Oller, D. K. (in press). Infant vocal category exploration as a foundation for speech development. PLoS One.
Corina DP, Coffey-Corina S, Pierotti E, Mankel K, Miller LM. (2024). Electrophysiological study of visual processing in children with cochlear implants. Neuropsychologia.
Moncrieff, D., Schmithorst, V. (2024). Behavioral and cortical activation changes in children following auditory training for dichotic deficits. Brain Sciences, 14, 183.
Moncrieff, D., Mendez, K.R. G. (2024). Prevalence of dichotic deficits in adjudicated adolescents: Implications for language skills and competency within the juvenile justice system. Medical Research Achieves, European Society of Medicine, https://doi.org/10
Presentations
*Adams, A., *Moore, S. & Feenaughty, L. (2024). Off-target Verbosity in Narrative Monologues Produced by Persons with Multiple Sclerosis. Technical research presented at the Mid-South Conference. 糖心Vlog传媒, TN.
Haddix, V., *Sundman, L., *McLarnon, K., & *Berry, B. (2024). Maximizing learning for all: Exploring perceptions and implementation of UDL in SLP graduate education. Poster presented at the Assistive Technology Industry Association (ATIA) conference in Orlando, FL.
Haddix, V., *Taylor, E., *Toney, K., & Lancaster, S. (2024) Cultural considerations in AAC service delivery. Poster presented at the MidSouth Conference on Communicative Disabilities in 糖心Vlog传媒, TN.
*Long, H. L., Ramsay, G., Bene, E. R., Su, P. L., *Yoo, H., Klaiman, C., Pulver, S., Richardson, S., Pileggi, M., Brane, N., & Oller, D. K. (2024). Canonical babbling trajectories across the first year of life in autism and typical development. Plenary presentation for the Meeting on Autism and Language, Durham NC.
*Poursoroush, Z., Ramsay, G., Buder, E., Su, P., *Yoo, H.* Long, H. L., Bene, E. R., & Oller, D. K. (2024). Comparison of inter-utterance gaps in typically developing infants and infants later diagnosed with ASD. Poster for the Meeting on Autism and Language, Durham NC.
*Sarangi, L., & Johnson, J. (2024). Impact of patient attributes on the relationship between hearing handicap and readiness to pursue audiologic rehabilitation. International Journal of Audiology, ePub 1鈥�9, .
Su, P. L., Ramsay, G., *Yoo, H., *Long, H., Bene, E. R., H. L., Klaiman, C., Pulver, S. Richardson, S., Brane, N., Pileggi, M., Ramsay, G., Oller, D. K. (2024). Parentese Register Elicits Infant Speech-like Vocalizations in Typically Developing (TD) and Autistic Infants. Poster for the Meeting on Autism and Language, Durham NC.
*Yoo, H., Ramsay, G., Su, P., *Long, H., Bene, E. R., Klaiman, C., Pulver, S., Richardson, S., Pileggi, M., Brane, N., & Oller, D. K. (2024). Distress Vocalizations in the First Year of Life: A Comparative Study of Typically Developing Infants and Autistic Infants. Poster for the Meeting on Autism and Language, Durham NC.
Su, L. P., *Yoo, H., Ramsay, G., *Long, H. L., Bene, E. R., Klaiman C., Pulver, S. L., Richardson, S., Pileggi, M. L., Brane, N. & Oller, D. K. (2024). Foundations of Vocal Category Development in Autistic Infants. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.
*Holloway, C. A., *Chao, M., Miller, L. M., & Mankel, K. (2024, February). Multi-level Neural Assessment of Auditory Function During Speech Listening: A Step Towards More Comprehensive Hearing Evaluations. 54th Annual Mid-South Conference on Communicative Disorders, 糖心Vlog传媒, TN.
*Chao, M., *Holloway, C. A., Miller, L. M., & Mankel, K. (2024, May). Multi-level neural assessment of auditory function during speech listening: A Step Towards More Comprehensive Hearing Evaluations. Autism Intervention Research Project (AIR-P) National Virtual LEND Trainee Research Conference Poster Symposium, Virtual.
Moncrieff, D. Misophonia. Pre-convention workshop at the Canadian Academy of Audiology Meeting, Ottawa, Canada, May 13, 2024.
Barnes, J. Moncrieff, D., Preliminary evidence of the impact of attention and memory on dichotic listening. 54th Annual Mid-South Conference on Communicative Disorders, 糖心Vlog传媒, TN.
New Hires
This fall, will be joining the Audiology faculty from Nemours Children鈥檚 Hospital. Additionally, will be joining the Speech-language Pathology faculty.
Retirement
After as a Clinical Assistant Professor, John Sandidge entered retirement in May 2024. Thank you, John, for all you have done for students and the 糖心Vlog传媒 community.