Communication Partner Training during Aphasia Awareness Month

Posted on June 29, 2015 by Yasmeen Faroqi Shah

On June 27, 2015, Kristin Slawson and Yasmeen Faroqi-Shah hosted our fifth Communication Partner Training. Thanks to all the students who helped, especially Allison Yutesler and Tierney Evans. Also present were graduate students, Adam Redmond, Rachel Cavanaugh, Christa Wojcik, and undergraduate students, Danielle Altieri, Lauren Wynant and Jayna Roscoe.

About Yasmeen Faroqi Shah

Dr. Yasmeen Faroqi-Shah is a faculty at the Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences. She received her PhD from Northwestern University. Her research focuses on brain mechanisms involved in speaking. She primarily studies persons with brain injury who experience difficulty in speaking (a condition called "aphasia"). Other research interests include bilingualism, cognition and brain imaging. She teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in the Department.
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