Claiming Our Voices
by Liz Begley

Liz Begley, Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, supervises student clinicians at the Sir Alexander Ewing Speech and Hearing Clinic. She offers her students various assistive technologies that can help individuals who have communication disorders. Liz strongly believes that it is beneficial for healthcare professionals to see first hand exactly how these individuals use assistive devices to communicate.

To accomplish this goal, we told the story of Gil and Barbara Geer. We produced a six-minute video highlighting the assistive technology used in the Sir Alexander Ewing Speech and Hearing Clinic. The video demonstrates how the DynaMyte device became one of the most vital restorative aspects of Gil's recovery. The DynaMyte gave Gil the ability to communicate again. It also helped restore his cognitive processes through repetition, further empowering his communicative abilities. Our video allowed Liz to share this incredible story with graduate students and health care professionals throughout the State of New York during classroom lectures.

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