USF Language Recovery & Communication Technology Lab

11/21/2025

𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆! 🎉

Our Principal Investigator, 𝗗𝗿. 𝗔𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗲 𝗗𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘇, is being honored as an 𝗔𝗦𝗛𝗔 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄.

The ASHA Fellowship is one of the highest honors awarded by the association, recognizing the outstanding contributions to the field of communication sciences and disorders through research, teaching, and service.

Watch live and celebrate with us! 👇 https://vimeo.com/event/5443037

11/18/2025

11/14/2025

𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘁?

𝗪𝗲’𝗿𝗲 𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝘂𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴-𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁!

𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘢. 🧠

𝗞𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲!!

11/12/2025

𝑵𝒆𝒘 𝑰𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝑨𝑨𝑪 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑨𝒑𝒉𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒂!

Monitoring progress in AAC therapy for people with aphasia can be challenging.

💡 Curious to learn how clinical documentation can become a powerful tool for tracking progress, shaping intervention, and improving outcomes?

You won’t want to miss this!

📍 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗔𝗦𝗛𝗔 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀, 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀!

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11/06/2025

𝑵𝒆𝒘 𝑰𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝑨𝑨𝑪 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑨𝒑𝒉𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒂!

Monitoring progress in AAC therapy for people with aphasia can be challenging.

💡 Curious to learn how clinical documentation can become a powerful tool for tracking progress, shaping intervention, and improving outcomes?

You won’t want to miss this!

📍 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗔𝗦𝗛𝗔 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀, 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀!

11/04/2025

🎉 𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝗥𝗖𝗧 𝗟𝗮𝗯! 🎉

We’re thrilled to share that our Principal Investigator, 𝘿𝒓.𝑨𝙞𝒎𝙚𝒆 𝑫𝙞𝒆𝙩𝒛 𝒉𝙖𝒔 𝒃𝙚𝒆𝙣 𝙣𝒂𝙢𝒆𝙙 𝙖𝒏 𝑨𝙎𝑯𝘼 𝙁𝒆𝙡𝒍𝙤𝒘 at the 2025 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Convention! 🌟

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗦𝗛𝗔 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗴𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗱𝘂𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵, 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲.

Please join us in congratulating Dr.Dietz for this well-deserved recognition! 👏

Your leadership, dedication, and passion continue to inspire our team and advance the mission of the LaRCT Lab. 💫

10/30/2025

ᴍᴇᴇᴛ ᴏᴜʀ ɴᴇᴡ ʟᴀʙ ᴍᴇᴍʙᴇʀ!
𝘞𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘎𝘢𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘪 𝘒𝘢𝘶𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘦 𝘒𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘸𝘢𝘬𝘬𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘢𝘙𝘊𝘛 𝘓𝘢𝘣! 🎉
✨ Get to know her!
🎓 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱: Fulbright Alumna; Lecturer at the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka; MSc in Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Arkansas
💡 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗙𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀: Language recovery in aphasia, Augmentative and Alternative Communication in acquired communication disorders.
✨ 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗟𝗮𝗯? 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝗯’𝘀 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗽𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗮 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽 𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗔𝗔𝗖 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺.
🎉 𝗙𝘂𝗻 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝘁: Loves being outdoor, camping and exploring recipes. Breakfast is her favorite meal to get creative with!
Please join us in giving a warm welcome to Gayanthi as she begin her journey with us! 💙

10/28/2025

ᴍᴇᴇᴛ ᴏᴜʀ ɴᴇᴡ ʟᴀʙ ᴍᴇᴍʙᴇʀ!
𝘞𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 Dr.Mounia El Jaouhari 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘢𝘙𝘊𝘛 𝘓𝘢𝘣! 🎉
✨ Get to know her!
🎓 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱: Fulbright Alumna (Fulbright Joint-Supervision Program), UM5/CUNY
💡 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗙𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀: Neurolinguistics, Dementia, Speech-Language Pathologies
✨ 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗟𝗮𝗯? Inspired by the lab’s mission — making every voice matter through innovative technologies for people with aphasia.
🎉 𝗙𝘂𝗻 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝘁: "I thrive on challenge, creativity, and discovery. From the intensity of 18 years of boxing and exploring different hobbies to the calm focus of swimming and the expressive freedom of singing and painting, I embrace every opportunity to push limits. I'm deeply passionate about traveling, capturing moments through photography, exploring cultures through culinary arts, and constantly expanding my perspective through reading and learning new languages. Life is an adventure and I'm here to experience it fully."
Please join us in giving a warm welcome to Dr. Mounia El Jaouhari as she begins her journey with us! 💙

10/23/2025

𝙃𝙤𝙩 𝙤𝙛𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨!

We’re thrilled to share our latest publication: 𝗜𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗽𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗮-𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗲𝘅𝘁𝘀: 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗯 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀.

We’re especially proud to collaborate with 𝗚𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻, 𝗣𝗵𝗗 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝘁 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝗵𝗶𝗼 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆, in this exciting work. 🎓✨

𝘼 𝙥𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙥𝙝𝙖𝙨𝙞𝙖-𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙡𝙮 𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙨 — 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙪𝙣𝙚𝙙!

📖 Click the link below for your 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃! 👇

https://www.tandfonline.com/share/VGQ2VITNMYH5IFTFNGBM?target=10.1080/02687038.2025.2572313

10/15/2025

𝗢𝗖𝗧𝗢𝗕𝗘𝗥 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗔𝗖 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵!

Here is exciting news about tracking the progress of 𝘼𝘼𝘾 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙖𝙥𝙝𝙖𝙨𝙞𝙖.

𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗦𝗢𝗔𝗣 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗔𝗖 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗽𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗽𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗮?

🙌 Get in on the AAC vibes- Don't miss this out!!!

10/10/2025

👀 𝗜𝗖𝗬𝗠𝗜 👀: 𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗽𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗔𝗖! ✨

We’re thrilled to welcome Dr. Aimee Dietz to USF who will be leading the LaRCT Lab. 🎉

Her research focuses on improving communication of people with aphasia through innovative Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) solutions. Another line of her research focuses on how mind-body practices, including adapted yoga, might be harnessed to build resilience and coping for people with post-stroke aphasia and their co-survivors.

Learn more about Dr.Aimee Dietz ! https://www.usf.edu/cbcs/csd/faculty-staff/dietz-aimee.aspx

We can’t wait to see the impact of her leadership here at USF. 💚 Welcome, Dr. Dietz!