Dr. Crass is a speech-language pathologist and certified Listening and Spoken Language Specialist, Auditory-Verbal Therapist. Dr. Crass’s research and academic interests include listening and spoken language development and aural (re)habilitation. Her clinical specialty is the aural (re)habilitation of children and adults who are deaf or hard of hearing and she has worked closely with this population for more than 14 years. In August 2018, she joined the Teaching Faculty at the Florida State University. Dr. Crass truly enjoys the many opportunities her new position affords her to connect with the undergraduate students both inside and outside the classroom. Dr. Crass also serves as the faculty advisor for the FSU Chapter of the National Student Speech, Language, and Hearing Association (NSSLHA).
Education
Ph.D. University of South Carolina
M.S.P. University of South Carolina
B.S. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Research Interests
Listening and Spoken Language development, Family-centered intervention, Literacy development in children with hearing loss
Teaching Interests
Audiology, Aural Rehabilitation, Anatomy & Physiology of the Speech and Hearing Mechanisms, Acoustics for Speech & Hearing
Publications & Research
Adlof, S., Hendricks, A., McLeod, A., Crass, K.A. & Cattano, A. (in review). Examining the effects of structured narrative retell instruction on meaning-related literacy skills of young children at-risk for reading difficulties
Crass, K.A., Montgomery, A. & Adams, C. (in revision). The Effect of Orthographic Prompting on the Lipreadability of Sentences.
Montgomery, A., Reed, P., Crass, K.A., Hubbard, I., & Stith, J. (2014). The effects of measurement error and vowel selection on the locus equation measure of coarticulation. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 136, 2747-2750.
Fogerty, D., Montgomery, A., & Crass, K.A. (2014). Effect of Consonant-Intensity on the Speed of Lexical Decisions. Attention, Perception and Psychophysics, 76 (3), 852-863.