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Sept 11: Michael Tanenhaus, Dean's Alumni Fellow, Language Processing In The Visual World: Iowa Launch, Rochester Odyssey Sept 18: None Sept 25: Chris Turner, Adapting to severe tonotopic mismatches in cochlear implantation and sensorineural hearing loss Oct 2: Rich Tyler, Research Opportunities in Tinnitus Oct 9: Bruce Tomblin, Living on the edge of communication competence: Outcomes in children with SLI Oct 16: Alice Smith, Speech Pathology and Audiology services in Cambodia Oct 23: Sarah Klemuk, Viscoelastic properties of vocal biomaterials for use in Reinke's space / Mechanics and Ultrastructure of the Ear Drum Oct 30: Melanie Green, Nov 6: Trish Zebrowski, Rick Arenas, Victoria Tumanova, Speech and Nonspeech Movement Coordination in Stuttering: Work in Progress Nov 13: Shawn Goodman, Using High-Frequency TEOAEs to Monitor Ototoxicity in Pediatric Cancer Patients Dec 4: Ann Fennell Dec 11: Abby Hemmerich Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all University of Iowa-sponsored events. If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation in order to participate in this program, please contact Joanne O'Keefe at 335-8736.
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| Department News ABSTRACT: Pediatric cancer survivors are a relatively unique group of patients in that they are still acquiring knowledge and skills needed to lead productive lives. Hearing loss, a common side effect of cancer treatment, negatively impacts speech and language development, and other important aspects of development. Depending on the particular drug, over 50% of pediatric cancer patients incur significant hearing loss. Due to interactions between age, drug, dose, genetics, and many other factors, the timing and extent of cochlear damage from anti-cancer drugs are highly variable across individuals, making it important to closely monitor the hearing status of each patient receiving treatment. While saving a child's life must be the first priority, to the extent that hearing can be preserved by altering drug regimen or dose, quality of life after treatment can potentially be much enhanced. In practice, the most effective protocol for monitoring hearing loss in cancer patients is still unknown. Behavioral tests using extended high frequencies (10-20 kHz) are effective monitoring tools for detecting ototoxic hearing loss, because ototoxic damage to the peripheral auditory system results in dysfunction of the higher frequencies first, followed by the lower frequencies. However, behavioral testing that includes the extended high frequencies is time consuming and may be impractical for routine use with pediatric patients. This is a problem because, if only the lower frequencies are monitored, by the time hearing loss is usually detected, it has already adversely affected those frequencies important for effective communication. This presentation will focus on ototoxicity monitoring using transient-evoked otoacoustic emissions (TEOAEs) with extended frequency bandwidth. TEOAEs are a fast, reliable measure of peripheral hearing status and do not require an overt response from the patient. We hypothesize that TEOAE testing at extended high frequencies will provide an earlier indication of hearing loss and its rate of progression. By monitoring extended high frequencies, hearing damage is expected to be detected earlier, allowing treatment modifications that may preserve hearing in the frequency ranges critical for speech, language, and other aspects of development in children. Appropriate for Iowa AuD CEUs. (May also be used for ASHA certification maintenance as well.) McGregor, Tomblin to be honored at ASHA Convention The Alfred K. Kawana Council of Editors Award is reserved for outstanding researcher/scholars with a sustained history of exemplary publications in the ASHA journals. This award is named in memory of the late Alfred Kawana, former Director of ASHA's Publications Division, and is given occasionally, but not necessarily annually. Only one recipient is selected in a given year. Criteria: Recipients shall have, over a period of at least 10 years, authored ASHA journal articles that are meritorious in terms of educational, scientific, or clinical value, and thus contributed significantly to the discipline. Congratulations Karla and Bruce! Photos from October 24, 2009, FRIENDS Day at the University of Iowa Brown, Turner win prestigious NIH Challenge Grant Their award was one of 11 garnered by University of Iowa researchers given by the National Institutes of Health to investigate areas of inquiry accorded the highest priority by the NIH. Funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), the grants focus on specific knowledge gaps, scientific opportunities, new technologies, data generation, or research methods that would benefit from financial support to rapidly and significantly advance fields of knowledge. A U of Iowa press release has additional details. Employment Opportunity Hurtig and Downey AAC book is published Centralized application services for admissions to MA, AuD and PhD programs to be implemented The Centralized Application Service was created to provide a convenient and efficient process for prospective students to apply to multiple schools using a single Web-based application. Applicants access a single portal to research and compare the different schools in a systematic and comparative way. The system provides a real-time status tool so that applicants may check the status of their applications, transcripts, and letters of reference online at any time. PhD Program in Speech and Hearing Sciences: Beginning with Fall 2009 admissions, applications to the PhD program are submitted via the Biosciences Centralized Application System. This electronic application system streamlines the admissions process for 13 Iowa PhD training programs, including the Speech and Hearing Science PhD Program. The electronic application system transmits your file directly to the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders Admission Committee for evaluation. This application is FREE. Questions regarding the Speech and Hearing Science PhD Program within the Department of Communication Disorders should be addressed to Mary Jo Yotty (mary-yotty@uiowa.edu, 319 335 8719). For questions regarding admissions procedures please email biosciences@uiowa.edu. New training grant announced Doctoral students supported by this program will receive both academic training and laboratory experience in order for them to address research questions from a broad perspective. Ideally, by the end of their doctoral programs, the students will have not only expertise in speech and hearing, but who are conversant with issues of molecular biology and genetics. This will prepare them for career-long collaborations with other scientists in the fields of molecular biology, genetics and neuroscience. Auditory prostheses: While many departments offer clinical and laboratory studies of cochlear implants, there is also a need for a multidisciplinary approach to the area of auditory prostheses research. Doctoral students in this area will receive a broad perspective that includes study of auditory physiology, engineering principles, speech and music perception as well as language development. These experiences will provide students with the background needed to both develop new ideas and applications for auditory prostheses as well as to assess their utility. Examples of this approach which have already been successful at Iowa include the development of electrophysiological evaluations of cochlear implants and the short-electrode (hybrid) implant. Program benefits: Students will be accepted into these programs as part of the normal application procedure for the PhD program. Tuition waivers and stipend support will be awarded to two qualified doctoral students each year for a period of two years in their programs of study. Generally, this funding will support the first two years of the individual's doctoral program to allow students to take appropriate coursework, participate in research rotations in different labs, and to use those experiences to develop more concrete plans for dissertation research. Funding for subsequent years of study will be provided through the department or through the mentor's research grant. Participating CSD Faculty: Paul Abbas, PhD; Sandie Bass-Ringdahl, PhD; Ruth Bentler, PhD; Carolyn Brown, PhD; Richard Hurtig, PhD; Karla McGregor, PhD; Charles Miller, PhD; Ingo Titze, PhD; J. Bruce Tomblin, PhD; Chris Turner, PhD; Richard Tyler, PhD. Contact Paul J. Abbas (paul-abbas@uiowa.edu) for additional questions about the program. A flyer is available in pdf. copyright, The University of Iowa (2009). All rights reserved |
