Speakers

Speech Title : Test Electrode-Based Method of Measuring the Achievable Electrode Insertion Depth in Cochlear Implantation

Speech Title : Differential assessment and intervention of central auditory processing disorders (CAPDs)

Dr. Ferre has been an ASHA certified Audiologist since 1980 and received her PhD in Audiology from Northwestern University in 1984. She has been in private practice in the Chicago area since 1988, providing evaluation of and intervention for central auditory processing disorders among children and adults. She is an Adjunct Faculty member of Rush University, Northwestern University, and the University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign. She has published numerous articles in refereed journals and presented at the local, state, national and international levels on CAP and CAPD. Her published work includes numerous chapters in professional texts, peer-reviewed and invited manuscripts, and The Differential Screening Test for Processing (co-author). Dr. Ferre is a Fellow of the Illinois Speech-Language-Hearing Association, the 1997 recipient of ISHA’s Clinical Achievement Award, a Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (2001), received Honors of the Illinois Speech-Language-Hearing Association in 2007, and is the 2025 recipient of the ASHA Foundation’s Frank R. Kleffner Clinical Career Achievement Award.

Speech Title : The Impact of Tongue Resting Posture on Speech and Breathing

Mohamed A. Mohamed holds a master’s degree in Speech–Language Pathology, a master’s degree in Psychology, and a PhD in Clinical Psychology, along with being a Certified Orofacial Myologist (COM) since 2013. He has a Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) from ASHA and is a Registered Speech–Language Pathologist with CASLPO, as well as a member of SAC. His clinical interests include swallowing and voice disorders, and myofunctional therapy, particularly helping patients transition from tube feeding to oral feeding. Mohamed is an approved instructor with the IAOM, teaching his course, Tongue Thrust and Beyond, four times a year across Canada, the United States, and internationally. He is also a board member of the IAOM and the founder of the Swallowing, Voice and Speech Rehab Clinic in Mississauga, Ontario, established in 2010.