| |  |  |  | | | Faculty | Research Faculty | Staff | Adjunct Faculty | Emeritus Faculty | | Research and other Faculty  | Steve Ackley, Ph.D., CCC-A Steve Ackley received his bachelor’s degree in psychology from Cornell College, Master’s degree in deaf education from Western Maryland College, and PhD degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder. He was an instructor at Metropolitan State College, Assistant and Associate Professor at Colorado State University, Professor and Department Chair at the University of Northern Colorado, and Director of Audiology at Gallaudet University. He also worked in a variety of clinical settings including Kaiser Permanente, Colorado Otologic Research Center, Porter Memorial Hospital, Audiology Associates of Denver, and in private practice doing auditory electrophysiology testing. His research interests include auditory electrophysiology, balance disorders and deafness. Email |  | Arlene Stredler Brown, M.A., CCC-SLP, CED
Arlene Stredler Brown currently has appointments as an Instructor in the Department of Speech, Language, Hearing Sciences at the University of Colorado in Boulder and as a Clinical Instructor in the Department of Otolaryngology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine in Denver, Colorado. She is the Principal Investigator for the Newborn Hearing Systems grant issued by the Health Resources Services Agency in the federal Department of Health and Human Services. She is active in state and federal initiatives to promote evidence-based early intervention practices and provides consultation and technical assistance to programs in the United States and internationally that are working with infants and toddlers with hearing loss. She is the author of The FAMILY Assessment, an evaluation used with infants and toddlers with hearing loss to plan intervention and support research in the field.
In addition to her professional credentials she has made many presentations and published frequently on topics in her field. She is best known for her expertise and contributions to early identification, intervention, and treatment of hearing loss in young children. Her work prioritizes measurable effective education and health care options that are respectful of the family and emphasize what is best for the child on an individual case-by-case assessment. Personal Website Email |  | Janet DesGeorges
Janet DesGeorges is a professional research assistant to the MCH Newborn Hearing Systems Grant. She oversees the parent support and involvement activities of the grant, and is often a guest speaker in classes representing the parent perspective.
Hands & Voices website Email |  | Amy Dodd, M.A., CC-SLP
Amy Dodd coordinates the assessments for several projects that study the speech and language development of children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Email |  | Barbara Roscoe, Ph.D.
Barbara Roscoe is the director of the Child Learning Center, coordinator of Child Learning Center Outreach Program, and coordinator of Pathways to Assessment of Learning (PAL), a transdisciplinary play-based assessment team. Email |  | Allison Sedey, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, CCC-A
Allison Sedey is the Undergraduate Academic Advisor, an Instructor, and a Research Associate. She holds dual certification from the American Speech, Language, and Hearing Association (ASHA) as both a speech pathologist and audiologist. She has a wide range of clinical experience having worked in hospitals, schools, and clinics with both adults and children with a variety of communication disorders. The two groups she has worked with most extensively are children with hearing loss and children with Down syndrome. She currently coordinates several research projects that collectively examine factors that impact speech and language development in children who are deaf or hard of hearing from birth to 7 years of age. She also is involved in a longitudinal research project examining the abilities of 16- and 17-year-old students who use cochlear implants. Email |
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Lynn Snyder, Ph.D., CCC-SLP (University of Colorado at Boulder)
Dr. Snyder is Senior Research Associate and Professor Emerita of the Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences. She also is the Director of the Center for Language and Learning (CLL) and oversees the administration of the Center and its Modified Foreign Language (MFL) Program for college students with foreign language learning problems. Dr. Snyder also conducts research on the development of computer-based reading assessments for preschool and school age students and reading intervention programs for school age and adolescent students. Her research is conducted in collaboration with colleagues from CU’s Institute of Cognitive Science and is supported by grants from the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute for Education Science (IES) and the National Science Foundation (NSF). Dr. Snyder is a Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and the International Academy for Research on Learning Disabilities. MFL website CLL website E-mail |
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