Utah Sate Communicative Disorders Program Receives Valuable Donation

Utah Sate Communicative Disorders Program Receives Valuable Donation

Students majoring in communicative disorders and deaf education at Utah State University will be doing more valuable research and testing thanks to a new acoustical audiological sound booth.

The new sound equipment will provide additional research opportunities for both undergraduates and students interested in Utah State’s new doctorate program in audiology, one of two such programs west of the Mississippi.

"The new equipment, coupled with the new doctorate program, will continue to make Utah State University a leader in communicative disorders," said John Ribera, a Utah State audiology professor. "It will also continue to attract the best students to Utah State."

Sonic Innovations, a company from Salt Lake City, is providing the sound testing equipment to operate the booth.

The gift was donated by Ray Lillywhite, a prominent Utah State alum who has generously contributed to the communicative disorders and deaf education program for many years.

The communicative disorders and deaf education department at Utah State has a national reputation in deaf education, audiology and speech and language pathology. Graduates have been placed in a variety of positions from university teaching to the Mayo clinic in Phoenix.

For more information about the communicative disorders and deaf education department at Utah State, contact John Ribera at (435) 797-1375.