Speech-Language Pathology Students and Faculty Present at National Conference

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Three faculty members and eight graduate students from East Stroudsburg University’s speech-language pathology department attended the national convention of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association during the fall semester.

Over 12,000 attendees participated in the convention, which was held in Denver, Co. Rachel Wolf, Ph.D., assistant professor of speech-language pathology, and Ellen Pagano, a graduate student from Branchville, N.J., presented “Pragmatic Repetition in Adolescents with High Functioning Autism.” Dr. Wolf also presented with graduate student Isabella DiLauro from Stroudsburg, Pa. on “Examination of Differences in Expressive Language Competence and Performance in Adolescents with Autism.” Both of the presentations were based on the graduate students’ theses.

LuAnn Batson-Magnuson, Ph.D., assistant professor of speech-language pathology, presented a seminar on the “Cognitive-Linguistic Correlates of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Rheumatoid Arthritis.” The seminar explored the available research on the inflammatory changes in the brain as a result of the disease process and the resulting presence of deficits in attention, memory, reasoning, and executive functioning.

Dr. Batson-Magnuson also presented with Susan Dillmuth-Miller, Ph.D., assistant professor of speech-language pathology, on the “Audiological Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Rheumatoid Arthritis.” The presentation provided details on the types and patterns of hearing loss observed in patients with these disorders and proposed a specific audiological assessment protocol for patients with these diseases.

For more information about ESU’s speech-language pathology program, please contact Pamela Gallina at 570-422-3247, or pgallina@esu.edu.