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.
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Ms. Melanie Hudson, National Director of EBS Healthcare, will be the featured speaker at our 6th Annual Supervisors Conference on October 12, 2012. The title of her presentation is Professional Success Through Leadership, Collaboration, and Supervision. Ms. Hudson has over 30 years of clinical experience in schools, private practice, and university teaching. She has served on ASHA’s Speech-Language Adivisory Council and currently serves on its Board of SIG Coordinators as Coordinator for Special Interest Group 11, Administration and Supervision. She is Past-President sof the Georgia Speech-Language and Hearing Association and is a frequent speaker at state and national conferences.

For information about the conference, contact Dr. Rosemary Lubinski at 716-829-5565 or email cdsrosie@buffalo.edu. Registration closes October 8, 2012. You can also find more information by clicking here to access the conference brochure.

The Spectrum features Katrina Fulcher, a speech-language pathologist and a third-year doctoral candidate in the Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences at the University at Buffalo. Katrina's research and clinical work focus on clients who have lost the ability to talk because of debilitating illnesses like Parkinson’s, autism, and Lou Gehrig’s disease. In the article, Katrina talked about how a four-year-old, a shape-sorter, and an inspiring babysitter set her future in the area of augmentative and alternative communication.


For details about the article , please click here.

The Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences welcomes you to read our 2011 edition of the Department Newsletter. If you have alumni information you would like included in a future edition, please let us know. Rosemary Lubinski, Ed.D., Newsletter Editor and Joan Sussman, Ph.D., Department Chairperson.

To access the PDF file of the newsletter, please click here.

Dr. Ed Lobarinas, Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences, published a paper entitled “Tinnitus: From the clinic to the lab bench and back” on the November 2011 issue of Audiology Today. The paper advocates for “the potential growing role for audiologists as key elements in the treatment of individuals with hearing loss and tinnitus” based on the most current tinnitus research.

To access the PDF file of the paper, please click here.

Dr. Richard Salvi, Professor in the Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences and Director of the Center for Hearing and Deafness, was appointed “Distinguished Professor” at Central South University in Changsha, China. The term of this appointment is from September 2011-2016. For details about the award ceremony and other activities, please visit the website of Central South University. Congratulations, Dr. Salvi!