Blog
By Sandra Levey, PhD
November 27, 2019
Human language is integrated with a range of neural processes. Language plays a central role in the human brain in: processing color, making judgments, maintaining focus and attention, orientating to time and place, processing and recalling events,…
By Rene L. Utianski, PhD, CCC-SLP
August 29, 2019
As I now work with patients with Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA), I find myself reflecting on my initial experiences in helping to diagnose and care for them. Briefly, for those unfamiliar with PPA, it is an umbrella term that captures a heterogeneous…
By Linda S. Carozza, PhD, CCC-SLP
June 28, 2019
In today’s recent news was the resignation of Theresa May as the second female Prime Minister of Great Britain. I listened carefully to her speech and was absorbed by her physical deportment. It resonated with me as a recent author and invited presenter…
By Robert McKinney
March 21, 2019
People often talk about “losing” an accent, and there is an assumption that it is a common or expected result for adults who acquire a second language. In the world of accent modification, many clients seek our services because they desire this outcome,…
By Richard D. Andreatta, Phd
October 8, 2018
“I just want to be a speech-language pathologist or an audiologist. Why do I need to learn about neuroscience and the brain?” I can’t begin to count the number of times I’ve heard some variation of this statement and question from CSD students during the…