Communication Sciences & Disorders

Our applications are open for our Fall 2025 cohort in our MA graduate program! Be sure to submit before the January 15th deadline to be considered for admissions (including funding opportunities).Please be sure to thoroughly review our website for application requirements and answers to commonly asked questions. We encourage prospective applicants to contact our graduate […]

Last week, Paige Lane, MA CCC-SLP, instructor and clinical supervisor, attended the workshop Using Cognitive Approaches to Working with People Who Stutter. Hosted in Boston by the Stuttering Foundation and Boston University, Paige Lane was one of only 24 speech-language pathologists chosen to attend the intensive workshop. The Stuttering Foundation is a nonprofit organization that has […]

Today, two undergraduate and two graduate students were honored by the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders. We are proud to recognize the following students for their wonderful contributions to our department and their programs:  Outstanding Undergraduate Student: Molly Hale Outstanding Graduate Student: Lauren Sabatino Undergraduate Research Award: Ellie Walker Chris Norman Award: Lucia Mackay

Last week, five undergraduate students in CSD presented their research projects at the UMaine Student Symposium. Congratulations Lydia, Molly, Sophie, Ellie, and Sera (PI: Dr. Riccardi)! “Traumatic Brain Injury in College Students: Exploring Associations Between Social-emotional Functioning and Fatigue” – Lydia Bradfield “Exploring Adverse Childhood Experiences in Children with Brain Injury” – Molly Hale “Development and […]

For Brain Injury Awareness Month, Dr, Riccardi and Katy Bizier (a collaborator from the Brain Injury Association of America- Maine Chapter) wrote an Op Ed on childhood brain injury in Maine for the Bangor Daily news. Read it at: Better recognition of childhood brain injury in Maine needed (bangordailynews.com)

Frustrated by Hearing Loss? Keys to Communication Success In these sessions you will be learning about available opportunities for individuals who have known hearing loss (or suspected hearing loss)and their communication partners. Explore aspects of easier communication and learn strategies to overcome the challenges of hearing loss. Participants will learn communication strategies using methods that are easy to […]

Today we completed another successful semester of speech/language therapy and evaluation services at CSLHC! First and second year graduate students provided services to over 80 clients weekly this fall. Second year students completed 40 diagnostic evaluations as well as outreach preschool screenings at Hilltop Preschool and All Saints Catholic School. Thank to our clients, their […]

Our students and faculty presented at the 2023 ASHA Convention! 7069L: A Comparison of Narrative Retells from Children Who are D/deaf Across Two Viewing Conditions (Poster)- Dr. Puhlman and Lauren Sabatino (graduate student) 8402L: Exploring Adverse Childhood Experiences in Children with Brain Injury (Poster)- Dr. Riccardi and Molly Hale (undergraduate student) 8592L: Traumatic Brain Injury, […]

The CSD Department is hiring for an Associate Professor/Department Chair position and an Assistant Professor position. A range of areas of expertise will be prioritized in the search. Both positions have a tentative start date of January 2024. For questions about the Associate Professor/Department Chair Position, please contact search committee chair Jane Puhlman at jane.puhlman@maine.edu or 207-581-2008. For […]

SPEAKERS AND TOPICS: THURSDAY – OCTOBER 26, 2023 Jessica Salley Riccardi, Ph.D., CCC-SLP        Pediatric Brain Injury Nicholas May, M.M., M.S., Ph.D., CCC-SLP Semi-Occluded Vocal Tract Exercises