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Academic and Clinical Faculty

Updated September 7, 2007

Name, Degree, Title, Areas of Expertise Phone Email

Head of Department

   
Ilsa Schwarz, Ph.D.
Professor
Child language development and disorders, evidence-based practice
974-5019
Academic Faculty    
Samuel B. Burchfield, Ph.D. (Emeritus) 974-4123
Michelle Cutler , Ph.D.
Special Projects Coordinator
974-1797
Molly Erickson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Singing acoustics and perception, issues in professional voice
974-9895
Seunghee Ha, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Cl
eft Palate
 
Ashley Harkrider, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Human auditory physiological assessment, physiological correlates of auditory perception, relations between auditory efferent activity and speech performance in noise.
974-1810
Mark Hedrick, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
974-8105
Patti Johnstone, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Director of Audiology

 
Colleen Karow, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Adult neurogenic language disorders, clinical training issues related to dysphagia, acoustic analysis of affective prosody, emotional communication disorders in adults with brain injury.
 
Anna K. Nabelek, Ph.D. (Emeritus) 974-1806
Patrick N. Plyler, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Diagnostic audiology, amplification, and aural rehabilitation. Current research projects are examining the effectiveness of digital hearing instruments as well as the efficacy of bone-conducted otoacoustic emissions.
974-7588
Tim Saltuklaroglu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
974-0355
James W. Thelin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Diagnostic audiology, hearing disorders
974-1796
Deborah Von Hapsburg, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Effects of profound hearing loss on speech acquisition, focusing on the effect of cochlear implants on infant speech acquisition. Investigation of factors which may affect the intelligibility of other languages.
974-1811

 
Clinical Faculty
Hearing and Speech Center
   
Ann Michael, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Director of Clinical Services
Language and literacy skills in young children
974-5451
Dan Valentine, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Associate Director, HSC
Clinical supervisor
Stuttering, English as a second language/dialect reduction, reading disorders
974-4647
Carol Sheridan, M.A., CCC-SLP
Clinical Coordinator
Clinical supervisor
Pediatric language
974-4641
Sue Bessel Hume, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Clinical supervisor
Voice disorders, phonological and structural speech disorders
974-5451
Teresa Renee Vaughn, M.A., CCC-SLP
Clinical supervisor
Pediatrics, autism, apraxia, pervasive language delay, early childhood education
974-0658
Clinical Faculty
Audiology Clinic
   
Holly Beason, Au.D., CCC-A
Clinical supervisor
Pediatrics, aural rehabilitation of hearing impaired children, cochlear implants and management, amplification and management
974-1797
 
Beth Humphrey, Au.D., CCC-A
  Clinical supervisor
974-2548
Erin Plyler, Au.D., CCC-A
Clinical supervisor
974-3765
Nancy Schay, Au.D., CCC-A
Clinical supervisor
974-5453
Marianne Searfoss, Au.D., CCC-A
Clinical supervisor
Adult diagnostics, adult amplification, assistive listening devices
974-5451
Kelly Yeager, Au.D., CCC-A
Clinical supervisor
Serves birth to age 21 including, infant hearing screenings / electrophysiological diagnostic evaluations, audiological behavioral diagnostic evaluations, hearing aid/ FM  evaluations/fittings as well as family support/education.
974-1799
Clinical Faculty
Child Hearing Services
   
Velvet Buehler, M.A., CCC-SLP, CCC-A
Associate Director, CHS
C
linical supervisor
Aural habilitation for children with hearing impairments; aural habilitation for children with cochlear implants; evaluation of children with central auditory processing disorders (CAPD); evaluation and fitting of amplification devices
974-1798
Julie Beeler, M.A., CCC-A
Clinical supervisor
Aural habilitation with infant and pre-school to school-age children. Diagnostic audiological evaluations and hearing aid evaluations/fittings. FM system evaluations/fittings. Aural-oral communication assessments with children who utilize hearing aids and cochlear implants (pre- and post-cochlear implant evaluations). Family support/education
974-5453

Kimberly C. Jenkins, M.A., CCC-SLP
Clinical supervisor
Pediatric aural habilitation; Aural-Oral communication assessments with children who utilize hearing aids and cochlear implants (pre and post-cochlear implant evaluations); sign language, treatment of children with auditory processing disorders; sensory integration dysfunction; family support/parent education

974-4758
Emily Noss, M.A., CCC-SLP
Clinical supervisor
974-1788
Clinical Faculty
Pediatric Language Clinic
   
Pat Webb, M.Ed., CCC-SLP
Associate Director, PLC
Child language early intervention (birth-to-three)
974-6702
Vickie Barnes, M.A., CCC-SLP
Clinical supervisor
Pediatrics (birth-to-three); specifically in the areas of autism/PDD, sensory integration / motor development, augmentative communication, oral motor stimulation, and apraxia
974-6702
Emily Donels, M.A., CCC-SLP
Clinical supervisor
Child Language; aural habilitation for children (preschool-school age) with hearing impairments; Auditory Processing Disorders; Early Intervention (birth-to-three); Autism; oral motor/feeding.
974-5019
Suzan Baker, M.A., CCC-SLP
Clinical supervisor
974-6702

Clinical Faculty
UT Medical Center
   
Theronne Singletary, M.S., CCC-SLP
Speech-Language Services Director
Medically debilitated or traumatically injured patients, geriatrics, and patients with tracheostomies and mechanical ventilation. Placement of speaking valves and treatment for closed head injury and swallowing disorders
544-9151