The mission of our department is to maintain an active research program as a source for the clinical and scientific education of our students, and as a vehicle for professional growth for our faculty. Through our commitment to academic and clinical excellence, the mission of the CDS Department continues to maintain a nationally and internationally recognized graduate program in Communicative Disorders and Sciences.
The CDS Department will sponsor a conference entitled "Respiratory Muscle Strength Training: Application and Interpretation" at Classics V Restaurant Amherst, NY on October 16, 2009. The brochure for the conference can be downloaded here.
Pictured left to right, Spring 2009 Audiology students, 3rd year student Andrea Solowski, 2nd year students Jessica Loson and Cherise Silverthorn.
The Speech and Audiology clinic from the WNY Healthcare System at the Buffalo VA has a collaborative relationship with the State University of New York at Buffalo, the State University of New York at Fredonia, and Buffalo State College. Within this relationship the Buffalo VA provides clinical placements for speech language pathology and audiology students. After spending time at the Buffalo VA many of the students decide to pursue a career in a hospital setting and specifically in a VA Hospital. We are fortunate to work with the Buffalo VA as they guide the development of future professionals especially as their training relates to serving future generations of veterans.
Please contact JoAnn Hammer at jhammer2@buffalo.edu regarding 2nd and 3rd year audiology externship placements or Donna Hue Ritter-Schmidt at dhrs@buffalo.edu regarding speech language placements for additional information.
Over the course of the 2009 Spring semester, as part of an independent study supervised by Clinical Assistant Professor JoAnn Hammer, Au.D., Audiology students Anna Hansen, Jessica Loson, and Cherise Silverthorn created a presentation titled “From Graduate School to Your Career: A Closer Look at Audiology”. The presentation explained in detail what the field of audiology encompasses and what prospective students could expect from the graduate Au.D. Program at UB. The presenters’ goals in creating and presenting this lecture were not only to promote the field of audiology and the Au.D. Program at UB, but to help the undergraduates on their journey through the application process, and to answer their questions from a student’s perspective. The students gave their presentation to two undergraduate CDS classes and to the members of the Student Association of Speech and Hearing (SASH). At the end of the Spring Semester the Au.D. students plan to donate their presentation to the Student Academy of Audiology (SAA) in hopes that during the upcoming years the board and members of SAA will continue in their footsteps.
On May 1, 2009, the Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences held its annual Student Research Day. The first part of the day was devoted to platform presentations in which audiology, doctoral, and speech-language pathology students discussed and revealed the results of their research projects. The second part of the day was devoted to a poster session displaying the research projects from the Clinical Research Methods courses. A big thank you goes out to the entire faculty, staff, and students who helped make this day such a success. Please click on 'read more' to view the presentations from Student Research Day.
This summer, five students from the UB audiology program were chosen to attend the 12th annual Oticon Audiology Camp in Keystone, Colorado. During this program, the students will focus on A Deeper Understanding of Patient Technology and Process. They will learn how to gather information from their patients and how this input is used to guide clinical care in amplification. There will also be special sessions on the assessment and management of children with hearing loss and the process of establishing and maintaining a healthy private practice. For more information about this program please visit www.regonline.com/oticoncamp2009.
This year, at the 2009 AudiologyNow! convention, Eric Bielefeld, PhD was presented with a New Investigator Research Award for his work titled, “Preservation of Noise-Induced Hearing Loss with Blockade of NADPH Oxidase.” He was featured in both the AudiologyNow! program, and on a poster displayed in the lobby of the convention. Accompanying these highlights, was a passage in which Dr. Bielefeld wrote about Dr. Donald Henderson, the individual who inspired him to become a researcher. Congratulations again Dr. Bielefeld!
Submitted by cms36 on Tuesday, March 31, 2009 - 7:14pm.
Congratulations to Virginia Best who was just elected as the first president of the newly formed Student Academy of Audiology (SAA) and Dr. Nancy Stecker who will serve as national advisor to the newly formed SAA advisory board. Congratulations again Ginny and Nancy!!!
