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Faculty
The faculty
includes four full-time professors and a
clinic director, as well as clinical and
adjunct faculty. The faculty represents a
range of experience and expertise in a wide
variety of disorder and research areas.
Dr. Deena Louise
Wener
is the Department Chair. Dr. Wener has
research and clinical interest in adult
language and cognitive disorders and
neurogenic and motor speech disorders in
pediatric and geriatric populations.
Dr. Ali A. Danesh
is an associate professor of audiology. He
coordinates the audiology clinic and engages
in research. He also has a joint
appointment as Associate Professor of
Biomedical Sciences in the Charles E.
Schmidt College of Science. Dr. Danesh's
areas of interest are diagnostic audiology,
vestibular assessment, and tinnitus.
He conducts research on auditory
electrophysiology. He is currently working
on a study on the late auditory
event-related potentials. Another area of
research for Dr. Danesh is the application
of Otoacoustic Emissions in a variety of
populations. He is currently working on the
responses of inner ear in individuals with
Asperger's Syndrome. Dr. Danesh also
conducts a research on individuals with
Tinnitus.
He is a member of the American Tinnitus
Association and provides clinical support to
the people with tinnitus.
Ms. Carol Hess,
CCC-SLP
is the director of the Communication
Disorders Clinic. In addition to
administration and supervision, she teaches
clinical practice in speech-language
pathology. Her particular areas of interest
include the
supervisory process in graduate clinical
training and the role of the family in
treatment of communication disorders.
Dr.
Barbara Fries
graduated from FAU with her Masters Degree
in Communication Disorders in 1991, and
She
received her Doctoral degree (Ed.D) in
Exceptional Student Education (also from
FAU) in 2004.
Professionally she specializes in Oral
Motor Disorders, and Precursory Language
Development of Children with Mental
Retardation and Severe Disabilities.
Currently Dr. Fries is a Clinical Supervisor
at the FAU-CDC, assisting Dr. Danesh with a
research project involving Hearing
Differences in Children with Asperger's
Syndrome. Her research interests
include Emergent Literacy development in
young children with mental retardation.
Dr. Connie Keintz
is an Assistant Professor of Speech-Language
Pathology. Her research interests
include motor speech disorders, speech
perception, and intelligibility. Dr.
Keintz also specializes in research and
professional ethics. Her current
research is focused on how listeners use
visual cues from speakers who have motor
speech disorders. Dr. Keintz teaches
Dysphagia, Voice Disorders, Motor Speech
Disorders, and Professional Practices and
Program Organization.
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Dr. Dale F.
Williams
specializes in and coordinates the diagnosis
and treatment of fluency disorders. His
research encompasses not only fluency, but
also other areas of speech production,
including voice and articulation.
Department Staff:
Ms. Karen McCormack
kmccorma@fau.edu 561-297-6074
Senior Secretary, Department of
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Ms. Maria Argyros
margyros@fau.edu 561-297-2258
Secretary, Communication Disorders Clinic
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