Neurogenic Communication Disorders
Laboratory
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The University of Connecticut
Personnel
Karen Le, B.A. Graduate Student - Department of Communication Sciences - Communication Disorders, University of Connecticut at Storrs
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Contact InformationDepartment of Communication Sciences 850 Bolton Road, Unit 1085 University of Connecticut Storrs, CT 06269-1085 E-mail: kle@wesleyan.edu Lab: PCSB 145 Lab Phone: (860) 486-3385 |
Research Interests:
· Communication disorders in culturally and linguistically diverse populations
· Verbal and written discourse production in normal and disordered bilingual populations
· Discourse deficits following brain injury
Current Projects:
· Investigation of the relationship between verbal and written discourse abilities and academic success of students in a bilingual education program
· Investigation of ways to increase national awareness of aphasia
Publications:
· 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.
· Youse, KM; Coelho, CA; Stout, CE; & Le, KN (2001). Written and verbal discourse of college and non-college educated adults: Implications for evaluating adults with brain injury. Manuscript submitted for publication.
Presentations:
· Coelho, C.A., Cannizzaro, M.S., Youse, K.M., & Le, K.N. (2002, June). Narrative discourse performance of adults with closed head injuries and non-brain injured adults: A discriminant analysis. Paper presented at the 32nd Annual Clinical Aphasiology Conference, Ridgedale, MO.
· Youse, KM; Coelho, CA; Stout, CE; & Le, KN (2001, November). Exploring the concept of “normal discourse abilities” in young adults. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, New Orleans, LA.
· Youse, KM; Coelho, CA; & Le, KN (2001, November). Analysis of conversational discourse in closed-head injured and normal adults. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, New Orleans, LA.
· Coelho, CA; Youse, KM; & Le, KN (2001, June). Analysis of conversational discourse in traumatically brain-injured and normal adults. Paper presented at the 31st Annual Clinical Aphasiology Conference, Santa Fe, NM.
