Department: Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences
Kimberly Crespo, PhD, CCC-SLP
Publications Lists of published works: Google Scholar Lists of published works: ORCID
SLHS PhD Student Hilary Miller Awarded Acoustical Society of America Scholarship
Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences doctoral candidate Hilary Miller was awarded one of two Raymond H. Stetson Scholarships in Phonetics and Speech Science from the Acoustical Society of America (ASA). Honoring the memory of pioneer phonetics and speech science investigator Professor Raymond H. Stetson, the scholarship facilitates research efforts of promising graduate students. The Stetson […]
Professor Jennifer Zuk Receives Inaugural Dyslexia Foundation Research Award
Jennifer Zuk, an assistant professor in the Sargent College Department of Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences, has been named the inaugural recipient of the Albert M. Galaburda Research Award from The Dyslexia Foundation (TDF). The award provides $50,000 in research funding over two years to early or mid-career researchers who investigate novel research questions. In […]
Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences PhD Student Hilary Miller Awarded NIH Grant
Hilary Miller, a PhD candidate in Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences at Sargent College and graduate fellow at BU’s Hariri Institute for Computing and Computational Science & Engineering, was awarded a Predoctoral Individual National Research Service grant from the National Institutes of Health for her project “Predictors of Speech Motor Sequence Learning in Neurological Disorders.” Miller will […]
Scientific American Podcast with Frank Guenther: Why We Stutter
(04/13/2022, Scientific American) Expert quote: “…stuttering is a problem with the on/off switch. The motors and gears work fine. But the switch doesn’t always turn on when it should. Or it doesn’t stay on as long as it should. This results in delays in initiating a word. Or repetitions of the first part of the […]
“What It’s Like Living With Aphasia” – Swathi Kiran quoted in Time
(03/31/22, Time) Expert quote: “Not being able to say a full sentence, or saying a sentence where the words sound garbled, is extremely frustrating. It can also cause a person to feel embarrassed or ashamed, so they would rather choose not to speak anymore than to say something and feel embarrassed about it.” – Swathi Kiran, […]
“Understanding aphasia, the disorder cited in Bruce Willis’s retirement” – quoting Swathi Kiran in The Washington Post
(03/31/22, The Washington Post) Expert Quote: “Sometimes the road to rehabilitation is long and hard, but it’s possible to improve…Not being able to communicate with your family members and loved ones can be very frustrating and very isolating. And so family members really need to help the person feel comfortable taking every opportunity to communicate.” […]
Professor Jennifer Zuk Receives Hartwell Individual Biomedical Research Award
Jennifer Zuk, an assistant professor in Sargent’s Department of Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences, has been selected to receive a 2021 Hartwell Foundation Individual Biomedical Research Award, which recognizes exceptional scientists pursuing “early-stage, innovative, and cutting-edge biomedical research,” to advance the health of children. One of only 10 awardees nationwide this year, Zuk was selected […]
“Understanding aphasia, the condition impacting Bruce Willis’ acting career” quoting Swathi Kiran
(03/31/22, npr.org) Expert Quote: ‘”[At some point], people will know somebody who’s had a stroke and has aphasia.” – Swathi Kiran, the James and Cecilia Tse Ying Professor in Neurorehabilitation in the Department of Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences Read the full article.
“Bruce Willis’s aphasia diagnosis brings awareness to communication disorder”
(03/30/22, Boston25news.com) Expert quote: ““People with post-stroke aphasia or primary progressive aphasia usually have trouble speaking aloud or in complete sentences. They also have trouble understanding what is being said to them. An actor’s role is to speak and communicate and recite from memory long sentences with emotion. And what aphasia does to a person […]
What is aphasia? Swathi Kiran explains the condition forcing Bruce Willis to retire from acting
(3/31/22, The Conversation) Swathi Kiran, the James and Cecilia Tse Ying Professor in Neurorehabilitation in the Department of Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences at Sargent College and director of the Aphasia Research Laboratory, explains what aphasia is and how it impairs the communication of those with the condition. Aphasia is a communication disorder that affects someone’s […]
Saul Frankford, PhD
Kelly Hansen, MS, CCC-SLP, BCS-S
Scholarly, Research, and/or Practice Interests Kelly Egan Hansen is a practicing speech pathologist with nearly 20 years of clinical experience. Hansen is recognized as a board-certified specialist in swallowing and swallowing disorders. She continues to work at Brigham & Women’s Hospital serving medically complex adult patients who are experiencing dysphagia. She has held positions at […]