Research is an integral part of the program at the University
of Hawaii. The faculty have research experience in numerous areas including:
audiologic re/habilitation, child language disorders, video
electronystagmography, phonology, voice, motor speech disorders,
adult neurogenic communication, hearing conservation, fluency, normal language
development, assistive listening technology, literacy, and adult and pediatric
hearing assessment.
In addition to the on-going faculty research
products, which have been published and/or presented at local, national,
and international conferences, all graduate students in CSD are required to
work with faculty members to complete student research
projects.

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FACULTY RESEARCH PRODUCTS
Selected Publications -- 2002-Present
- Isaki, E., Spaulding, T.J., Plante, E. (2008). Contributions
of language and memory demands to verbal memory performance in language-learning
disabilities. Journal of Communication Disorders, 41(6): 512-530.
- Pugh, K.C., and Mossman, E.K. (2007). Readability and inter-rater
reliability of cochlear implant print materials. Journal of the Academy
of Rehabilitative Audiology, 40: 33-46.
- Pugh, K.C. (2007). Strategies to promote compliance in adult
audiologic rehabilitation, Audiology Today, 19(4), 36-38.
- Weirather, R. (2006). Medical School Hotline: The training in
Speech-Language Pathology at the John A. Burns School of Medicine. Hawaii
Medical Journal, 65(11): 322-323.
- Isaki, E. [book chapter] (2005). Older adults with dementia
and Alzheimer's Disease. In J. Oyibohoro (Ed.), Aural Rehabilitation for
People with Disabilities. Elsevier Academic Press, 118-132..
- Yates, J., Campbell, K.H. (2005) Audiovestibular education and
services via telemedicine techologies, Seminars in Hearing, 26(1): 35-42.
- Pugh, K.C., Burke, H.W., and Brown, H.M. (2004). Tympanometry
measures in native and non-native Hawaiian children. International Journal
of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, 68(6): 753-758.
- Isaki, E., Lui, J., Seymour, P.J., and Oshiro, J.
(2003). Perceptions of pragmatic differences in a Hawaii Creole English
Speaker. Asia Pacific Journal of Speech Language and Hearing, 9(3): 169-172.
- Pugh, K.C., and Crandell, C.C. (2002). Hearing loss, hearing
handicap, and functional health status between African-American and Caucasian-American
seniors. Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, 13(9): 493-502.
Article selected for 2002 JAAA Self-Study Continuing Education Program.
- McArdle, R., Pugh, K., Abrams, H., and Hnath-Chisolm, T. (2002)
Audiologicoeconomics: Application of health economic principles to the
practice of audiology, Audiology Today, 14(6): 13-15.
- Weiss, L., (2002). Speech intelligibility in quiet and noise
environments with the Speech Enhancer and amplification: A preliminary
assessment of the evaluation protocol. Accepted for December special issue
of Journal of Medical Speech Pathology (Research supported in part by
a Hawaii, DOH grant RFP- HTH 420-4-YO).
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Selected Presentations -- 1996-Present
- Boeder B, and Weiss L. (February, 2009). Nasalance in female
Hawaiian Creole-English speakers of West Kauai. He Huliau Conference,
Costa Mesa, CA.
- Weiss, L., and Davis, J. (December, 2008). Parkinson's disease
in Hawai'i: A study of prevalence and ethnicity. Presented at the Research
Center at Minority Institutions (RCMI) Internal Symposium on Health Disparities,
Honolulu, HI.
- Pugh, K.C. and Isaki, E. (September, 2007). Screening
auditory skills for work re-entry with Traumatic Brain Injury patients.
Presented at the VA National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research
(NCRAR) Conference, Portland, OR.
- Weiss, L., and Davis, J. (March, 2007). Parkinson's disease in
Hawai'i: A study of prevalence and ethnicity. Presented at the University
of Hawaii 2007 Biomedical Research Symposium, Honolulu, HI.
- Isaki, E. and Weirather, R. (December, 2006). Determining
speech-language communication needs of a student returning to school after
rehabilitation. Presented at the Hawaii Department of Education-TBI Consulting
Team, Honolulu, HI.
- Yates, J.T. (November, 2004). Telemedicine in Schools: A New
Resource. Presented at the American Speech-Language Hearing Association
Convention, Philadelphia, PA.
- Wallace, G.L., Creaghead, N.A., Yates, J.T., Masterson, J. and
Melcher, J.A. (November, 2004). University of Cincinnati's IP-DLE-3 Innovative
Doctoral Training Program. Presented at the American Speech-Language Hearing
Association Convention, Philadelphia, PA.
- Harned, S.K., and Pugh, K.C. (June, 2003). Contending
with hearing impairment in later life: Current Research and Adaptive Strategies.
Presented at the University of Hawaii School of Social Work Summer Conference
on Aging and Diversity: Linking Research and Practice, Honolulu, HI.
- Miura, C., Pugh, K.C., and Asahara, L. (April, 2003). Ambient
noise levels in elementary schools in Hawaii. Presented the 15th Annual
convention of the American Academy of Audiology, San Antonio, TX.
- Seymour, P.J., Iwashita, J., Song, R, Isaki, E., Weirather,
R., and Pugh, K.C. (November, 2003). Influence of Two Different
Information Delivery Mediums on Learner Outcomes. Presented at the American
Speech-Language Hearing Association Convention, Chicago, IL.
- Tamashiro, K. and Pugh, K.C. (April, 2003). Functional listening
matrices following cochlear implant surgery. Presented the 15th Annual
convention of the American Academy of Audiology, San Antonio, TX.
- Weiss, L. (November, 2003). Attention and P300 in severe closed
head injury after selective-attention training. Presented the American
Speech-Language Hearing Association Convention, Chicago, IL.
- Coleman, C.L. (August, 1996). Variability in the production of
vowels among cerebral palsied speakers. Presented at the 7th Biennial
Conference of the International Society for Augmentative and Alternative
Communication. Vancouver, BC.
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STUDENT RESEARCH
Selected Projects -- 2007-Present (Committee in
parentheses with Chair listed first)
- Smiley-Bosque, D. (June 2008). A survey of speech-language pathologists
regarding the use of AAC systems by students with autism. (Coleman, Ing)
- Umeno, J. (May, 2008). Effects of grammatical environment on errors
of inflection in children with specific language impairment. (Weirather,
Kikuta, Isaki)
- Boeder, B. (May, 2008). Nasalence in females speaking Hawaiian Creole
English-West Kauai dialect. (Weiss, Isaki, Pugh)
- Kaneshiro, K. (May, 2008). Baby Einstein and visual sustained attention
in toddlers. (Weirather, Isaki, Kikuta)
- Norris, M. (May, 2008). Eustachian tube function in individuals with
Parkinson's disease. (Weiss, Pugh)
- Nichols, S. (December, 2007). Predicting morpheme errors in young children:
Factors related to the grammatical environment. (Weirather, Isaki, Kikuta)
- Christenson, V. (December, 2007). Social group therapy an its effects
on long-term recovery from Broca's aphasia. (Isaki, Oshiro, Weirather)
- Yamasato, I. (December, 2007). Learning strategies among graduate students
in the speech pathology and adiology program at the University of Hawai`i
at Manoa. (Isaki, Weirather, Kikuta, Kaulukukui)
- Matsui, K. (November, 2007). Quality of life of caregivers of individuals
with Alzheimer's disease. (Isaki, Kawahigashi-Oshiro, Kikuta)
- Swanson, K. (June, 2007). Accent perception and accent employment in
Hawai`i: Immigrant Filipino self-perceptions and potential employer perceptions.
(Weirather, Kikuta, Barber)
- Hiranaga, E. (June, 2007). The Stroke-Specific Quality of Life Scale,
the Stroke-Adapted 30-Item Version of the Sickness Impact Profile, and
the Communicative Effectiveness Index: Which is preferred by individuals
with stroke? (Isaki, Barber, Mizuta-Yamamoto)
Selected Projects -- 2005-2007 (Committee in
parentheses with Chair listed first)
- Fares, A. (January, 2007). Intonation
in Cairene-Arabic. (Anderson, Weirather, Isaki). Project selected for
the Undergraduate Honors Research Forum.
- Wee, D. (December 2006). Performance of healthy speaking and hearing
adults on sensory motor tasks of loudness matching and perception of loudness
matching. (Coleman, Weiss, Barber)
- Miyamura, M. (August, 2006). Role of distortion-product otoacoustic emissions
in the hearing screening of young Samoan children. (Yates, Pugh)
- Arizo, A. (May, 2006) Actual and perceived confidence in knowledge and
skills of graduate speech-language pathology and special education students.
(Weirather, Kikuta Seymour)
- Ebisu, J. (May, 2006). Parent involvement in therapy for the school-aged
child. (Weirather, Chinen, Kikuta, Seymour)
- Fujioka, L. (May, 2006). Dialogue differences between Sesame Street and
Spongebob Squarepants. (Weirather, Isaki, Kaneshiro)
- Graham, A. (December, 2005). The effects of durational changes of the
silent interval between tones in a three-tone duration pattern test in adult
listeners. (Pugh, Isaki, Weiss)
- Morin, L.A. (December, 2005). Use of global positioning systems technology
to track time and location during sound pressure level sampling of environmental
noise: A pilot study. (Pugh, Weiss, Barber)
- Smith, L.J (May, 2005). A retrospective analysis of preschool and school
aged hearing screenings on Oahu, Hawaii: 2002-2003. (Pugh, Hirohata, Isaki)
Selected Projects -- 2002-2004 (Committee in parentheses
with Chair listed first)
- Bauman, S. (May, 2004). The relationship between speech production and
speech perception in hypokinetic dysarthric speakers with Parkinson's disease:
A pilot study. (Weiss, Johnson, Pugh)
- Kanda, J. (May, 2004). Real-time language sampling: Capturing MLU and
verb tense in children with specific language impairment. (Weirather, Johnson,
Kikuta)
- Patterson, D. (May, 2004). Adult learning styles: A comparison of the
effectiveness of videotape only, manual only, and videotape plus manual
sources in learning new information. (Seymour, Isaki, Weirather)
- Swanson, A. (May, 2004). The effects of acoustic damper placement on electroacoustic
performance of an analog and a digital behind-the-ear hearing aid. (Pugh,
Hines, Peters).
- Yashiro, D. (May, 2004). The impact of collectivism versus individualism
in the Japanese culture when individuals are presented with new medical
information pertaining to Alzheimer's disease. (Isaki, Kawahigashi Oshiro,
Weirather)
- Donnelly, T. (May, 2002). Effects of pressure equalization tubes in children
with otitis media on speech and language improvement after treatment. (Canady,
Luterman, Ward).
- Estebo, S.E. (May, 2002). Perceptions of pre- and post-operative counseling
benefits and the outlook previous patients with laryngectomies have towards
speech-language services. (Harned, Weiss, Mashima).
- Gerber, S. (May, 2002). The effects of a semantic cueing hierarchy treatment
for confrontational naming in an adult with anomic aphasia. (Isaki, Weirather,
Weiss).
- Johnson, K. (May, 2002). The effects of Phono-Graphix™ on the expressive
and receptive language skills in a child with language learning deficits.
(Seymour, Canady, Ward).
- Lau, S.A. (May, 2002). Persistent cognitive-communicative effects of multiple
sports related concussions in male high school athletes. (Isaki, Weirather,
Kawahigashi Oshiro).
- Lui, J.L. (May, 2002). A between group design study to determine the presence
of pragmatic deficits in a Hawaii Creole English speaker by utilizing a
pragmatic behavioral rating scale. (Isaki, Kawahigashi Oshiro, Seymour).
- Ross, M.S. (August, 2002). Speech transitions during boys' home computer
play. (Canady, Kikuta, Seymour).
- Kuntz, A. (May, 2002). The effect of attention training using card sorting
therapy on an individual with severe traumatic brain injury. (Weiss, Isaki,
Pugh).
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