Communicative
Sciences & Disorders
Nidhi
Mahendra, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Director/Principal
Investigator, Aging and Cognition Research Clinic
Office: TR653B
Phone: 510.885.3182 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting end_of_the_skype_highlighting
E-mail: nidhi.mahendra@csueastbay.edu
Research Interests:
My
research falls into two areas:
I. Cognition in aging and
dementia
Cognition and communication
in healthy adults and those with neurogenic language disorders resulting from
dementia, aphasia, and traumatic brain injury.
My current research is aimed at documenting:
1.
Feasibility and outcomes of computer-assisted
cognitive interventions for training fact and procedure learning in persons
with Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia
2.
Variables influencing episodic and semantic memory
performance in healthy aging, mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and dementia
3.
Outcomes of screening for cognitive impairments,
depression, and hearing function in healthy older adults and adults residing at
assistive living facilities
4.
Reading speed and reading comprehension in healthy
aging, MCI, and dementia
Aging and Cognition Research Clinic (ACRC)
II. Multicultural
issues in speech-language pathology and audiology
My research on this topic has been funded by the American Speech
Language Hearing Association and a CSUEB Research Scholarship and Creative
Activity (RSCA) grant, and is focused on:
1.
Barriers
faced by minority clients accessing and receiving speech language pathology and
audiology services
2.
Culturally
competent and evidence-based assessment and treatment of adults with
communication disorders
Please see the following:
California Speech Language
Hearing Association Diversity Issues Committee
Office
of Multicultural Affairs (OMA), American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Multicultural
Affairs and Resources, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association