Hy Weinberg Center for Communication Disorders

10/13/2021

SPEAK OUT! & LOUD CROWD

What is SPEAK OUT! & LOUD Crowd?

SPEAK OUT! is a therapy regimen tailored to people with Parkinson’s disease to improve their voicing, and in turn, their swallowing. In this program, speech is transformed from an automatic function to an intentional task. SPEAK OUT! is usually completed in 12 sessions spanning four weeks, and then the client transitions to the LOUD Crowd. In this four-week span, clients report improvement in their speaking, their ability to be heard, and their overall quality of life.

LOUD Crowd is the group therapy portion of the program and meets once weekly. The sessions provide maintenance for skills obtained during SPEAK OUT! and are a source of camaraderie for the members. Hy Weinberg Center for Communication Sciences & Disorders offers LOUD Crowd for free to SPEAK OUT! graduates.
The SPEAK OUT! & LOUD Crowd therapy regimens were developed at Parkinson Voice Project in Richardson, TX. You can visit their website HERE - www.ParkinsonVoiceProject.org

I have Parkinson’s disease. When should I begin seeing a speech therapist?

According to studies, up to 89% of people with Parkinson’s disease develop difficulty communicating and up to 95% develop difficulty swallowing. To postpone and prevent this decline, it is optimal to begin speech therapy as soon as possible. Participation in SPEAK OUT! & LOUD Crowd can change the effects that Parkinson’s disease has on your voice. Muscles become weak because they are not used to their full capacity, not because Parkinson’s is making them weak. SPEAK OUT! & LOUD Crowd requires you to use the muscles for speaking and swallowing to their full potential to prevent decline.

**We cannot wait to start implementing this program within our clinic.

Please call (516) 877-4850 to obtain more information about scheduling an evaluation.

05/11/2021

Great news to round out the semester. The National Black Association for Speech, Language and Hearing has approved the Adelphi chapter! Well done to all of the student advocates and organizers.

11/17/2020

Telepractice is making its mark in all areas of CSD for students and clinicians. We presented this week at the NYSSLHA Unconventional Convention. Students, Riesa Thompson and Clare Conlan, did a poster session. Clinical Instructor, Dawn Cotter-Jenkins, presented on Technology Innovations in Telepractice.

08/13/2020

Remembering Marjorie Weinberg-Berman, MS '61, Benefactor of the Hy Weinberg Center for Communication Disorders https://www.adelphi.edu/news/remembering-marjorie-weinberg-berman-ms-61-benefactor-of-the-hy-weinberg-center-for-communication-disorders/?utm_content=cta

07/02/2020

Congratulations! Institute for Parenting Director (Joaniko Kohchi), Faculty Director (Stacy Kurtz), and an Alumna (Amanda Nagler, CSD MS 2020) present at ParentChild+ Conference

Amanda Nagler, MS ’19, MS ’20, and the Adelphi University Institute for Parenting Director Joaniko Kohchi and Stacy Kurtz, PsyD, assistant director of the Infant Mental Health-Developmental Practice degree program, served as speakers in the ParentChild+ annual conference this past May. The confe...

06/27/2020

Curbside audiology support services of the Hy Weinberg Center are in full swing! Dr. Senzer is working hard to provide hearing aid repairs and updates.
Call the office for more details.

06/11/2020

Communication Sciences and Disorders Center for Research, Ready When Campus Reopens

On March 2, 2020, the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD) held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of its new Center for Research. But students and faculty eager to use the center would have to wait because the campus closed for the remainder of the spring semeste...

05/05/2020

On March 2nd, 2020 we celebrated the grand opening of the Communication Sciences and Disorders Center for Research with honored guests from Congressman Gregory Meeks office and Commissioner Carolyn McCummings of Nassau County Department of Human Services. The new lab space in Linen will contain: Telepractice Practicum Suite (Dawn Cotter-Jenkins),
Augmentative/Alternative Communication (AAC) Lab (Cindy Arroyo, D.A.), Neurocognition of Communication Disorders (NCCD) Lab (Melissa Randazzo, Ph.D.), The Voice and Quality of Life Laboratory (VQLL) (Steven Cox, Ph.D.), Speech Science Lab (Laura L. Koening, Ph.D.), and The Language Observation and Analysis Laboratory (Dana Battaglia, Ph.D.).

03/17/2020

THE HY WEINBERG CENTER FOR COMMUNICATION DISORDERS WILL REMAIN CLOSED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE SPRING 2020 SEMESTER.

We apologize for the disruption and will be in touch with you as updates are received.

We are not in the office. However, we are checking voicemail on a daily basis. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call us at 516-877-4850 or email the director, Anne Marie Skvarla, directly at askvarla@adelphi.edu.
We wish you and your families the best during this difficult time.

11/24/2019

November 21-23. Some of our amazing students presenting and attending ASHA’s 2019 National Convention in Orlando, Florida.

09/24/2019

Welcome back to Dr. Ryan Lee James, Dr. Ianthe Murad and Clinical Supervisor Miriam Velsor from their exploratory trip to Jamaica for their collaborative interprofessional study abroad program. Great plans are on the horizon!