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Sandra M. Grether, PhD

Coordinator, Division of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics

Adjunct Associate Professor of Clinical, College of Allied Health Sciences, University of Cincinnati

Phone: 513-636-8375

Fax: 513-803-0210

Email: sandra.grether@cchmc.org

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Specialties

Augmentative and alternative communication; prelinguistic language with individuals with significant intellectual disabilities; impact of cognition on language in pediatric hearing loss and cognitive disabilities; neurophysiology of speech and language in children with childhood apraxia of speech

Biography

Dr. Grether is actively involved in local, state and national organizations for speech-language pathology and disability groups. She received Honors of Association (2007), the Elwood Chaney Outstanding Clinician Award (2009) and Fellow of the Association (2012) from the Ohio Speech-Language Hearing Association. She was honored in 2008 with the Service Award from the Arc of Hamilton County where she was a board member for her service on the Board/Executive Board for 9 years. In 2010, she was honored by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation for Outstanding Clinical Achievement in Human Communication Sciences and Disorders. In 2012, she received her 12th ASHA Award for Continuing Education (ACE) from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.

Dr. Grether received the 2011 Textbook Excellence Award from the Text and Academic Authors Association for the chapter "Linking Communication and Literacy," written with Christina Yeager-Pelatti published in C. Carnahan & P. Williamson (Eds.) Quality literacy instruction for students with autism spectrum disorders. She is currently editor of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Perspectives on Augmentative and Alternative Communication. She teaches the both the basic and advanced Augmentative and Alternative Communication courses at the University of Cincinnati.

Education and Training

Certification: Certification of Clinical Competence: Speech-Language Pathology, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 1985.

PhD: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 1994.

Publications

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Wiley S, Meinzen-Derr J, Grether S, Choo D. Longitudinal functional performance among children with cochlear implants and disabilities: a prospective study using the Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory. Int J of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology. 2012;76(5):693–697.

Meinzen-Derr J, Wiley S, Grether S, Choo D. Children with cochlear implants and developmental disabilities: A language skills study with developmentally matched hearing peers. Research in Developmental Disability. 2011;32(2):757-67.

Grether, SM. [Commentary: Interpreting non-word repetition task results when language or reading are impaired]. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. 2011;53(8):676.

Grether S, Yeager Pelatti C. Linking communication and literacy. In C Carnahan & P Williamson (Eds.) Quality literacy instruction for students with autism spectrum disorders. Shawnee Mission, KA: Autism Asperger Publishing Co. 2010:125-160.

Meinzen-Derr, J, Wiley, S, Grether, S, Choo, D. Language performance in children with cochlear implants and additional disabilities. Laryngoscope. 2010;120:405-413.

Grether, SM. [Commentary on The importance of evaluating language in children with severe to profound sensorineural hearing loss]. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. 2010;52(9):791-792.

Grether, SM. Global developmental delay and its relationship to cognitive skills. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. 2009;51(8):577-578.

Grether SM, Sickman LS. AAC and RTI: classroom-based strategies for every child in the classroom. Seminars in Speech and Language. 2008;29(2):155-163.

Szaflarski JP, Ball AL, Grether S, Al-fwaress F, Griffith NM, Neils-Strunjas J, Newmeyer A, Reichhardt R. Constraint-induced aphasia therapy stimulates language recovery in patients with chronic aphasia after ischemic stroke. Medical Science Monitor. 2008;12(5):243-250.

Newmeyer A, Grether S, Grasha C, White J, Akers R, Aylward C, Ishikawa K, deGrauw T. Fine motor function and oral-motor imitation skills in preschool-age children with speech-sound disorders. Clinical Pediatrics. 2007;46(7):604-611.