SASS Colloquium Oct 2, 2013 at 12:30pm-1:20pm
Please welcome Dr. Pierre Divenyi as our first speaker in the 2013-2014 SASS Colloquium Series. Title: “The Cocktail-Party Effect and Auditory Scene Analysis in Aging” Time: October 2nd from 12:30-1:20pm in Room 355, Friedman Building Read More >
SASS Faculty research article featured by Dr. Francois Grosjean
Research article by SASS faculty Stefka Marinova-Todd featured on blog by prominent bilingualism researcher, Dr. Francois Grosjean. The post (found at: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/life-bilingual/201309/how-early-second-language) has been read by 2500+ people since it was posted few days ago. Congratulations, Stefka! Read More >
BC Special Olympics Games July 2013
UBC students, Faculty and Clinical Faculty, once more attended a BC Special Olympics Healthy Athlete program, where we ran the Healthy Hearing service. This included hearing screening, cerumen management, and hearing aid checks. Independent Industrial Audiometric companies assisted with donations of their vans and personnel. Research has shown that individuals with intellectual disabilities are both […] Read More >
UBC SASS Graduate Kevin Frew featured on CTV
UBC SASS graduate Kevin Frew featured on CTV demonstrating the use of iPads for the treatment of language disorders following a stroke. One of the apps was developed by Megan Sutton, a regular contributor to the School’s Aphasia Mentoring Program. http://bc.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=899089&binId=1.1184694&playlistPageNum=1 Read More >
MSc. thesis oral presentation and defence – Heather Holliday
All are welcome to attend the following MSc thesis oral presentation and defence. The presentation, by Heather Holliday, will be held in the Friedman Bldg, Room 354, at noon tomorrow. Wednesday March 27th 2013, 12:00pm – 2:00pm (We will have a brief break before 1 pm so that people can leave if they need to) UBC […] Read More >
Special Olympics BC – Healthy Hearing program
Special Olympics BC held their annual Healthy Athlete event last Saturday, for which the School of Audiology & Speech Sciences ran the. This is only the second year Healthy Hearing has been included in the many health promotion stations at the event. Over 150 athletes attended, along with their coaches and families. Running our program […] Read More >
SASS team participates in the AMSSA 2013 Diversity Health Fair
SASS team participates in the AMSSA 2013 Diversity Health Fair (http://www.amssa.org/). Our team – first year students Yiwan, Chelsea, Gill (Audiology), and Helen (Speech); Surrey Hearing Care staff Maria and Normand; and Darlene and Sharon – saw over 80 individuals from various ethnic and linguistic backgrounds for hearing screening and discussion. Thank you to all SASS […] Read More >
Celebrating 25 Years of Service
Congratulations to Ms. Bailey, Dr. Barker, Dr. Bernhardt, Ms. Bryant, Dr. Carrillo, Dr. Durbach, Dr. Gilbert and Dr. Kinach who were recently awarded the 25 or 45 years of Service Awards. The awards allow the University to recognize staff and faculty who have contributed 25 or 45 years of dedicated service to the University and […] Read More >
Allison Mackey’s Thesis Defence
Congratulations to Allison Ruth Mackey for successfully defending her thesis titled “Maturation of Skull Properties with Implications for the Fitting and Verification of the Soft Band Bone-Anchored Hearing System for Infants and Young Children” on Wednesday, February 27th, 2013. Read More >
2013 hearing screenings and tests at Special Olympics
Special Olympics BC held their annual Healthy Athlete event last Saturday, for which the School of Audiology & Speech Sciences ran the Healthy Hearing program. This is only the second year Healthy Hearing has been included in the many health promotion stations at the event. Over 150 athletes attended, along with their coaches and families. […] Read More >