November 07, 2007
Linda Carozza, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Assistant Professor of Speech at
St. John’s University’s Staten Island campus, will be featured in
Advance for Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists,
along with her colleagues, Tricia Olea-Santos, MS, CCC-SLP, and
Therese Marie Abesamis, BS, SLP, in the November 19 issue.
Dr. Carozza and her associates designed a subjective screening
tool called the Communicative Effectiveness and Stress Rating
Scale (CEASRS), designed to identify the possible role of
psychological stress in communication of patients with aphasia, an
acquired communication disorder that impairs a person's ability to
process language.
Patients suffering with this neurological impairment experience
difficulty in speaking, reading and writing, and often suffer from
stress related to the condition. Though still in its early
stages, Dr. Carozza, Santos and Abesamis hope the CEASRS can
provide health care professionals with an appreciation of
psychological factors that may affect the communication skills of
those with aphasia.
Dr. Carozza, Santos and Abesamis spoke with reporter Jason
Mosheim about aphasia, the CEASRS scale and the research they have
been conducting. Specifically, the group discussed the
effects of aphasia on one’s quality of life and the effects of
stress on those suffering from aphasia, as well as future plans for
the CEASRS tool.
The CEASRS project will be presented by Dr. Carozza, Santos and
Abesamis at the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA)
Annual Convention on November 15-17 in Boston, MA. Dr.
Carozza is also scheduled to speak at the National Aphasia
Conference in the spring.
Dr. Carozza’s follow-up research on the CEASRS project will
continue. She is also writing a paper on mentorship that will
be presented to the National Hispanic and Latino Scholars
Association and her book on SLP supervision will be published
June.
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St. John’s University Professor of Speech, Dr. Jose Centano was
also recently featured in Advance.
The story featuring Dr. Carozza is expected to appear in the
November 19 issue of Advance. For more information on the
CEASRS tool, please contact Dr. Linda Carozza by e-mailing her at
carozzal@stjohns.edu.