Speech-Language Pathology Student Presents at Annual Conference

Clarisse El-Khouri, the NSU Writing and Communication Center graduate consultant, presented at the Michigan Speech-Language-Hearing Association (MSHA) annual conference, March 18-20. El-Khouri is a graduate student in the Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) master’s program in the Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences.

El-Khouri presented alongside Associate Professor Jackie Hinckley, Ph.D., CCC-SLP ( Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences); Katie Strong, Ph.D., CCC-SLP (Central Michigan University); and Nick Malendowski (Central Michigan University). Their presentation, “Why didn’t I think of this before? Perceptions of Stakeholder Engaged Research,” analyzed the perception of stakeholders (specifically aphasia researchers) on collaborating with people with aphasia, their family members, and clinicians involved in aphasia care (i.e., SLPs).

“This was an amazing opportunity to team up with top aphasia researchers in the country and learn more about how stakeholder-engaged research can have an immense impact on improving care and quality of life in people with aphasia as well as their families,” El-Khouri said. She added that from the researcher interviews, one of the participants stated,  “Living with aphasia is very different than writing about it or giving programs.”

Click here to watch a recording of their presentation.

Access El-Khouri et al.’s presentation handout here. 

To learn more about the MSHA annual conference, visit  https://www.michiganspeechhearing.org/annual_conference.php