CSD News and Events

Symposium on Oropharyngeal Function and Dysphagia Rehabilitation

The School of Communication Sciences and Disorders and the Faculty of Health Sciences established and recently hosted the Symposium on Oropharyngeal Function and Dysphagia Rehabilitation at Western. The Symposium brought together forty researchers from five countries (Japan, Denmark, Germany, USA, Canada), eight universities, and five disciplines (dentistry, neurology, physiatry, public health, speech-language pathology). Presentation topics included salivary biology, pharyngeal electromyography, rapid CT imaging of swallowing, and clinical application of videoendoscopy in hospital rounds. The attendees agreed that the Symposium significantly strengthened ongoing collaborations and facilitated future international training and research initiatives.

Convocation 2011

Convocation 2011 Great Hall

CSD graduating students and their families gather at Great Hall, University of Western Ontario

Barbershop Singers - "Back In Time" perform for graduating students and their families

Barbershop Singers Representative John Simpson presents an award to Julie Herczeg, 2nd year SLP student

Graduate Professional Program Preview Day

On Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011 the schools of CSD, OT and PT held a graduate open house with over 400 registrants. To view the CSD powerpoint presentation click here.

The Barbershop Harmonize Society Textbook Donation

Textbook Donation John Simpson

Thanks to the Barbershop Harmonize Society and John Simpson for the very generous donation of textbooks to all of our first year students.

Children who Stutter Showcase Speaking Skills at Elborn College Open House, July 14^th

Elborn College is abuzz with the voices of eight children who are working to overcome their greatest obstacle – stuttering. They are participating in a two-week intensive stuttering treatment camp in the H.A. Leeper Speech and Hearing Clinic affiliated with The School of Communication Sciences and Disorders. As depicted in the award-winning film The King’s Speech, stuttering is a communication disorder which interferes with the effortless and fluid delivery of speech, a skill most of us take for granted. With the guidance of six Master’s level graduate students in speech-language pathology, this year’s eight camp participants, just like King George VI, will be facing their own fear as they address friends, family, faculty, students and staff at our Open House event on Thursday, July 14^thfrom 2 to 3 PM in Room 1548 of Elborn College. Members of the public are welcome to attend. Refreshments will be served.

Mini University Camp for Indigenous youth

On Friday July 8th, the National Centre for Audiology (NCA) will host 16 participants in the Mini University Camp for Indigenous youth. (http://indigenous.uwo.ca/index.cfm/summer-camps/mini-university)

University Health Careers is an opportunity for Indigenous High School Students to explore Western’s Health Science and Science programs, participate in interactive activities and get an overview of University life. The intention is to encourage youth to enroll in university studies at Western. At the NCA, the students, aged 12-16, will learn about spatial hearing, the effects of noise on hearing, and otoacoustic emissions.

International Adult Aural Rehabilitation Conference

Researchers and graduate students from the National Centre for Audiology and the Hearing Science field of the Health and Rehabilitation Sciences graduate program were featured at the Sixth International Adult Aural Rehabilitation Conference held in St. Pete Beach, Florida, May 23-25. Invited Speaker, Dr Mary Beth Jennings presented on, ‘Goal Attainment Scaling: A framework and individualized outcome measure for audiological practice.’ PhD candidate Laya Poost-Foroosh made a presentation on 'Factors in Client-Clinician Interactions that Influence Hearing Aid Adoption'. PhD candidate Christine Meston and Drs Mary Beth Jennings and Margaret Cheesman presented a poster on 'Older Adults’ Views of Their Communication Needs While Driving in a Motor Vehicle'.

Canadian Medical Hall of Fame/TD Discovery Days in Health Sciences

On Friday, May 6, 2011, faculty and students from the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders and the National Centre for Audiology hosted high school students participating in the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame/TD Discovery Days in Health Sciences. This event brought approximately 250 students to the Western and Fanshawe College campuses for a series of keynote addresses, career workshops, and hands-on experiences related to the sciences, medicine and health sciences. David Purcell presented a workshop on "Hearing What We Say", Lisa Archibald presented "The Mystery of Learning New Words", and Marlene Bagatto and Susan Scollie presented "Better Hearing for Babies". 2011 is the 10th year that the Faculty of Health Sciences has been a sponsoring participant of this event.

Dr. David Purcell demonstrating the effects of delayed auditory feedback on speech production

Dr. Susan Scollie and Marlene Bagatto demonstrating video otoscopy

American Academy of Audiology

Researchers and graduate students from the National Centre for Audiology and the Hearing Science field of the Health and Rehabilitation Sciences graduate program were featured at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Audiology held in Chicago, April 6-9. Drs Susan Scollie and Danielle Glista presented a learning module on 'Fitting Frequency Compression Hearing Aids to Kids'. PhD candidate Marlene Bagatto offered an invited 4-hour learning lab on Assessment and Management in pediatric audiology. PhD candidate Sheila Moodie and colleagues presented a survey of best practices in pediatric hearing aid fitting, and Bagatto and Moodie also co-presented a learning module on the new UWO Pediatric Monitoring Protocol and the involvement of practising audiologists in its design. PhD candidate Laya Poost-Foroosh made a podium presentation on 'Client-Clinician Factors that Influence Hearing Aid Adoption'. PhD candidate Christine Meston and Drs Mary Beth Jennings and Margaret Cheesman presented a poster on 'Older Adults’ Views of Their Communication Needs While Driving'.

Another successful year for CSD SOS (Communication Sciences and Disorders Students Support Operation Smile)!

2010-2011 marked the third year of CSD SOS. The student group was hard at work this year organizing events within Elborn College as well as out in the London community, in order to raise funds to assist Operation Smile in providing cranio-facial sugeries to children in developing countries. Through events including a BBQ, movie night, silent auction and raffle, $5 for 5 drive, Candy Gram sale, Chapters information evening, and from donations given by the CSD and the London community, a total of $3700.00 was raised. These funds will allow Operation Smile to provide approximately 15 cranio-facial surgeries in developing countries.

We would like to extend our sincere thanks to the CSD community for their continued support of this student initiative! Our successful year would not have been possible without your kind generosity.

For more information on our student group, please visit our website: http://csdsupportoperationsmile.yolasite.com. For additional information regarding the work of Operation Smile, visit their website at www.operationsmile.org.

The School of Communication Sciences and Disorders Presents

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Dr. Koichiro Ueda, DDS, PhD
Nihon University School of Dentistry
Tokyo, Japan

"Dysphagia Rehabilitation at Nihon University School of Dentistry & Public Long Term Care Insurance in Japan"

Exciting New Book Published for CSD Professor Emeritus

Friday, January 28, 2011

"Comprehensive Handbook of Pediatric Audiology" by Richard Seewald and Anne Marie Tharpe

Five Most Cited Articles in 2010

Friday, January 28, 2011

Dr. Ross Roeser, Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Audiology (five-year impact factor of 1.529) announced in Jan 2011 the top five most cited articles in their journal for the year 2010. Of the top five, Professor Susan Scollie, CSD and international colleagues were co-authors (Dr. Scollie was 1^st author of one and 2^nd author of the other three) of four of the five most cited articles.

CSD Students receive textbooks from the Barbershop Singers

On Monday, 17^th January 2011 students newly admitted to CSD were presented with the textbook Terminology of Communication Disorders – 5^th Edition. The books were donated graciously by the Barbershop Singers’ via funds from their Harmonize for Speech Foundation. The donations are longstanding and much appreciated.

Mr. Harry Sirna, a local representative of the Barbershop Singers presented the books to the graduate students. Pictured from left to right are: Front row - Harry Sirna, Ashley Stephen, Julie Sidock, Joanna Bailes, 2^nd row - Laura Sangster, Kirandeep Bagri, Breanne Rose, Rana Naji, Sara Sampietro, Back row - Andrea Dunn, Meghan Palangio, Kristi Flook, Andrea Dirks, Erin Gilsenan, Kelly Karelsen, Katherine Butler, Stefani Bancroft. Missing was Nicole Minett.

Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Information Session

Friday, November 19, 2010

The School of Communication Sciences and Disorders held an information session on Friday, November 19th at Elborn College, which was a great success. See the power point presentation here.

WIF helps commercialization of research

Friday, June 4, 2010

Three Western researchers, including CSD's Susan Scollie, have been recognized with Western Innovation Fund (WIF) awards to help bringing their work out of the lab and closer to commercialization.
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Elementary school students learn about hearing loss

Thursday, May 20, 2010

More than 40 elementary school students who have hearing loss will visit Elborn College at The University of Western Ontario on Friday, May 21 to learn more about hearing aids, technology connectivity options, and interact with other students from across the district.
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March 25, 2010 - Infection prevention and control guidelines

On March 25, 2010, the Canadian Interorganizational Group for Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology unveiled new infection prevention and control guidelines. These guidelines are designed to provide audiologists and speech-language pathologists with succinct and practical infection prevention and control information that is applicable across clinical practice settings.

Infection prevention and control guidelines for audiology
Infection prevention and control guidelines for speech-language pathology
Read the press release regarding these guidelines (released March 25, 2010)

CSD Laboratory Open-House

Monday, March 15, 2010 - 11:00 am to 2:00 pm

Elborn College (NW corner Sarnia & Western Rds)
Visit our state-of-the-art Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology facilities, research centres and laboratories that are designed to facilitate the research efforts of graduate students and their advisors. The goal of this event is to provide an opportunity for Western students to become familiar with CSD researchers, CSD laboratory environments and related research training opportunities.

Click here to download the event poster (PDF)

OSLA Graduate Student Awards

Professor Lisa Archibald (far left) and Mary Cook (far right), Executive Director of the Ontario Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists (OSLA), recently presented the OSLA Graduate Student Awards to Alaina Baker (2nd from right), audiology graduate student, and to Jessie Leung (2nd from left), speech-language pathology graduate student. Alaina and Jessie received the awards based on nominations from classmates for their tremendous community volunteer efforts in audiology and speech-language pathology.

"Ears to Drivers" Headset Clinic

Ontario’s new legislation requires that drivers use handsfree systems with their cellphones while driving. For many drivers who use a Bluetooth headset, this can mean pain either in or behind the ear, as the standard earpieces may not fit well, rubbing on sore spots or pushing on sunglasses. Audiologists can help! A custom molded headset is now available that allows you more comfortable wear, with nothing behind the ear. This allows you to wear your headset for long periods of time, either in or out of your vehicle.

The National Centre for Audiology is hosting an “Ears to Drivers Clinic” on February 23, 2010, from 4-7:30 pm, in Elborn College. Staff and students will be donating their time and expertise in taking ear impressions. The clinic will allow members of the public and Western staff and students to order a custom earmold and new Bluetooth headset. All proceeds of this event will be donated to the Richard C. Seewald student scholarship in Audiology.
For more information including costs, appointments and headset details, click here.

CSD students raise funds for Haiti

Haiti relief CSD Students' Council representatives Marissa Bedard and Andrea Martin spearheaded a Haiti Earthquake Relief fundraising campaign in which students, staff and faculty were asked to donate whatever spare change they had in their pockets. Their donations totalled an impressive $1,367.95. This total amount will be presented to the Canadian Red Cross Haiti Earthquake Relief Fund on Friday, 29th January, 2010. Congratulations and a thank you to all for your generousity and compassion.

In the picture from left to right Marissa Bedard 2nd Yr SLP student, J.B. Orange, Director, Andrea Martin, 2nd Yr SLP.

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