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Department Newsletter

Sent exclusively to alumni, the Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences newsletter features alumni and department updates, as well as event information. If you are one of our alumni, update your contact information with the GW Office of Alumni Relations to start receiving this and other exclusive alumni benefits. And don’t forget to send an email to the department with your life updates for future newsletters.

Latest Issues: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015 (PDF), 2014 (PDF), 2013 (PDF)

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Department News

Untangling the Trauma-Speech Connection

How does trauma link to speech and language disorders? A team of graduate researchers are using their experiences with vulnerable populations to guide speech pathology protocols.

How GW Helped Me Begin My Speech Pathology Career

We asked Speech and Hearing alumna Melanie Hudson, MA ’78, about her favorite memories from the Speech-Language Pathology graduate program and her advice for current students.

Malathi Thothathiri with student researchers Maria Braiuca and Kasey Lerner.

Finding Answers to Aphasia

People with aphasia can feel like prisoners within their own brains. In a multi-site project involving as many as 100 patients, Associate Professor Malathi Thothathiri and her team of undergraduate and graduate students are seeking to understand the neurological disorder.