Callier Center Mourns Loss of Longtime Supporter Dr. Kenneth Altshuler
Dr. Kenneth Altshuler, who died Jan. 6 at the age of 91, and his wife, Ruth, provided the inspiration and initial gift to start the Callier Care Fund, which is used to assist patients who experience financial barriers to accessing needed speech and hearing services.
Is Sequence Learning Key to Language Development? Callier Team Receives $3 Million NIH Grant for New Study
Dr. Lisa Goffman, the Nelle C. Johnston Chair in Communication Disorders in Children, is pursuing answers that could lead to earlier diagnosis and enhanced treatment of developmental language disorder, which affects approximately 7% of 5-year-old children.
Study: Waterproof Phone Cases Not Sound-Problem Proof
Waterproof smartphone cases can make it more difficult for people with hearing loss to hear phone conversations, according to Dr. Linda Thibodeau and Sarah Fray AuD’19.
A Passing: Dr. Ken Altshuler
It is with great sadness to share that our beloved Dr. Ken Altshuler passed away on January 6 at the age of 91.
Researchers Develop Smart Apps to Help People with Hearing Loss
Dr. Issa Panahi and his team have created smartphone-based apps, including a recent one that uses artificial intelligence, to remove background noise and improve speech perception.
Dr. Thomas Campbell Led Callier Through an Era of Expansion
As Callier Center executive director from 2006 to 2020, Dr. Thomas Campbell led the center through an era of expansion that advanced Callier’s treatment, training and research mission, furthering Callier’s capacity and ability to transform the lives of those with communication disorders.
Jean Ann Brock’s Gift Helps Launch the Social Communication Mentoring Program
Thanks to a generous gift from Callier advocate Jean Ann Brock, Callier launched the Social Communication Mentoring Program, an innovative initiative charged with implementing and managing Callier’s research participant registry.
Karen Toliver Establishes the Allen Rupert Fellowship for Audiology
Karen Toliver honors her late father, Allen Rupert, a pioneer in hearing research and one of UT Dallas’ founding professors, by establishing a fellowship to help students earn their education and become audiologists.
Thomeir Evans Receives Hearing Aids at 3 Months Old with Oberkotter Foundation’s Help
The Oberkotter Foundation has awarded nearly $400,000 in grant funding to support Callier’s Early Intervention for Infant Hearing Loss Project. Through this project, Callier aims to put hearing aids on babies before 6 months of age.
Joyce and Larry Lacerte Establish Pediatric Patient Care Endowment
Three of the Lacertes’ grandchildren have received speech-language services at the Callier Center. The Lacertes’ experience led them to establish the Joyce and Larry Lacerte Pediatric Patient Care Endowment.
