Munroe-Meyer Institute
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University of Nebraska Medical Center

Jessica Gormley, PhD, CCC-SLP

Assistant Professor, MMI Dept of Speech-Language Pathology
Research Coordinator, MMI Speech-Language Pathology
Augmentative and Alternative Communication Program Leader, MMI Speech-Language Pathology
Speech-Language Pathologist

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Jessica Gormley, PhD, CCC-SLP

Jessica Gormley, PhD, CCC-SLP, is an assistant professor and a speech-language pathologist at the UNMC Munroe-Meyer Institute Department of Speech-Language Pathology. Additionally, Gormley is the department's research coordinator and program leader for augmentative and alternative communication implementation.

Gormley's research and clinical interests center upon improving interactions among individuals with complex communication needs, their families and health care providers through the development and evaluation of augmentative and alternative communication tools and trainings. She has extensive training and experience serving infants, children and adults with complex medical needs in inpatient settings to meet their speech, language, communication and swallowing needs.

Gormley serves as a subcontractor for the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research Rehabilitation Engineering and Research Center on Augmentative and Alternative Communication project “mTraining in augmentative and alternative communication for Communication Partners.” She has co-authored several peer-reviewed articles and book chapters on the topics of supporting augmentative and alternative communication in acute care, personalization of patient-provider communication and child-parent-provider communication interactions.

Information

  • PhD: Communication Sciences and Disorders, Pennsylvania State University.
  • MA: Speech-Language Pathology, State University of New York at Geneseo.
  • BS: Speech and Hearing Handicapped, State University of New York at Geneseo.

Specialty Certifications

  • American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Certificate of Clinical Competence.
  • Nebraska state licensed speech-language pathologist.

Gormley provides patient care services at the UNMC Munroe-Meyer Institute's Department of Speech-Language Pathology.

Clinic Location: Munroe-Meyer Institute

  • Altschuler, T., Santiago, R., & Gormley, J. (2021). Ensuring communication access for all during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond: Supporting patients, providers, and caregivers in hospitals. Augmentative and Alternative Communication. Manuscript accepted.  
  • Gormley, J., & Koch Fager, S. (2021). Personalization of patient-provider communication across the lifespan. Topics in Language Disorders. Manuscript accepted. 
  • Koch Fager, S., Gormley, J.E., & Sorenson, T. (2021). Access to AAC for individuals with acquired conditions: Challenges and solutions in early recovery. In Ogletree, W. (Ed.), Augmentative and Alternative Communication: Challenges and Solutions. Plural Publishing, Inc. 
  • Santiago, R., Gormley, J., Altschuler, T., Howard, M., Pressman, H., & Blackstone, S. (2021). Promoting system change for communication access in acute care hospitals. Assistive Technology Outcomes and benefits, 15, 100-118. 
  • Gormley, J., & Light, J. (2020). Child-parent-provider interactions of a child with complex communication in an inpatient rehabilitation facility: A pilot study. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 30, 105-118. https://doi.org/10.1044/2020_AJSLP-20-00031 
  • Gormley, J., & Koch-Fager, S. (2020). Visual-cognitive processing demands of keyboard layouts for individuals with & without traumatic brain injury. Assistive Technology, Early Online. https://doi.org/10.1080/10400435.2020.1826006 
  • Hurtig, R., Alper, R., Altschuler, T., Gendreau, S., Gormley, J., Marshall, S., Santiago, R., & Scibilia, S. (2020). Improving outcomes for hospitalized patients pre- and post-Covid-19. Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, Early Online. https://doi.org/10.1044/2020_PERSP-20-00144
  • Augmentative and alternative communication.
  • AACtive Learning Hub.
  • Developing and implementing communication partner trainings to optimize the communication experiences and health outcomes of individuals who use augmentative and alternative communication in health care settings.
  • MTraining for acute care providers.
  • Patient provider communication.
  • Pediatric dysphagia.
  • Teaching acute care providers to use visual supports and create communication opportunities in healthcare routines.
  • American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Foundation Award New Investigators Research Grant: “Teaching Acute Care Providers to Use Visual Supports and Create Communication Opportunities in Healthcare Routines: Effects of a Just-in-Time AAC Training”, 2021.
  • Nominated for the Faculty Clinical Standout Award, UNMC Munroe-Meyer Institute, 2020.
  • American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation New Century Scholars Doctoral Scholarship, 2018.
  • ISAAC Emerging Researcher Travel Award, 2018.
  • American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
  • American Speech Language-Hearing Association, Special Interest Groups 12 - Alternative and Augmentative Communication; and 13 - Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders.
  • Nebraska Speech-Language Hearing Association.
  • United States Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication.
Speech-Language Pathology Department

University of Nebraska Medical Center
Munroe-Meyer Institute
985450 Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE 68198-5450

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Child using hand at mouth to form sounds in speech-language therapy session, Adobe Stock.
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