Faculty, Students Present at MSHA Convention

Truman faculty and students presented at the Missouri Speech Language Hearing Association (MSHA) Convention that took place April 7-9 in Osage Beach, Mo.
    Kathryn Sucher, communication disorders graduate student from Ballwin, Mo., presented “Pacing Board Use to Reduce an Adult with MR and HI’s Rate.”
    Rebecca Jones, communication disorders graduate student from Maywood, Mo., presented “Improving Accuracy Judgement for Adult Articulation Client.”
    Taran May, communication disorders graduate student from Chillicothe, Mo., presented “Teaching Sign to a Preschooler with Down’s Syndrome.”
    Jessica R. Schmidt, senior communication disorders and music double major from Raymore, Mo., presented “Effects of Music and Rhythm on Disfluencies of a 5-Year-Old Child.”
    Johanna Conine, communication disorders graduate student from Elk Creek, Mo., presented “Enhancing Fluency with a Disfluent 5 Year Old.”
    Sarah Bailey, communication disorders graduate student from Lenexa, Kan., presented “Teaching Hand-Over-Hand ASL to a Toddler with Down’s Syndrome.”
    Jesse Bohlmeyer, communication disorders graduate student from Centralia, Mo., presented “Carryover Effect of Two Treatments on Speech Rate.”
    Jennifer L. Smith, communication disorders graduate student from Clarksville, Mo., presented “Effect of Computer-based Biofeedback on /s/ in Isolation.”
    Paula Cochran, professor of communication disorders, was the faculty mentor for the poster sessions for Sucher, Jones, May, Conine, Bailey, Bohlmeyer and Smith. Amy F. Wilson, assistant professor of communication disorders, was the faculty mentor for Schmidt’s poster session presentation.
    Several students also gave oral presentations at the MSHA 2005 convention.
    Sucher presented “Comprehension Deficits in People with DAT Due to Syntactic Complexity.” Wilson was her faculty mentor for this presentation.
    Rachel Suddarth, communication disorders graduate student from Kansas City, Mo., presented “Gender and Narration: Are Differences Discernable.”
    Stephanie Bertel, communication disorders graduate student from Oakville, Mo., presented “Hand-Over-Hand Versus Modeling: Training ASL to Hearing Infants.”
    Bailey presented “Parent Involvement in Early Childhood Assessment.”
    Janet Gooch, associate professor and director of communication disorders, was the faculty mentor for Suddarth, Bertel and Bailey.
    Faculty members also presented at the MSHA 2005 convention.
    Cochran presented “Generating Therapy Materials with your Computer” and “Identifying Candidates for Speech Recognition Use.”
    Gooch presented “How to Use Standardized Tests Without Getting Testy.”
    Wilson presented “Communication Ability Changes Due to Normal Aging.”



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