Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences Archive — Page 3 of 5
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August 6, 2020
Team to create customizable cochlear implant programming
A team of Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers has received a $3.1 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to develop advanced, patient-specific cochlear implant stimulation models for customized implant programming. -
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.