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Department Newsletter Fall 2012
SPA Welcomes Michelle Moore to the Faculty
Assistant Professor Michelle W. Moore joined WVU’s Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology in August, 2012, becoming the newest member of the faculty. Dr. Moore completed her undergraduate work at Penn State University where she majored in both Life Science and Spanish She obtained
University, where she majored in both Life Science and Spanish. She obtained her M.A. in Communication Sciences from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, before completing her Ph.D. in Communication Science and Disorders at the University of Pittsburgh.
Before beginning her Master’s program, Moore worked in the Washington, D.C. area as a computer programmer and analyst, where one of her primary responsibilities involved working with a team of researchers at the National Institutes of Health who were investigating a cervical cancer vaccination within a large clinical trial. Later, as a speech‐language pathologist, Moore worked in the Cleveland Heights‐University Heights school district, the acute and rehabilitative floors of Parma Hospital (also in the Cleveland area), and the Children’s Therapy Center in McMurray, PA.
Dr. Michelle W. Moore
According to Moore, it was her work with a b i ki d
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studies that contributed to her philosophy of communication sciences and disorders and the role of the speech‐language pathologist. The boy was placed almost full‐time in a low‐
functioning special education classroom, but his performance during speech‐language treatment sessions demonstrated his need for more challenging goals and a change in his day‐to‐day academic placement. Moore implemented intervention‐based assessment strategies to gather evidence of the boy’s ability to succeed in the regular classroom with access to more of the typical curriculum. Continued on page 2
Some of what’s inside:
MEET MICHELLE MOORE, OUR
NEWEST MEMBER OF THE
SPA FACULTY, pp. 1-2
SPA STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN
FACULTY RESEARCH, p. 3
AUDIOLOGY STUDENTS GET
COATED, p. 4
THE ‘OTHER CONRAD’ IN THE
AUDIOLOGY PROGRAM, p. 4
WELCOME LYNNE SCHRUM,
NEW DEAN OF HR&E, p. 5
INTRODUCING THE SASO
WEBSITE, p. 5
LINDA SHUSTER AND SPA
STUDENTS START APHASIA
DINNER CLUB, p. 6
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Volume 3, Number 1
Dr. Michelle Moore (continued from p. 1)
In her spare time during her externship (which usually meant writing therapy notes and planning sessions after
school hours), she served as an aide to the student in the regular kindergarten classroom and created more
challenging homework assignments to send home with him.
Moore says that the process of initiating the discussion with the teachers and parents and collecting the
intervention-based data to find the best placement for this boy influenced her thinking early on about the
privileged role of the clinician as an advocate for those whose voice is not heard and whose potential is not
realized. It highlighted for her how speech-language services have the potential to alter the life paths of
individuals, helping them gain access to the best opportunities available for them. This, Moore believes, can
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Moore continues her interest in the development of language and literacy skills with an eye toward establishing
more effective methods of diagnosing and treating childhood language and reading impairments. Toward this
end, her research has focused on how the brain organizes phonological information and the functional role of
the visual word form area (VWFA), a left-hemisphere brain region that is known to be associated with reading
and reading impairment. To address these issues, Moore has employed basic behavioral experiments and
neuroimaging, as well as various neuropsychological techniques.
Some of Moore’s findings from her work in phonological processing suggest that: 1) early-developing speech
sounds and late-developing speech sounds are processed differently in language tasks, even in adults who have
used these sounds for years; and 2) nonword repetition (a widely-used task to identify children with language
and reading impairments) is not a pure measure of phonological memory as is often suggested in the literature.
In turn, those children who perform poorly on this task may have other phonological problems that are
unrelated to their ability to hold speech sounds in short-term memory. For example, it could be that their
memory skills are intact, but their knowledge about the speech sounds is poor so that they are more prone to
making errors in memory-related tasks.
In her work investigating written language processing in the VWFA, Moore created a “FaceFont” alphabet
that uses pictures of faces as letters with each letter paired with an English phoneme. In a two-week training
study, participants were able to read stories with the FaceFont alphabet and they showed a FaceFont response
in the VWFA as a result of their training.
training In contrast,
contrast a participant with brain damage to the VWFA was not
able to learn the original FaceFont. She was, however, able to learn a modified version when the face “letters”
were paired with syllables. These findings suggest that the VWFA is not bounded by the alphabet’s visual
characteristics; there is flexibility in what types of input can
function as letters in a writing system. Further, remediation
targeted at the syllabic level may lead to promising outcomes for people with reading deficits.
But what does Michelle Moore do when she’s not doing
research? She enjoys serving in her church, singing and
playing guitar, and finding humor in ordinary things. Her
unofficial bucket list is eclectic and often requires her to
test her limits. Items she has crossed off the list include
becoming a certified ambulance driver, stepping foot on
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a half Ironman triathlon (two, actually). She is working on
hiking the entire Appalachian Trail one section at a time,
and fine-tuning her photography and photo-editing skills.
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Dr. Moore (with husband Brian) chilling in
Antarctica earlier this year.
SPA Faculty and Students Co-Author Presentations at the 2012
Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Several current and former students in the Department
of Speech Pathology and Audiology have teamed up
with faculty to co-author many posters and papers
presented at the annual convention of the American
Speech-Language-Hearing Association that was held
in Atlanta, Georgia, in November.
Among these peer-reviewed presentations were:
Garnett, E. O., Adams, C. F., Montgomery, A. A., St. Louis, K. O., & den Ouden, D. B. D. Phonological encoding in cluttering. {Emily Garnett received her M.S. degree in Speech Pathology from WVU and is currently pursuing a
Pathology from WVU and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. at the University of South Carolina.}
Ruscello, D. M., Fortier, M., & Messenger, K. Treatment of a residual /r/ error: A case study.
{Molly Fortier and Kristin Messenger received their M.S. degrees in Speech Pathology at WVU last year.}
St. Louis, K. O., Cundiff, J. S., Metzger, A. M., &
Worek, B. M. Attitudes toward one’s problem: Stuttering versus other speech‐hearing disorders. {Jolisha Cundiff, Audrey Metzger, and Brienne
Worek received their B.S. degrees in Speech Pathology and Audiology at WVU. Jolisha and Pathology and Audiology at WVU. Jolisha
and
Audrey are currently pursuing their M.S. degrees at WVU; Brienne completed her M.S. in Speech Pathology at WVU last year.}
St. Louis, K. O., & Enoch, M. B. Stuttering course‐
work influences on undergraduate student attitudes.
St. Louis, K. O., Enoch, M. B., Williams, M. J., Guendeouzi, J., & Reichel, I. K. SLP students’ attitudes toward stuttering: Results from four universities.
{Mercedes Enoch received her B.S. in Speech Pathology and Audiology at WVU and is currently pursuing a d A di l
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Master’s degree in Speech‐Language Pathology at Ohio University.}
Tekieli Koay, M. E., Cornaglia, A., & Currence, K. Average GPA and GRE scores of admitted CSD graduate students.
{Kayla Currence received her B.S. in Speech Pathology and Audiology at WVU. She and Allegra Cornaglia are currently pursuing their Allegra Cornaglia
are currently pursuing their
M.S. degrees in Speech Pathology at WVU.}
Tekieli Koay, M. E., & Lanham, K. Auditory processing and phonological awareness: Same or different?
Tekieli Koay, M. E., & Lanham, K. Neuromotor
Koay M E & Lanham K Neuromotor
speech disorders in children: Online course for school‐based SLPs.
Tekieli Koay, M. E., & Lanham, K. Phonological awareness course for school‐based professional SLPs.
{Kayla Lanham received her B.S. in Speech Pathology and Audiology at WVU. She is currently pursuing her M.S. degree in Speech Pathology at WVU.}
Assistantships Available for Ph.D.
Students in CSD Program
The Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology has several Graduate Teaching Assistantships
and Graduate Research Assistantships available for
qualified students in its new Ph.D. program in
Communication Sciences and Disorders. Each
assistantship is associated with tuition remission and
a sizable stipend to help support required full-time
study.
Visit http://spa.wvu.edu/home/doc_philosophy for
more information about the Department’s Ph.D.
program.
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Doctor of Audiology Students Recognized at
Fifth Annual White Coat Ceremony
On September 8, 2012, first-year Au.D. students Christa Browning, Hanna
Estep, Schyler House, Mallory Long, Samantha O’Neil, and Amanda
Perkins received their personalized “white coats” to symbolize their entry
into the profession of audiology. Held at the Lakeview Resort in
Morgantown before fellow doctoral students, faculty, friends, and family,
the ceremony included addresses by Lynne Schrum, Dean of the College
of Human Resources
and Education, Robert
Orlikoff, Chair of the
Department of Speech
Pathology and Audiology, Kazunari Koike,
Adjunct Professor and
Director of Audiology
for the Physician
Office Center, and
Conrad Lundeen,
Associate Professor
and Coordinator of
Au D students reciting an oath to practice audiology in the Doctor of
Au.D.
an ethical and professional manner. [From left to right: Audiology program.
Introducing “Conrad”
In October, the WVU Student
A d
Academy
off Audiology
A di l
(SAA)
launched a hearing health and
education project designed to raise
awareness about hearing loss and
tinnitus prevention. SAA
introduced “Conrad” a system for
measuring the sound levels of
personall stereo systems. “Conrad,”
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a mannequin and a sound level
meter wired to a silicon ear, was
designed as part of the Dangerous
Decibel national campaign.
Amanda Perkins, Samantha O’Neil, Mallory Powell,
Organized by Assistant
Schyler House, Hannah Estep, and Christa Browning]
Professor Ashleigh
Callahan and the WVU chapter of the Student Academy of Audiology, the
student initiates recited an oath affirming their intent to practice in an ethical
and professional manner. As
noted in the
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white coat is meant to “imply
a purely professional interest”
and to “convey to even the
most anxious a sense of
seriousness and purpose that
helps provide reassurance and
confidence that his/her
complaints will be dealt with
competently and seriously…
[I]t is a cloak of compassion.”
After thanking family members
present for their support, there
Dr. Conrad Lundeen (right) helps first‐
was a brief reception and open
year Au.D.
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WVU Student Academy of Audiology
White Coat Ceremony.
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Conrad, the mannequin, is used
to measure the sound level of
personal audio systems.
The campaign’s original mannequin, “Jolene,” was used across the
country, making appearances at
schools and universities, scientific
meetings, health fairs, and many
other public events. Now WVU
is proud to join this program.
program
On October 5, 2012 at the
Morgantown Mall Health Fair, the
WVU Au.D. students unveiled
“Conrad”. As part of Audiology
Awareness Month, ”Conrad” was
also displayed on the 4th Floor of
Allen Hall to educate WVU
students. For more information
about this program visit:
http://www.dangerousdecibels.org/
New ‘Student Athletes Speak
Out’ Website
For over twenty years, Dr. Carolyn Atkins
has worked closely with WVU student
athletes to develop their public speaking
skills. A special section of the course,
Speaking to Communities, addresses the
unique life histories and needs of the athlete
pursuing a college education. Over the
years, such notable Mountaineers as Major
Harris, Amos Zereoue, Steve Slaton, Kevin
Pittsnogle, Mike Gansey, and Joe Alexander
up to more recent athletes, such as Shawne
Alston, Geno Smith, Caroline Szwed, Tavon
Austin and Deniz Kilicli,
Austin,
Kilicli have shared their
stories each semester as part of the popular
‘Student Athletes Speak Out’ presentations.
In 2008, Atkins published a memoir of her
experiences developing this course along
with several of the students’ speeches in her
book, Great Unexpectations: Lessons from
the Hearts of College Athletes .
Recently, Dr. Atkins, with the assistive
sponsorship of Bowles Rice, Chesapeake
Energy, and the WVU College of Human
Resources and Education, Department of
Intercollegiate Athletics, and Office of the
Provost launched a new Student Athletes
Provost,
Speak Out website (http://saso.wvu.edu).
In addition to a speech archive of videotaped speeches dating back to 1990, the
primary purpose of the site is to help
promote character education in the West
Virginia middle schools. Spot-lighting such
topics as academics,
academics caring and compassion,
compassion
courage and responsibility, drugs, honesty,
humility and behavior, reputation, respect,
and self-confidence, the SASO (pronounced
“say-so”) site provides a resource for
teachers who would like to integrate
character education through the use of its
athlete
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assignments.
College of Human Resources and
Education Welcomes New Dean,
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Arriving from George Mason University in Fairfax, VA,
Dr. Lynne Schrum became Dean of the College of
Human Resources and Education in July 2012.
The College of Human Resources and Education helped
celebrate its 85th anniversary by welcoming its 14th dean,
Dr. Lynne Schrum. Most recently, Schrum served as
professor and coordinator of elementary education in the
College of Education and Human Development at
George Mason University. Prior to her work at George
Mason University she chaired the Department of
Teaching and Learning at the University of Utah and has
held academic appointments at the University of
Georgia, the State University of New YorkPlattsburgh,
the University of Alaska, and the University of Oregon.
Dean Schrum earned her B.S. in Elementaryy Education
from Southern Illinois University, her M.A. in Learning
Disabilities and Elementary Education from the
University of Evansville, and her Ph.D. in Curriculum
and Instruction from the University of Oregon. A past
president of the International Society for Technology in
Education, Dr. Schrum’s academic career has focused on
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and distance learning.
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WVU’s NSSLHA Chapter Supports Aphasia Dinner Club
In Spring 2012, SPA faculty member Linda Shuster helped graduate students in the M.S. in speech pathology
program launch the Aphasia Dinner Club. The Club provides individuals with aphasia and their families a full
dinner at no charge. Held at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Morgantown who generously allows the use of
their Fellowship Hall, the dinner is prepared by the WVU Chapter of the National Student Speech-LanguageHearing Association (NSSLHA). Speech-language pathology graduate students are on hand to provide
informal communication stimulation to attendees under the supervision of Dr. Shuster. Several meetings of
the Aphasia Dinner Club have been held with an ever-growing number of participants. The individuals with
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or two focused on one aphasia survivor, but after finishing dining they seem to separate to form groups to
focus on separate survivors. With me, I received vigorous exercise of my mind with challenges that lasted
longer than I or the group anticipated.”
Spring 2013 Reaccreditation Site Visit
Our Mission
The current accreditation cycle for the WVU M.S. in
Speech Pathology and Doctor of Audiology programs
concludes in June of 2013. Both programs have submitted
comprehensive reports to the Council on Academic
Accreditation (CAA) in Audiology and Speech-Language
Pathology of the American Speech-Language-Hearing
Association as part of the regular reaccreditation process.
The mission of the Department of Speech
Pathology and Audiology at West Virginia
University is to recruit, retain and graduate
highly qualified pre-professional underd t students
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graduate
who will utilize evidence-based practice; adhere
to the highest personal and professional ethical
standards; employ critical thinking and selfanalysis; recognize the value of advanced and
continuing education; demonstrate empathy,
altruism, and accountability in their clinical
practice;
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quality of service for a diversity of persons of
all ages with communication, swallowing, and
balance disorders in an equitable and inclusive
manner. The Department also strives to further the discipline of communication sciences
and disorders as well as the professions of
audiology and speech-language pathology by
excelling in research and scholarship; offering
quality post-professional doctoral education for
students who will assume leadership roles as
productive researchers and effective educators;
and, by providing excellent diagnostic and
rehabilitative services to promote the health
and well-being of the people of West Virginia
and to serve as a resource for West Virginia
University and the region.
Recognized by the Council for Higher Education
Accreditation (CHEA) and the U.S. Department of
Education (USDE), the CAA is the major accrediting
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language pathology. The CAA will be sending a team of
site visitors on March 11 and 12, 2013, to tour the WVU
facilities, examine records, and meet with students, faculty,
and administrators. There will also be a public meeting
scheduled so that the site visitors can meet with clients,
families, community members, and other interested
stakeholders. Please look for an announcement of the
time and place for the public meeting to discuss our
programs, clinics, and services.
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HR&E Alumni
Association
The College of Human Resources
and Education sponsors a collegebased Alumni Association. This
organization provides a network
of connections for graduating
students, outreach activities, and
sponsors programs to recognize
alumni, students, and faculty.
Just
email --
[email protected]
For more information, please visit
http://alumni.hre.wvu.edu/
Your Support Makes a Difference!
To assist the mission of WVU, the Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology strives, through its
programs of instruction, research efforts, clinical services, and outreach initiatives, to make a meaningful
contribution “to the development and enhancement of West Virginia’s economic, educational, social, and
health status.” Please consider helping us in this goal by making a contribution to support the Department’s
students, clinics, and research by designating Fund #2W581–Speech Pathology and Audiology.
It’s easy! Just go to http://hre.wvu.edu and click on ‘Donate.’
For more information on ways you can help, please contact:
Jack Aylor, Director of Development
Office of the Dean, College of Human Resources & Education
West Virginia University
PO Box 6122
Morgantown, WV 26506-6122
[email protected]
(304) 293-3261
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Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology
West Virginia University
Degree Programs
B.S. in Speech Pathology and Audiology
M.S. in Speech
Speech--Language Pathology*
Doctor of Audiology (Au.D
(Au.D.)*
.)*
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Clinical Facilities
WVU Hearing Center, 350 Percival Hall
WVU Speech Center, 804 Allen Hall
*Accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation (CAA)
in Audiology and SpeechSpeech-Language Pathology of the American
Speech-Language
SpeechLanguage--Hearing Association