Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences Archive — Page 3 of 5
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May 21, 2020
Preschools for autism and hearing loss adapt to virtual learning
As social distancing mandates have been implemented in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many teachers have relied on creativity to continue providing educational opportunities for their students. -
May 7, 2020
Project seeks to help adults with TBI access social media
With more than $2 million in funding, researchers from Vanderbilt University Medical Center are developing software to make social media platforms more accessible for adults with cognitive disabilities. -
May 7, 2020
Study to explore memory system’s role in TBI behavior deficits
VUMC researchers are beginning a new five-year study to characterize the role of a memory system in behavioral deficits commonly seen in individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI). -
April 1, 2020
Study to explore TBI’s impact on language processing
Researchers from Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Vanderbilt University have been awarded more than $3.8 million to study the impact of traumatic brain injury (TBI) on one’s ability to process language in everyday settings. -
March 19, 2020
Partnership speeds speech-language interventions
Preschoolers in the Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) district are more quickly being identified as having a communication disability thanks to a new partnership between the district and Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. -
February 20, 2020
It takes a village
The 59th annual Christmas Village, a three-day November shopping extravaganza organized by the Nashville Pi Beta Phi Alumnae Club, raised $530,600 to benefit the Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center and other Pi Beta Phi philanthropies. -
January 9, 2020
Same-day cochlear implant surgeries reduce travel burden, wait times
VUMC is testing an optimized cochlear implant delivery model that offers patients hearing tests, radiologic scans, surgical consultation, device selection and outpatient surgery all on the day of their initial visit.