National Presentations
IBM Via Voice: Speech Recognition and Hearing Impaired Clients (with A.F. Chouinard), American Speech and Hearing Association Convention, Washington D.C., November 2000.
Cultural Voice and Speech Clarity in International Taxi Drivers (with A.F. Chouinard), Washington D.C., American Speech and Hearing Association Convention, November 2000.
Speaking Minnesotan :Using Speech Recognition Technology with Multi cultural Populations,
American Speech and Hearing Association Convention, San Francisco, November 1999. (Based on a State of Minnesota Site-based Technology Grant program through the Hubbs Center, with C. Bredemus, L. James, and P. Enestvedt. (Also presented at St. Thomas University, ALT conference, June, 99)
Spanish for Speech Pathologists/ Practica en Espanol (with M. Continenza), American Speech and Hearing Association Convention, San Francisco, November 1999.
Accent Issues in the Workplace, Macalaster College, St. Paul, MN, May 1999
Using the IBM Speech Viewer with Spanish Speakers, New Orleans, American Speech and Hearing Association Convention, November 1995
Using the Speech Viewer with ELLIS Master Pronunciation, Closing the Gap, Bloomington, MN, October 1995.
Practicum Supervision in Speech Pathology (with L. Larsen), American Speech and Hearing Association Convention, Detroit, Michigan, November 1983
Practicum Supervision in Speech Pathology, Nolte Center, University of Minnesota, September 1979
The Role of the Speech Pathologist In Adult Day Health Care, San Francisco , 1978
Accent Wisdom (Understanding Accented Speakers)-
National Presentations
University of Wisconsin, River Falls, June 2001
American Association of Medical Transcriptionists
Portland, Oregon 2000
Austin, Texas
Madison, Wisconsin
Northeast Utilities, Weathersfield, Connecticut.1996
GMAC Finance- Waterloo, Iowa 1996
Books
Speech Insights for Success, Published by Ethnic Communication Arts, 2008
Pronunciation for Career Growth, published by Beaver's Pond Press, January 1995
Better Speech for Better Hearing, a speech manual for Asian employees in the hearing aid industry, (developed for Bernafon Maico, Eden Prairie, MN.)
Smoothing out the Wrinkles- An Intermediate English Text for International Nursing Assistants
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