News

July 2024

  • Dr. Allison Hilger, Amanda Sebestyen, and Holly Kleiber published a case report titled "Benefits of LSVT LOUD in a multilingual patient with hypokinetic-hyperkinetic dysarthria and suspected progressive supranuclear palsy." To access the article, follow this link: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/rehabilitation-sciences/articles/10.3389/fresc.2024.1421730/full.

April 2024

  • Dr. Allison Hilger received a 2024 National Ataxia Foundation (NAF) research grant for $50,000 to study Respiratory Incoordination as a Driving Mechanism in Ataxic Dysarthria.
  • Ramey Yost was awarded a grant from the Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) for the 2024-2025 school year to study breath control in ataxia. 
  • Karis Lowe was awarded a grant from the Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) for the 2024-2025 school year to study speech characteristics of spinocerebellar ataxia subtype 3 and subtype 6. 

April 2023

February 2023

  • Jacqueline McCurdy successfully defended her Master's Thesis on aerosol generation from speech production. Congrats Jacqueline! 

December 2022

  • Melanie Esver successfully defended her Master's Thesis on syntax in ataxic dysarthria. Congrats Melanie!

November 2022

May 2022

  • Mandy Sebestyen won the Outstanding Graduate Student award in the MA-SLP program. 

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May 2021

  • Taylor Fahey received the Jacob Van Ek Scholarship for her academic achievement and contribution to the community.

  • Caitlin Cloud received the MA-SLP Student of the Year Award for her outstanding work academically and clinically, as the president of the CO NSSHLA branch, as a leader in the department’s cultural competency book club, and in her research.  

March 2021 

  • The CO Motor Speech Lab was one of the highest fundraising teams for the rideAtaxia fundraiser.

January 2021

December 2020

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