Anne Marie Tharpe

May 29, 2025

Melissa Duff named chair of Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences

She is nationally recognized for her research to understand and improve long-term outcomes of individuals with acquired brain injury.

By John Howser
April 8, 2025

Audiology and speech-language pathology programs garner top recognition for Best Graduate Schools

The Doctor of Audiology program topped the list of 74 contenders and the Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology program ranked above 282 others.

By Danny Bonvissuto
February 10, 2025

Anne Marie Tharpe steps down as Hearing and Speech Sciences chair

Under Tharpe’s leadership, the department has maintained a remarkable trajectory of advancing clinical care for those with communication disorders.

By Danny Bonvissuto
June 21, 2022

Evaluation of hearing brochures

Most brochures given to parents about newborn hearing screening results need to be modified to make them more understandable, Vanderbilt hearing researchers found.

By Emily Stembridge
April 13, 2022

Hearing and Speech Sciences celebrates 70 years of service

The Vanderbilt Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences is celebrating 70 years of serving people with hearing, speech, language and related disorders.

By Emily Stembridge
December 27, 2019

Grants bolster scholarships for students studying autism, pediatric hearing loss

Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences has received three new grants from the U.S. Department of Education to train graduate students to work with children with autism and hearing loss.

By Kelsey Herbers
September 12, 2019

Tharpe, Woynaroski honored by speech sciences association

Two faculty members from Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences have been recognized with annual awards from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), VUMC’s credentialing organization.
By Kelsey Herbers
October 11, 2018

Couple’s gift expands legacy of hearing, speech research

Anne Marie Tharpe, PhD, might not have become a worldwide authority on pediatric hearing loss if she hadn’t been looking for something to do during study hall in her high school years in Memphis. One day, she and a friend volunteered to work in a classroom with deaf children.
By Matt Batcheldor
April 26, 2018

Remote microphone system helps increase vocabulary of children with hearing loss

Children with hearing loss who use remote microphone systems (RMS) at home have access to about 42 percent more words each day, providing a critical boost to vocabulary and language learning, a Vanderbilt study has found.
By Matt Batcheldor
March 10, 2016

American Academy of Audiology honors Tharpe, Grantham

Two faculty members of the Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center are receiving awards from the American Academy of Audiology (AAA) this year, representing two of eight total recipients nationwide.
By Matt Batcheldor
August 22, 2013

Initiative allows remote hearing tests for newborns

A telemedicine initiative in Vanderbilt’s Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences is working to make follow-up hearing tests for newborns more accessible in rural areas of Tennessee, while teaching young pediatric audiology and pediatric speech language pathology students to treat patients remotely.
By Craig Boerner