SLHS Faculty and Students Receive Research Award

Dr. Carol Mackersie Accepts Award Dr. Peter Torre with SLHS Students

Carol Mackersie, Ph.D., Associate Professor, SLHS received recognition at the International Congress of Audiology held in Hong Kong in June 2008 as the recipient of an award for the "Best Research Poster" at the Congress.

The selection was made by a committee of delegates from around the world. The research poster entitled "Perceptual segregation of two talkers by people with hearing loss: Benefit from differences in vocal tract length and fundamental frequency", was based on work funded by the National Institutes of Health. Lesli Guthrie, AuD, clinical faculty and Audiology doctoral students James Dewey and Nicole Conrad were co-authors.