ASHA Convention Press Releases

Boston, Massachusetts
November 15-17, 2007

• Taking a Hit: Survey Shows High School Athletes Don't Know What a Concussion Is, Or When to Stay out of Play After a Hard Hit (November 13, 2007)
• Lee Woodruff Reflects on Her Family's Year of Recovery: Podcast Delves into Her Experience as Caregiver, the Inadequacy of Brain Injury Health Coverage and the Ongoing Work of Speech-Language Treatment (November 7, 2007)
• Leading Learning Based, Virtual World is New Home For ASHA's "Buds" (October 18, 2007)
• Employee Benefit News to be Honored for ASHA Coverage (September 27, 2007)
• Telemundo to be Honored by ASHA (September 24, 2007)
• Lynn Johnston to be Honored for Cartoon Highlighting Aphasia Disorder (August 6, 2007)

Award Recipients

• Honors of the Association - Edward G. Conture, PhD, professor and director of graduate studies
• Honors of the Association - Judith A. Cooper, PhD, deputy director of the National Institute
• Honors of the Association - John D. Durrant, PhD, professor and vice chair of communication
• Honors of the Association - Samuel G. Fletcher, PhD, adjunct research professor at Brigham Young University
• Honors of the Association - Larry E. Humes, PhD, professor of speech and hearing sciences
• Honors of the Association - Charlena M. Seymour, PhD, provost and senior vice chancellor for academic affairs
• Honors of the Association - Howard C. Shane, PhD, Director of the Center for Communication Enhancement
• Honors of the Association - Carol Westby, PhD, visiting professor at Flinders University (Adelaide, Australia)
• Certificate of Recognition - Lyn S. Turkstra, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Communicative Disorders
• Certificate of Recognition - Ryan C. Branski, PhD, assistant attending speech and swallowing scientist in the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
• Distinguished Service Award - Paul Naughton, who served as the first public member of ASHA's Financial Planning Board
• Certificate of Recognition - Catherine J. Crowley, PhD, professor at the Teachers College in Columbia University
• Certificate of Recognition - Ella Inglebret, PhD, assistant professor at Washington State University
• Frank Kleffner Award - Nickola Wolf Nelson, PhD, professor of Speech Pathology and Audiology at Western Michigan University
• Louis DiCarlo Award - Jeff Hoffman, Health Program Manager at the Nebraska Newborn Hearing Screening Program
• Rolland J. Van Hattum Award - Claudia Dunaway, speech-language pathologist in the San Diego unified school district