Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology


June 1, 2023

Brunch, Hooding Ceremonies Mark Crossroads for College of Health Professions Students

Ben Boulden

A student stands center stage May 26 in the CHARTS Theater as two members of the College of Health Professions faculty place her academic hood on her shoulders.

At an informal brunch in the late morning and an afternoon hooding ceremony, both on May 19, hundreds of College of Health Professions students celebrated the successful conclusion of their formal, professional education and the beginning of their careers.


February 27, 2023

Three Programs Get New Leadership

Ben Boulden

Left to right, Natalie Benafield, Summer Khairi and Shayla Stinnett.

This fall, the College of Health Professions saw new leaders take the helms of three of its degree programs: Nuclear Medicine Imaging Sciences, Cytotechnology and Audiology. Summer Khairi, MBA, CNMT, succeeded Arthur Maune, M.Ed., CNMT, as program director of the Nuclear Medicine Imaging Sciences program, following his retirement after 20 years at UAMS. In addition…


August 24, 2022

Audiology, Speech Pathology Students Don ‘Cloaks of Compassion’ at White Coat Ceremony

Ben Boulden

Students in the audiology Class of 2026 and the speech-language pathology Class of 2024 and faculty from the Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology gather for a group photo after the White Coat Ceremony on Aug. 19

New students in the UAMS College of Health Professions Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology on Aug. 19 marked the formal beginning of the next phase of their academic lives by putting on their white coats.


March 17, 2021

UAMS Clinics for Dental Hygiene, Speech and Hearing Education Move to New Locations

Ben Boulden

Chancellor Cam Patterson, right, tours the new UAMS Dental Hygiene Clinic in the Freeway Medical Tower.

LITTLE ROCK — The Dental Hygiene Clinic and the Speech and Hearing Education Clinic have moved to new locations and are accepting appointments. Both clinics are part of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Health Professions. The Dental Hygiene Clinic in the college’s Department of Dental Hygiene is on the fifth…


May 18, 2019

UAMS Graduates 864 Health Care Professionals

Ben Boulden

Degrees or certificates were awarded to 864 graduates of the University of Arkansas Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) five colleges and graduate school May 18 during a commencement ceremony at Verizon Arena in North Little Rock.


March 27, 2018

College of Health Professions Forges Ties with Indian University

Yavonda Chase

March 27, 2018 | Two departments in the College of Health Professions (CHP) — Audiology and Speech Pathology and Genetic Counseling — are forging ties with India’s Manipal Academy of Higher Education, formerly Manipal University.


March 15, 2018

Two Programs Forge Ties with India’s Manipal Academy of Higher Education

Robert Tolleson

Manipal University

Two departments in the College of Health Professions (CHP) — Audiology and Speech Pathology and Genetic Counseling — are forging ties with India’s Manipal Academy of Higher Education, formerly Manipal University. Both departments have sent faculty to Manipal to present workshops, and Genetic Counseling has sent one student to complete a clinical rotation there. UAMS…


January 26, 2017

New Chair of Audiology, Speech Pathology Lays Out Vision for Department

Robert Tolleson

Amyn Amlani

Amyn Amlani, Ph.D., wants to know why people don’t adopt amplification devices to overcome their hearing difficulties — even when it would greatly improve their lives. It is a question he has spent years researching — and one he regards as his calling. “We know this technology is important because hearing loss leads to social…


December 22, 2014

UAMS Leads in Research, Patient Care, Education in 2014

Ben Boulden

Dec. 22, 2014 | UAMS saw some new faces in leadership positions in research in 2014 alongside a year of dynamic, positive change with several new expansions in patient care.


May 17, 2013

Conference Highlights Telemedicine Achievements, Future

Ben Boulden

May 17, 2013 | As he opened the fourth annual Telestroke Conference on May 14, AR SAVES Director Michael Manley praised the audience for their help in the past year in expanding the program he oversees and gave them a glance at the future of telemedicine in the state.



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