Teresa Lyden organized the following workshop: “Tracheoesophageal Voice Restoration, Related Products and Insurance Issues” on November 6, 2007.
Mary Berger and Marc Haxer are participating in a multi-center-sponsored miniseminar: “Impact of Technology on the Management of Voice, Speech and Language Disorders” at MSHA.
Lynn Driver, with colleague Dr. Marie Van Tubbergen from Rehabilitation Psychology/Neuropsychology, are presenting the miniseminar “Practical Applications for Adapted Cognitive Assessment in Speech Pathology”.
Marc Haxer and Teresa Lyden will be presenting the short course: “Head and Neck Cancer and the Speech-Language Pathologist: A Tutorial”, at the 2008 Michigan Speech Language and Hearing Association (MSHA) conference in Kalamazoo, Michigan, March, 2008.
Speech-Language Pathology is recruiting for its 24th SLP, to increase staffing for the language mapping/functional brain mapping program, Karen Kluin is the lead SLP in this program, working closely with Dr. Oren Sagher and Dr. Parag Patel in the Department of Neurosurgery.
Karen Kurcz has been named to the planning committee for the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Walk. Last year, she was a member of the University of Michigan Health System team that raised $3,585 for ALS research.
Elaine Ledwon-Robinson, American Speech-Language Hearing Association Legislative Councilor, is meeting with legislators in Washington D.C. on March 29, 2008, to address access to communication assessment and treatment. She is involved in planning a pre-convention course for ASHA’s Division 11, Administration and Supervision, as Associate Coordinator of the Division’s Steering Committee.
