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Ayelet Avraham Cashingad

Lecturer in the Department of Communication Disorders and Clinical Practicum Coordinator

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About

Communication clinician at Safra Children’s Hospital, Sheba Tel Hashomer Medical Center, with extensive experience in rehabilitating children with acquired language, speech, communication, and swallowing disorders.

She is also a lecturer in the Faculty of Communication Disorders and serves as the second-year clinical practicum coordinator and training course instructor.

Education

.M.Sc

Master's degree in Neurobiology, Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (2005), with honors

.B.A

Bachelor's degree in Communication Disorders, Department of Communication Disorders, Faculty of Health Professions, Tel Aviv University (2000)

Teaching Areas

Clinical Integration in Language, Voice, and Speech Disorders - Years 2 and 3; Voice Practicum; Clinical Skills Workshop for Treating Language Disorders in Children.

Research interests

Pediatric Swallowing and Eating Disorders, Pediatric Rehabilitation, Language and Executive Functions, Reading Acquisition and Disorders.

Selected Publications

Kavé, G., Kukulansky-Segal, D., Avraham, A., Herzberg, O., & Landa, J. (2010). Searching for the right word: Performance on four word-retrieval tasks across childhood. Child Neuropsychology, 16, 549-563.
Kavé, G., Avraham, A., Kukulansky-Segal, D., & Herzberg, O. (2007). How does the homophone meaning generation test associate with the phonemic and semantic fluency tests? A quantitative and qualitative analysis. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 13, 424-4