The school is very interesting. First it is associated with the University of Arkansas Medical School UAMS). Their ear, nose and throat specialists (ENTs) work with DASP on a regular basis. The two school's graduate programs have some classes together and much of the research at DASP is done at UAMS. DASP is a small department with 92 undergraduates, 88 graduate students and about 13 on-campus faculty. But theirs is the first PhD in Audiology developed in Arkansas.
Some of the programs include:
- the auditory/oral support programs at Children's Hospital
- correction of speech defects
- use of hearing asstance devices
- diagnosis of hearing and speech disorders
- research into the hearing problems in older people
- research into the relationship of brain waves (via electro encephalograph) and speech sounds
- developing students for the transition from high school to university
- improving college skills in the hearing/speech impaired
- teaching hearing/speech impaired students what rights they have on a regular campus
and of course, research into the causes and amelioration of the problems they teach
The faculty and graduate students publish their research in standard, refereed journals for their colleagues to use and build upon. One of the faculty is now an author (one of four) of "The Voice and Voice Therapy". This is the standard text for most students of these disorders.
A summer program, Audition Within Your Reach was developed and is overseen by faculty.
These and many other exciting programs make this a most rewarding council on which to serve.
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