Clinical Neuroscience for Communication Disorders: Neuroanatomy and Neurophysiology

Margaret Lehman Blake, PhD, CCC-SLP, is a Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Houston and a Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Her research focuses on cognitive-communication disorders associated with right hemisphere brain damage with the goal of understanding the underlying deficits in order to develop better assessments and treatments. She is a recipient of the University of Houston Teaching Excellence Award, a founding member of the International Right Hemisphere Collaborative, and the co-creator of RightHemisphere.org. Dr. Blake is the author of The Right Hemisphere and Disorders of Cognition and Communication: Theory and Clinical Practice, and co-author of Clinical Neuroscience for Communication Disorders: Neuroanatomy and Neurophysiology, both published by Plural Publishing.

Jerry Hoepner, PhD, CCC-SLP, is a Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire in the department of Communication Sciences and Disorders. He teaches courses in anatomy and physiology, neuroanatomy and neurophysiology, acquired cognitive-communication disorders, dysphagia, and counseling. Dr. Hoepner co-facilitates the Blugold Brain Injury Group, Mayo Brain Injury Group, Thursday Night Poets, and Chippewa Valley Aphasia Camp. His research addresses video self-modeling interventions for individuals with cognitive communication disorders, project-based interventions, aphasia camp outcomes, motivational interviewing, counseling methods and training, undergraduate research outcomes, course-embedded clinical experiences, and instructional pedagogies. He is a co-founder of the Teaching and Learning in Communication Sciences & Disorders journal. In 2022, he co-founded the ASHA SIG20 for counseling. Dr. Hoepner is the co-author of Clinical Neuroscience for Communication Disorders: Neuroanatomy and Neurophysiology by Plural Publishing. In 2021, he was awarded Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. In 2023, he received the Council of Academic Programs in Communication Sciences and Disorders Distinguished Contribution Award for enriching education in CSD.