Communication Sciences and Disorders

Join us for our weekly professional seminar, commemorating the lasting impact of the Wendell Johnson Speech and Hearing Center. Topics range all dimensions of communicative studies and disorders (Audiology, Hearing Science, Speech Science, Speech Pathology, Language Acquisition, etc.). Noon to 1 p.m., Fridays at the Wendell Johnson Speech and Hearing Center, 250 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA Presentations are in-person with some also simultaneously streamed on Zoom. (https://uiowa.zoom.us/j...

Live Fieldwork in Astromusicology While astromusicologists have explored the musical practices of nearby planets like Brazil, India, Java, Palestine, etc., they have yet to conduct ethnographic fieldwork in more distant reaches of the universe. In this concert, the Society for Astromusicology explores the musical practices of the Maxineans, inhabitants of a distant region of our universe ruled by the spirit of Maxine, who has corrupted the laws of physics such that all sound was always already...

In a world full of noise, we often try listening to something: conversations with colleagues and family, music in our headphones, videos blasting from our smartphones. We hear all these things daily, but what does it mean to truly listen? In what sense do devices also listen to us? What is the role of silence in listening? How has listening changed over time? Can political tensions be solved through “listening”? How is listening both an art and a science? This Wide Lens event brings together...