Lyn Turkstra, Ph.D.

Education

B.A.    Trent University, Ontario, Canada
M.A.    State University of New York at Buffalo
Ph.D.   University of Arizona
Postdoc  University of Arizona

Teaching

CD 503  Neuroscience of Speech, Hearing and Language
CD 704  Acquired Language and Cognitive-Communication Disorders in Adults

CD 751  Graduate Capstone: Communication Disorders in Adults

Interests

The broad goal of research in Lyn’s laboratory is to understand the effects of cognitive impairments on communication ability in adolescents and adults with acquired neurologic disorders. Current studies focus on the relation of cognitive functions and social cognition to communication behavior, and how this differs between typical adolescents and their peers with traumatic brain injury. Lyn's professional interests include the advancement of evidence-based practice in rehabilitation, and she is a member of the writing committee for evidence-based practice guidelines in cognitive-communication disorders of the Academy of Neurological Disorders and Sciences. Lyn is affiliated with the Neuroscience Training Program, and is an adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Neurological Surgery.

Highlighted Activities

Turkstra, L. S. (2006). Looking while listening and speaking: Eye-to-face gaze in adolescents

     with and without traumatic brain injury. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research,

     48(6):1429-1441.


Turkstra, L.S., Coelho, C., & Ylvisaker, M. (2005). The use of standardized tests for individuals

     with cognitive-communication disorders. Seminars in Speech and Language, 26(4):215-22.


Turkstra, L., & Bourgeois, M. (2005). Intervention for a modern day HM: Errorless learning of

     practical goals. Journal of Medical Speech Language Pathology, 13(3):205-212.


Turkstra, L. S., Dixon, T. M., & Baker, K. K. (2004). Theory of mind and social beliefs in

     adolescents with traumatic brain injury. NeuroRehabilitation, 19(3), 245-256.


Montgomery, E., & Turkstra, L. (2003). Evidence-based medicine: Let's be reasonable.

     Journal of Medical Speech Language Pathology, 11(2):ix-xii.

 

 

 

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