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By Dave DeFusco
Last year, Marsha Pinto, a speech pathologist and graduate of the M.S. in Speech-Language Pathology, received a referral for a 7-year-old student with selective mutism, an anxiety disorder that inhibits him from speaking in certain social situations. Not only would he not speak, he wouldn’t venture inside the classroom, instead lingering […]
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By Dave DeFusco
For years, Henry Hecker was a supervisor at Your Choice at Home, a Brooklyn-based home health care agency, and a physical therapist with his own practice in Washington Heights. Beloved in the community, he offered his services pro bono, sometimes buying food and presents for his patients and their children and grandchildren […]
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Dr. Marissa Barrera, director of the Katz School’s M.S. in Speech-Language Pathology, provided over 400 registered dietitians and nutritionists (RDN) expert training in how to screen for swallowing disorders—a condition known as dysphagia—during the Food and Nutrition Conference & Expo (FNCE) in October.
The screening process for swallowing difficulties has only recently become a […]
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By Dave DeFusco
Fatigue plays a significant role in how people with Multiple Sclerosis and their clinicians perceive and identify cognitive difficulties, according to a recently published paper co-authored by Dr. Marissa Barrera, assistant dean of health sciences and director of the Katz School’s M.S. in Speech-Language Pathology.
Fatigue dictates a patient’s perception of […]
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By Dave DeFusco
Anne, a 50-something churchgoer, lost her speech after a stroke. She had trouble coming up with the right words and stringing them into sentences—a condition called aphasia—until Dani Weingarten, a graduate of the Katz School’s M.S. in Speech-Language Pathology (SLP), took on her case.
Anne was a client at New York […]
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