School Updates

Students and alumni indicated with *

Tenure & Promotion

Dr. Lynda Feenaughty was granted tenure and was promoted to Associate Professor.

Dr. Miriam van Mersbergen was granted tenure and was promoted to Associate Professor.

Grants

Dr. Raghav Jha received a UofM Communities of Research Scholars (CoRS) grant for his project: Effects of dance training on the functioning of the vestibular system. Dr. Matt Hollis is also a part of the team completing this project.

Dr. Miriam van Mersbergen received a CoRS grant for her project: The Annual Memphis Neuroscience Symposium.

Dr. Deborah Moncrieff received a CoRS grant for her project: Investigations of links between dichotic deficits and lead exposure in Memphis and Shelby County.

Presentations

Lancaster, S., & Haddix, V. (2023). Allies in AAC: Interprofessional collaboration between professionals in occupational therapy and speech-language therapy to maximize client outcomes. Presentation to the Tennessee Association for Assistive Technology conference, Franklin, TN, Nov 30-Dec 1, 2023.

Haddix, V., Lancaster, S., *Taylor, E., & *Toney, K. (2023). Cultural considerations in AAC service delivery. Presentation to the Tennessee Association for Assistive Technology conference, Franklin, TN, Nov 30-Dec 1, 2023.

Moncrieff, D. - 3^rd annual ARIA boot camp for clinicians, University of Memphis, October 5-7, 2023.

Moncrieff, D. - Preconvention workshop on Misophonia at the Canadian Academy of Audiology Conference in Ottawa, CA on October 11, 2023

Moncrieff, D. - Educational risks of unidentified dichotic deficits in children, webinar presentation to MDPI World Children’s Day 2023, November 20, 2023.

Torres-Small, S., Ward, C., Tomescu, A., Warren, S.E., MacDonald, C.B., Yawn, R.J., & Richard, C. (2023). Inclusive Soundscapes: Investigating access to pediatric cochlear implantation in Memphis. Poster presentation to the American Academy of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, Nashville, TN, Sept 30-Oct 4.

Anthony, T., Coco, L., Lopez, L., & Warren, S.E. (2023). Communication Health Model: A preventive framework to improve well-being. Poster Presentation at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting & Expo, Atlanta, GA Nov 12-15.

ASHA Presentations 2023

Donnan, S.* and Eichorn, N. Effects of Experience on Word Valence: Evidence from Children and Adults Who Stutter. Poster presentation at the American Speech-Language Hearing Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, November 16, 2023.

Eichorn, N. and Campanelli, L. A Preliminary Exploration of Information Processing Biases in Children Who Stutter and Fluent Controls. Poster presentation at the American Speech-Language Hearing Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, November 17, 2023.

Oller, D.K., Ramsay, G., Long, H.*, Yoo, H.*, Su, P., Bene, E., Pileggi, M., Brane, N., Klaiman, C., Pulver, S., Richardson, S., & Poursoroush, Z.* Part One: Vocal Development in Typically Developing Infants and Infants Later Diagnosed with ASD. Seminar at the American Speech-Language Hearing Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, November, 16, 2023.

• Oller, D. K., Long, H.*, Yoo, *, Bene, E. R., Su, P. L., Pileggi, M., Brane, N., Klaiman, C., Pulver, S. Richardson, S., Ramsay, G. An introduction to new perspectives from the past decade of research on vocal development and its possible role in ASD.
• Yoo,*, Su, P. L., Pileggi, M., Brane, N., Klaiman, C., Pulver, S. Richardson, S., Ramsay, G., Oller, D. K. Practice of vocalization types by infants with ASD and typically developing infants.
  

• Su, P. L., Ramsay, G., Bene, E. R., Pileggi, M., Brane, N., Klaiman, C., Pulver, S. Richardson, S., Oller, D. K. Sequential association between caregiver and infant utterances in interaction for TD and autistic infants.

  
Oller, D.K., Ramsay, G., Long, H.*, Yoo, H.*, Su, P., Bene, E., Pileggi, M., Brane, N., Klaiman, C., Pulver, S., Richardson, S., & Poursoroush, Z.* Part Two: Vocal Development in Typically Developing Infants and Infants Later Diagnosed with ASD. Seminar at the American Speech-Language Hearing Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, November, 16, 2023.

• Ramsay, G., Oller, D. K., Bene, E. R., Pileggi, M., Brane, N., Klaiman, C., Pulver, S. Richardson, S., Long, H.* Rate of canonical babbling in infants with ASD and typically developing infants

• Yoo, H.*, Ramsay, G., Bene, R., Pileggi, M., Brane, N., Klaiman, C., Pulver, S. Richardson, S., Oller, D. K. Crying, whimpering, and whining: Negative vocal expressions in the first two months may differentiate typically developing infants from infants later diagnosed with ASD.
  

• Pileggi, M., Brane, N., Klaiman, C., Pulver, S. Richardson, S., Oller, D. K., Ramsay, G. Infant vocal behavior and autism in the first two years of life: home recordings vs. clinical presentation.

  
van Mersbergen, M. A Bad Night at the PROM – Assessment and Implementation of Patient Reported Outcome Measures. Seminar at the American Speech-Language Hearing Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, November, 18, 2023.

Publications

Moncrieff, D., Auld, R. Johnston, D., Wirt, T. (2023) Dichotic listening deficits in children with hearing loss. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, 168. 111521.

*White, S.L., Moncrieff, D.W. (2023) ARIA treatment benefits are related to severity of dichotic listening deficits in children. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, 168, 111551. 

Warren, S.E., & *Barron, A.L. (2023). Audiologists' Attitudes and Practice Toward Referring for Psychosocial Intervention with Cochlear Implant Patients. Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences, section Strengthening Rehabilitation in Health Systems. (in press).

*Bass, J.K., Wang, F., *Thaxton, M.E., Warren, S.E., Srivastava, D.K., Hudson, M.M., Ness, K.K., & Brinkman, T.M. (2023). Hearing loss, perceived hearing handicap, and patient-reported functional outcomes in adult survivors of childhood cancer: A report from the St. Jude Lifetime Cohort. Journal of the National Cancer Institute, (in press).  

*He, D., Feenaughty, L., & Wan, Q. (2023). Global Acoustic Speech Temporal Characteristics for Mandarin Speakers With Parkinson's Disease During Syllable Repetition and Passage Reading. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 32(5), 2232-2244.

Interviews/In the News

Warren, S.E. Interview featured in: ASHA Voices: Access, Advocacy, and Community in Public Health Audiology (https://leader.pubs.asha.org/do/10.1044/2023-1123-podcast-aud-public-health-sig8/full/)

Awards

UofM’s President Hardgrave recognized the Memphis Speech and Hearing Center (MSHC) administrative team with the Tigers Ascending to Excellence Award. Marci Ingram-Jackson, Cathy McDonald, Carissa Richardson, Hannah Beth Scott, Justine Springs, and Jennifer P. Taylor received the award at the November 18, 2023 UofM football game against SMU.

Johnson, J. Hearing Aids and Emotion Processing: New Considerations for Auditory Rehabilitation. Changemaker Session, 2023 ASHA Convention, Boston, MA, Nov 18, 2023.

Congratulations

Dr. Jane Brown* successfully defended her dissertation, “The Role of Background Music in Concurrent Speech Perception, this fall and graduates in December 2023.

Dr. Deling He* successfully defended her dissertation, “Acoustic Driven and Cross Language Effects on the Neuro-Behavioral Synchronization to Speech Rhythms,” this fall and graduates in December 2023.

All fourteen of our Memphis CSD 3^rd year audiology students have an externship lined up for the 2023/2024 school year by December 1. Their placements are as follows:

Congratulations to our students on your placements. Special thanks to Dr. Jennifer Taylor, our Director of Clinical Education in audiology and Ms. Barbara Frederick, our clinical placement coordinator for all your work getting our students placed.

Recent Speech Language Pathology graduates at notable voice and medical centers:

Leighann Colin                                   Lyon’s Voice Clinic, University of Minnesota

Bethany Beckham                            Cleveland Clinic

Sydney Kwasigroh                            University of Alabama Medicine (clinical fellowship)

Audrey Tucker                                    Iowa ENT Center (clinical fellowship)

Brooke Brown                                    Vanderbilt Voice Center

(These were all highly competitive positions that required a rigorous interview process and several recommendations.)

In Memoriam

It is with great sadness that we share the news that our dear friend and colleague, Dr. Walter Manning, passed away on September 12, 2023 due to complications from Alzheimer’s disease. For those who would like to honor his legacy, his family requests donations for Alzheimer’s & Dementia Services of Memphis, Inc. and the National Stuttering Association.