Department of Speech & Hearing Sciences

Students & Faculty Volunteer over Spring Break »

Dr. Amy Meredith and nine speech and hearing sciences students traveled to Guatemala on a service learning trip with Hearts in Motion over spring break, complementing the medical side of the mission with speech rehabilitation work. "This trip showed me that I'm definitely in the right field," said junior Jessica Schmidt. "I know that I can make a difference as a speech and language pathologist."
March 2011

Grad Student Pioneers Nose Probe Simulation »

Graduate students need hands-on practice performing transnasal endoscopy, but finding volunteers to practice on can be difficult. So when Elise Benadom consulted with Nancy Potter on a topic for her thesis, they decided to explore the use of simulation in training graduate students to perform transnasal endoscopy. The results have been published in the journal Dysphagia.
January 2011

Meredith's Class Featured in Anatomical Sciences Education »

WSU students are pictured on the cover of the September/October 2010 issue drawing the bones and muscles involved in respiration on T-shirts worn by their classmates. In the accompanying article, Dr. Meredith shares a variety of multimodal learning activities she uses to help her students learn about anatomy during the physiological functions of respiration, phonation, articulation, resonance, and swallowing.
September 2010

Chermak Receives AAA Distinguished Achievement Award »

The American Academy of Audiology has recognized Gail Chermak, professor and chair of the Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, with the 2010 Distinguished Achievement Award for her contributions to the field of audiology. The award was presented April 15 at the AAA annual conference in San Diego.
April 2010

Professor Widely Recognized for Work in Native American Education Issues

Dr. Ella Inglebret's tireless efforts on behalf of Native American students and communities have been recognized nationally, within the state, and by Native American education and tribal leaders. She has received a Diversity Champion Award from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). She received a certificate of appreciation from the Washington State Governor for her team's report addressing Native American students' educational achievement, and she was presented with a Pendleton Honor Blanket and received a certificate of recognition for dedication to advance Native American research from the WSU Office of the Provost – Tribal Liaison.
March 2010

Joining Forces to Understand a Rare Disorder »

A few years ago, Dr. Nancy Potter spent her summers traveling across the country to study children with galactosemia, a rare and potentially lethal genetic disorder about which much is still unknown. Last month she joined an international team of researchers in Boston to be part of the first multidisciplinary study of adults with galactosemia.
September 2009

More News

• Professor Recognized as Diversity Champion (September 2009)
• Spotlight Focuses on Native Achievement Gap Study (June 2009)
• SHS Major Highlighted at Fall Commencement (December 2008)
• SHS Students & Faculty Help Orphans in China (May 2008)
• Rare Metabolic Disease Linked to Communication Disorders (October 2007)
• WSU to Host Symposium on Meeting the Needs of Deaf, Hard of Hearing Children (September 2007)
• Professor Wins Distinction for Multicultural Research (August 2007)
• Professor Seeks to Address Speech Therapy Needs in China (May 2007)
• WSU Announces First Disability Studies Prefix (April 2007)
• University Hearing & Speech Clinic Offers Book Club for Stroke Patients (March 2006)
• WSU Spokane Will Host Foreign Fulbright Scholar (January 2006)
• HOPE School to Open for Young Children with Hearing Loss (August 2004)
• WSU Speech and Hearing Sciences Scores at the Top (January 2003)