2019 Scholarship Recipients
Plural Publishing Research Recipients
University of Arizona, Ph.D. in Hearing Science
Topic: Examine the influence of individual auditory processing abilities on predicting hearing aid satisfaction among older adults with hearing loss.
Portland State University, M.S. in Speech-Language Pathology
Topic: College from an Autistic Viewpoint aims to learn about the successes and challenges experienced by autistic college students with the goal of developing collaborative ideas regarding resources and/or supports that may improve their experiences in college.
Frances J. Laven Student Service Award
Ph.D. Scholarship Recipients
University of Pittsburgh
Topic: Investigating neural and behavioral dissociations in conceptual and linguistic factors that influence verb retrieval in people with aphasia.
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Topic: Translation and cultural adaptation of developmental screening and assessment tools to improve diagnosis of developmental conditions in culturally and linguistically diverse populations.
Purdue University
Topic: To examine the laryngeal, respiratory and perceptual effects of vocal restoration programs following acute vocal exertion.
Northwestern University
Topic: Characterize an impairment in sensorimotor integration for prosodic production in ataxic dysarthria.
University of Iowa
Topic: Characterize neural mechanisms underlying the effects of noise reduction in hearing aids during speech-in-noise tasks.
University of South Carolina
Topic: Examine the effects of spectral shaping on perceptual, acoustic, and listening effort measurements in young normal hearing adults.
Syracuse University
Topic: Examination of cortical auditory processing of informational masking effects by target-masker similarity and stimulus uncertainty.