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People
Faculty
Patricia Blake-Rahter, PhD, CCC-A
Clinical Instructor, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
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Patricia Blake-Rahter is a clinical instructor in the Communication Sciences
and Disorders Program (CSD). She is a licensed and ASHA certified audiologist
and holds Florida Teaching Certification for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing. She
supervises the Aural Rehabilitation Practicum for the graduate Speech-Language
Pathology Program. Dr. Blake-Rahter is actively involved in the Cued Speech
Initiative at the University of South Florida. She is incorporating Cued Speech
in the clinical services provided to the deaf and hard-of-hearing clients served
through the Speech Language Hearing Center at the University of South Florida.
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Kelly Lamar Crain, PhD
Assistant Professor and Director of the Aural Habilitation/Deaf Education Program, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
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Kelly Lamar Crain serves as the Coordinator of the M.S. program in Aural Habilitation:
Deaf Education and Director of the Graduate Certificate program in Hearing Specialist:
Early Intervention. He is a licensed and certified teacher of students who are deaf and
hard of hearing, as well as a qualified educational interpreter. He has presented nationally
and internationally on the topics of Cued Speech, language acquisition, and academic
achievement of deaf and hard of hearing individuals, and has published empirical and
theoretical papers on topics of Cued Speech and cued language. His current areas of
research regard the acquisition of cued and spoken language by deaf children with cochlear
implants, and the perceptions and identity construction of deaf adults raised with Cued Speech.
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Jean C. Krause, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
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Jean C. Krause is co-inventor of an "Automatic cueing of speech" system (US Patent # 6,317,716 - 11/13/2001) and has extensive expertise in Cued Speech transliteration and the evaluation of Cued Speech transliterators. She is certified as an Instructor of Cued Speech by the National Cued Speech Association (NCSA) and is also chair of the NCSA's Instructor Certification Committee and Testing Committee. In addition, she is certified (OTC) in oral transliteration by the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf. Her research in the Clear Communication Group at USF is concerned with the perception of languages and visual communication systems used in the education of deaf children (i.e. American Sign Language, sign systems, and Cued Speech), as well as the perception of speech by normal hearing listeners and listeners with hearing loss.
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Staff
Suzanne Lippy
Suzanne Lippy is a senior at USF who will be graduating with a degree in Language, Speech, and Hearing.
She plans to go to graduate school to obtain a Master's degree in Deaf Education. She completed the Cued Speech
course last spring and will be helping with the course next semester.
Katherine Pelley
Katherine Pelley, BA, is certified by the National Cued Speech Association as an Instructor of Cued Speech.
She is an active member of the Cued Speech Initiative at the University of South Florida. Through this organization,
she has taught a number of students and parents in the Tampa area how to cue in the last two years. She is currently
a graduate student in the Master of Speech Pathology program in the Communication Sciences and Disorders department
at the University of South Florida.
Danielle Milanese
Danielle Milanese is currently working as a Cued Speech Transliterator in the educational setting. She received
her BA degree in ASL interpreting from the University of South Florida, and currently holds a QA level II. An active
member of the Cued Speech Initiative at the University of South Florida, she has aided in the effort to educate
the community about Cued Speech through co-teaching weekend workshops at USF.
Ann Siapno
R. Ann Siapno, BA, is certified by the National Cued Speech Association as an
Instructor of Cued Speech. She is an active member of the Cued Speech Initiative
at the University of South Florida. Through this organization, she has taught
a number of students, parents and professionals in the Tampa area how to cue in
the last two years. She is currently a graduate student in the Doctor of Audiology
program in the Communication Sciences and Disorders department at the University of
South Florida.
Jane Smart
Jane Smart, MS, is certified by the National Cued Speech Association as an Instructor of Cued Speech.
She is an active member of the Cued Speech Initiative at the University of South Florida, teaching students and
parents in the Tampa area how to cue. She received her Master's degree in Speech-Language Pathology from the
University of South Florida and is currently working as a speech-language pathologist for hearing children in
an elementary school and as a literacy tutor for children with hearing loss.
Morgan Tessler
Morgan Tessler, BA, will complete her Master's degree in Speech-Language Pathology
at the University of South Florida in May of 2008. She has incorporated Cued Speech
into her therapy with a variety of clients. She is also currently researching the
accuracy of Cued Speech transliterators and in the process of becoming certified
by the National Cued Speech Association as an Instructor of Cued Speech.
Friends and Associates
Charles I. Berlin, PhD - Professor of Audiology, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
Veronica Laughlin, MS, CCC-SLP - Clinical Instructor (Speech-Language Pathology), Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
Nancy Patterson, AuD, CCC-A - Clinical Instructor (Audiology), Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
Tampa Bay Hearing and Balance Center
"Help Deaf Kids Talk" - Greater Tampa Sertoma Club
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