The Department of Speech and Hearing Science (SHS) is pleased to recognize the 13 SHS students who presented their undergraduate research projects at the 20^th annual Denman Undergraduate Research Forum.  These students represent some of the best and brightest of our undergraduate majors and their commitment to their research projects is exciting to see.  Three Speech and Hearing students received awards for their presentations:

·       Jordan Vasko took 1^st place (pictured) with her project titled Parameter selection for segregating speech from background noise;

·       Emily Selio took 3^rd place with her project titled Analyzing semantic-pragmatic processing of scalar implicatures in typically-developing children;

·       Hannah Ortega took an Honorable Mention for her project titled Source versus spectral cues in the perception of indexical features of speech.

SHS Students at the Denman

Jordan Vasko, Advisors: Eric Healy & Sara Yoho

Emily Selio, Advisor: John Grinstead

Hannah Ortega, Advisor: Robert Fox, Co-Advisor: Ewa Jacewicz

Riley DeBacker, Advisor: Eric Bielefeld

Julie Poyar, Advisor: Christina Roup

Makenzie Laase, Advisor: Robert Fox, Co-Advisor: Ewa Jacewicz

Sarah Mabie, Advisor: Rachael Holt

Angie Hill, Advisor: Rachael Holt

Lauren Boyce, Advisor: Rachael Holt

Katelyn Silveous, Advisor: Jan Weisenberger

Liana Martinez, Advisor: John Grinstead

Bridget Castle & Emily Ditmars, Advisor: Stephen Petrill