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23 Years of Changing Lives

Join us for the 23rd Annual Fall Institute held at the University of Mississippi. Every year, the fall institute brings together SLP, auditory and other CSD professionals and students from Ole Miss to share expertise and expand the scope and network of communication sciences and disorders.

The Fall Institute is organized by UM's chapter of the National Student Speech Language Hearing Association (NSSLHA) and the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders in the School of Applied Sciences.

The conference is a great time to learn about the ever-changing field of CSD, expand your network, and get back in touch with old friends and peers.

Registration information coming soon!

Meet the Presenters for the 2025 Fall Institute

Carol Koch

Carol Koch portrait. Carol Koch, EdD, CCC-SLP is a Professor at Samford University. Much of her clinical work has been in early intervention, with a focus on children with autism spectrum disorder and children with severe speech sound disorders, including childhood apraxia of speech. Her research and teaching interests have also encompassed early phonological development, speech sound disorders, and CAS. She has been honored as an ASHA Fellow and is a Board-Certified Specialist in Child Language. Dr. Koch is currently preparing the 2nd edition of her textbook, Clinical Management of Speech Sound Disorders: A Case-Based Approach. She is also a co-author of the Contrast Cues for Speech and Literacy and the “Box of” set of cues for articulation therapy, Multisyllabic Words, Pre-vocalic and Vocalic /ɹ/ and the /ɹ/ Inventory and Facilitating Contexts for Intervention through Bjorem Speech Publications.

Financial Disclosure: Dr. Koch is a full-time salaried employee at Samford University and is receiving a speaker honorarium for this talk.

Chaya Guntupali

Chaya Guntupalli portrait. Dr. Guntupalli (Nanjundeswaran) is a Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Mississippi. Dr. Guntupalli’s primary research focus is in understanding the multifaceted and heterogenous nature of vocal fatigue. Along those lines, she has developed and validated the Vocal Fatigue Index (VFI) to identify individuals with vocal fatigue. This index has been culturally and linguistically adapted and validated in multiple languages across the globe.  She has utilized principles from the exercise physiology literature to identify potential metabolic mechanisms that may underlie vocal fatigue. Dr. Guntupalli’s work on VFI, and metabolic mechanisms of vocal fatigue has been recognized by the Editor Awards for the best paper in Speech Pathology from Journal of Voice. Her work on identifying the metabolic mechanism underlying vocal fatigue has led to a novel utilization of body-system level conditioning in the treatment of vocal fatigue and was funded by the National Institutes of Health- NIH-NIDCD. Dr. Guntupalli is currently focused on systematically studying vocal fatigue using the developed conceptual framework on.

Financial Disclosure: Dr. Guntupalli is a full-time salaried employee at the University of Mississippi and is receiving no compensation for this talk.