Neurogenic Communication Disorders Laboratory

Carl Coelho, Ph.D., Professor

Dr. Coelho received his B.A. from Michigan State University, his M.S. from the University of Arizona, and his Ph.D. from the University of Connecticut all three degrees in speech-language pathology. In 1982 he became the Director of the Communication Disorders Department at Gaylord Hospital, an acute rehabilitation center in Wallingford, Connecticut, where he worked clinically and conducted research on acquired speech and language disorders . In 1997, Dr. Coelho joined the faculty of the Communication Sciences Department at the University of Connecticut. He is a Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and Board Certified by the Academy of Neurologic Communication Disorders and Sciences.

Staff

Michele Page Sinotte, M.S., CCC-SLP, Doctoral student (michele_page@hotmail.com)

Jennifer Mozeiko, M.A., CCC-SLP, Doctoral student (mozeiko@hotmail.com)

Karen Ngoc Le, M.A., CCC-SLP, Doctoral student (karenle.kl@gmail.com)

Research Interests

Current research focuses on understanding how diffuse and focal brain damage disrupts complex language processes such as discourse production. Studying language at the level of discourse permits the examination of both linguistic and cognitive influences and how these components are integrated for successful social interactions. Through the application of large group and single-case study designs a variety of factors known to influence effective discourse production such as working memory and executive functioning are being examined. A primary objective is the development and testing of models of discourse production within the broad context of social skills.

Selected Recent Publications

Youse, K.M., Coelho, C.A., Mozeiko, J.L., & Feinn, R. (2005). Discourse characteristics of closed-head injured and non-brain injured adults misclassified by discriminant function analyses. Aphasiology,19, 297-313.

Coelho, C.A. (2005). Direct attention training as a treatment for reading impairment in mild aphasia. Aphasiology,19, 275-283.

Coelho, C.A., Youse, K.M., Le, K.N., & Feinn, R. (2003). Narrative and conversational discourse of adults with closed head injuries and non-brain-injured adults: A discriminant analysis. Aphasiology, 17, 499-510.

Coelho, C.A. (2002). Story narratives of adults with closed head injury and non-brain injured adults: Influence of socioeconomic status, elicitation task, and executive functioning. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 45, 1232-1 248.

Cannizzaro, M.S. & Coelho, C.A. (2002). Treatment of story grammar following traumatic brain injury: A pilot study. Brain Injury, 16, 1065-1073.

Coelho, C.A., Youse, K.M., & Le, K.N. (2002). Conversational discourse in closed- head-injured and non-brain-injured adults. Aphasiology.16, 659-672.