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NAME
Schneider, Sandra Lynn / POSITION TITLE
Associate Professor, Vanderbilt University
Director, Pi Beta Phi Rehabilitation Institute
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EDUCATION/TRAINING (Begin with baccalaureate or other initial professional education, such as nursing, and include postdoctoral training.)
INSTITUTION AND LOCATION / DEGREE
(if applicable) / YEAR(s) / FIELD OF STUDY
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI / BS / 1969-1973 / Speech/Language Path
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN / MS / 1974-1975 / Speech/Language Path
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL / Ph.D / 1993-1996 / Communication Sciences
Mayo Graduate School of Medicine / Post-Doc / 1996-1997 / Medical Speech Pathology

A.  Positions and Honors.

Positions and Employment

1976-1986 Supervisor, Speech/Language/Hearing Program, School Board of Sarasota County, FL

1987-1992 Adjunct Professor/Assistant Instructor/Research Assistant, Department of Speech, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

1993-1996 Research Assistant/Assistant Instructor, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

1996-1998 Fellow in Medical Speech Pathology, Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, Rochester MN

1999-2006 Assistant Professor, Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences, the Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

2006-present Associate Professor, Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

2006-present Director, Pi Beta Phi Rehabilitation Institute, Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center, Nashville, TN

Other Experience and Professional Memberships

1973-present Member, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)

1976-present Certificate of Clinical Competence – Speech/Language Pathology, ASHA

1995-present Member, ASHA Special Interest Division II (Neurophysiology and Neurogenic Speech/Language Disorders)

2002-present Certified in the Lee Silverman Voice Treatment Program

2003-present Member of Education and Mentoring Sub-Committee; SID-II, ASHA

1997–present Certified Member, Academy of Neurogenic Communication Sciences and Disorders

1998-present Reviewer, Journal of Aphasiology

1999–2007 Member, Ohio Speech-Language-Hearing Association

2007–present Member, Tennessee Association of Audiologists and Speech-Language Pathologists

2007-present Member, Brain Injury Association of America

2007-present Member, Brain Injury Association of Tennessee

B. Selected peer-reviewed publications/presentations (in chronological order).

Beversdorf, D.Q., Sharma, U.K, Phillips, N.N., Notestine, M.A., Slivka, A.P., Friedman, N.M., Schneider, S.L., Nagaraja, H.N., & Hillier, A.(2007). Effect of propranolol on naming in chronic Broca’s aphasia with anomia. Neurocase 13, 256-259.

Schneider, S.L. and Frens, R.A. (2006) Training four-syllable CV patterns in individuals with acquired apraxia of speech. Aphasiology, 19: 3/4/5; 256-269.

Schneider, S.L. (2007, October). MTBI in the Military: What are we seeing and how best to serve this population. Paper presented at the Western Carolina Symposium for Medical Speech-Language Pathologists, Ashville, NC.

Schneider, S.L. (2006, April). Differential Diagnosis and Treatment of Motor Speech Disorders. Invited speaker for the Kathy Chester Memorial Seminar at Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus OH.

Schneider, S.L. (2005, October). Assessment and Treatment of Speech, Language, and Swallowing Disorders Associated with PSP. Invited speaker for the Ohio Regional Family Conference on Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, Columbus, OH.

Schneider, S.L. (2004, June). Treatment and Clinical Implications for Right and Left Hemisphere Strokes. Invited speaker at a workshop for Speech-Language Pathologists, Occupational Therapists, and Physical Therapists at Mt. Carmel Rehabilitation Center, Columbus OH.

Schneider, S.L. (2004, March). Language and cognitive Problems in individuals with Systemic Lupus Erthematosus. Invited speaker for the Central Ohio Lupus Foundation meeting, Columbus, OH.

Schneider, S.L., Lutz, J.M. & Jacobson, H.N. (2004, May). Executive function and language production abilities in individuals with Probable Alzheimer’s Disease. www.Speech Pathology.com.

Schneider, S.L. (2004, October). Oral and Written Language Production Abilities in Typical Aging Individuals. www.Speech Pathology.com.

Schneider, S.L. & Frens, R.A. (2004, May). A motor-based treatment for individuals with acquired apraxia of speech. Paper presented at the Clinical Aphasiology Conference, Park City, UT

Schneider, S.L., & Cady, A. (2003, May). An Interactive Phonological and Semantic Treatment for an Individual with Deep Dyslexia. Paper presented at the Clinical Aphasiology Conference, Seattle, WA.

Schneider, S.L. and Thompson, C.K. (2003). Verb Production in Agrammatic Aphasia: The influence of semantic class and argument structure properties on generalization. Aphasiology, 17 (3), 213-241.

Jacobs, B.J. and Schneider, S.L. (2003). Analysis of lexical-semantic processing and extensive neurological, electrophysiological, speech perception, and language evaluation following a unilateral left hemisphere lesion: Pure word deafness? Aphasiology, 17 (2), 123-141.

Utti R.J., Wharen R.E., Lucas J.A., Duffy J.R., Rippeth J.D., Schneider S.L., Wszolek Z.K., Obwegeser A.A., Turk M.F. & Atkinson E.J. (2000). Unilateral Pallidotomy for Parkinson’s Disease: Motor, Neuropsychological, and Speech Outcome Measures. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, 6: 133-143.

Schneider, S.L., Wijdicks, E.F.M., Duffy, J.R. & O'Brien, T. (1999). Aphasia after Putaminal Hemorrhage: Unusual Clinical and SPECT Findings. Aphasiology 13, nos. 9-11: 755-765.

Schneider, S.L., Thompson, C.K., & Luring B. (1996). Effects of a verbal plus gestural matrix training procedure on sentence production in a patient with primary progressive aphasia. Aphasiology 10: 297-317.

C.K. Thompson, L.P. Shapiro, K.J. Ballard, B.J. Jacobs, S.L. Schneider, & M.E. Tait,(1997). Training and generalized production of WH- and NP-movement structures in agrammatic aphasia. Journal of Speech-Language-Hearing Research 40: 228-244.

C.K. Thompson, K.L. Lange, S.L. Schneider, & L.P. Shapiro, (1997). Agrammatic and non-brain-damage subjects’ verb and verb argument structure production. Aphasiology 11: 473-490.

C.K. Thompson, L.P. Shapiro, M.E. Tait, B.J. Jacobs, & S.L. Schneider (1996). Training WH-question production in agrammatic aphasia: Analysis of argument and adjunct movement. Brain and Language 52: 175-228.

C.K. Thompson, L.P. Shapiro, B.J. Jacobs, & S.L. Schneider (1995). Training WH-question production in agrammatic aphasia: An analysis of lexical and syntactic properties. Brain and Language 47: 405-408.

C.K. Thompson, L.P. Shapiro, M.E. Tait, B.J. Jacobs, S.L. Schneider, & K.J. Ballard (1995). A system for systematic analysis of agrammatic language production (abstract). Brain and Language 51: 124-129.

C. Research Support

Completed Research Support

University Seed Grant 10/00-10/01

The Ohio State University

Examining Quantitative and Qualitative Features of Aphasic Language Production Following Linguistic Specific Treatment

This study examined and compared the specific linguistic features and qualitative features in narrative language production following treatment focused on verb production in individuals with agrammatic aphasia. Role: PI

R03

NIH/NIA (Pilot Research Grant)

Oral and Written language Production changes in Normal Aging

The study examined changes in normal aging and compared them to impaired (dementia) individuals.

Role: PI