Carla Cuadro, MRS-SP, faculty member of the Department of Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) in the College of Rehabilitation Sciences, led a group of SLP alumni who were part of the pioneer batch in 2014 in presenting their research at the 9th Biennial Asia-Pacific Conference on Speech Language Hearing, organized by the Asia Pacific Society of Speech Language and Hearing (APSSLH) and Jinan University, China, last October 9-11, 2015. This was held at the Yi He Hotel in Guangzhou, China.
Their research poster entitled, “Acoustic Characteristics of Voice in Typically Developing Filipino Children Aged 4 to 6 in Sta. Cruz, Manila” was presented by Marajo Bondoc, and the team was joined by Raphielle Dizon, Kurt Fresnido, Ma. Clarisse Malilay, Justin Sayana, and Rachelle Ann Vasquez, who were then SLP students of CRS.
There were only 3 presentations from the Philippines in this conference, including that of UST. The conference featured 144 speakers, 64 research papers and 77 research posters covering areas of interest in speech-language pathology, audiology, and hearing sciences. It was attended by experts and scholars from 13 countries, including Philippines, Australia, Great Britain, Canada, Japan, Thailand, South Korea, New Zealand, Malaysia, Singapore, India, United States of America, Vietnam, and 14 provinces of Mainland China, aside from Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.
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