Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders: RESEARCH



Frank Boutsen, PhD

  • Neurogenic disorders of speech - emphasis on prosody/laterality
  • Tremor in neurogenic speech disorders
  • Effects of deep brain stimulation on speech motor control
  • Role of speech perception in speech production.

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Sarah Buckingham, PhD

  • Adult neurolinguistics, describing the nature of phonological dissolution in aphasia
  • Nature of phonological acquisition in children with developmental apraxia of speech

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Blas Espinoza-Varas, PhD

  • Effects of auditory training and amplification on speech recognition by the hearing impaired
  • Effects of irrelevant information on frequency discrimination by older adults
  • Hydrocortisone effects on frequency discrimination by humans
  • Auditory processing rate in normal-hearing and hearing-impaired adults
  • Auditory processing deficits in speech and language-impaired children

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Susan Benson, Ph.D., CCC/SLP

  • Elicitation procedures for collecting oral narrative samples from young children
  • Relation of narrative ability to literacy development
  • Early intervention service delivery models for children with communication delays

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LaVae M Hoffman, Ph.D., CCC/SLP

  • Information processing in school age children with Language Impairment, particularly attentional processes, as well as the role of Central Executive Function in Working Memory
  • Narrative language performance and attentional issues in children with and without Language Impairment and/or Attention Deficits, particularly with regard to functional outcome measures
  • Efficacious intervention for child language disorders using technology-based and traditional therapy strategies
  • Communicative content in narratives of school age children with language deficits
  • Evidence based practice in speech-language pathology

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Ann Owen, Ph.D., CCC/SLP

  • Cleft lip/palate, voice disorders
  • Speech epidemiology
  • Evidence-based practice
  • Outcomes research

CONTACT INFORMATION


Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders

John W. Keys Speech & Hearing Center
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
825 NE 14th Street, PO Box 26901, Oklahoma City, OK 73126-0901
Phone: (405) 271-4214, Email: Department Contact

 
 
   

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