HALL, E. H., Ph.D., CCC Sp. & Aud.

• Professor Communication Disorders & Sciences
• Graduate and Undergraduate Faculty
• Appointed 1971

Academic Degrees

• Ph.D. University of Southern 1971 Communicative Disorders California
• M.A. University of Hawaii 1964 Speech Communications
• B.S. University of Hawaii 1954 Tropical Agriculture

Professional Experience

• 1971 - Present California State University, Northridge
• 1965 - 1971 University of Southern California
• 1960 - 1965 Department of Education, Hawaii

Faculty and Administrative Load

Spring Semesters

• CD 361 Language Development in Children (2 sections)
• CD 485 Computer Applications in Communicative Dis.
• Spec Ed 438CD Directed-teaching Rehabilitative Services Cr.
• Spec Ed 438CDA Directed-teaching Special Class Authorization
• Severe Language Handicapped/Aphasia Classroom

Fall Semesters

• CD 361 Language Development in Children
• CD 361 Language Development in Children
• Spec Ed 438CD Directed-teaching Rehabilitative Services Cr.
• Spec Ed 438CDA Directed-teaching Special Class Authorization--Severe Language Handicapped/Aphasia Classroom

Other Collegiate Assignments, 1996-1999

• Advisor: Undergraduate and graduate students.
• Coordinator Rehabilitative Services Credential, Language-Speech-Hearing /Audiology; and the
• Special Class Authorization for the Severe Language Handicapped/Aphasia Classroom
• Member: Dept. Personnel Committee.
• Member: College Technical Resources Advisory Committee.
• Member: Foundation Committee, Language, Speech and Hearing Center.
• Member: Credential Advisory Committee, Rehabilitative Services Credential.
• Member: Screening and Selection Committee COMD.
• Member Professional Performance Review Committee (PPR) (1996).

Current Professional and Academic Association Memberships

• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
• California Speech-Language-Hearing Association

Current Professional Assignments and Activities

• Consultant, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Sepulveda

Publications & Software Development

Hall, Edward P. "Computers, Movies and Non literal Language Rehabilitation: An In-depth Look at the Development of an Interactive Video Workstation. Journal of Medical Speech-Language Pathology, 3, (1995).

Hall, Edward P. "An Interactive Video Computer Workstation Training Program for Non Literal Language as part of an Research and Development Grant from the Veterans Administration, Sepulveda Medical Center, California (1994).

Hall, Edward P. "An Interactive Video Computer Workstation Test of Non Literal Language", developed as part of an Research and Development Grant from the Veterans Administration, Sepulveda Medical Center, California (1993).

Hall, Edward P. A computer program for the "Orientation and/or Education of Adult Patients and Significant Others in the Rehabilitation of Communicative Disorders. " Developed at the request of the Veterans Administration, Sepulveda

Medical Center, Speech Pathology and Audiology, (1992).

Hall, E., and Goldojarb, M. Interactive Video for the Aphasic Patient -- Executive Memory for Auditory and Visual Stimuli. Veterans Administration, Department of Speech Pathology, Sepulveda, CA, 1987.

Hall, E. Captioning Your Imagination. Seal Software, Seal Beach, CA., 1986.

Hall, E., and Goldojarb, M. Decision Maker, A Computer Program for Aphasic Patients. Veterans Administration, Department of Speech Pathology, Sepulveda, CA, 1986.

Hall, E., and Goldojarb, M. Interactive Video for the Cognitively Impaired--Naming Faces; Recognizing Moods; and Identifying Actions. Veterans Administration, Department of Speech Pathology, Sepulveda, CA., 1986.

Hall, E. Interactive-observation in Communicative Disorders. Proceedings from Computer Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference, CSUN, 1985.

Hall, E., and Goldojarb, M. Interactive Video for the Speech Pathology Trainee -- Practice in Scoring the Porch Index of Communicative Ability. Veterans Administration, Department of Speech Pathology, Sepulveda, CA, 1985

Hall E., and D. Oberkramer. Start Learning Sign Language with 76 of the Most Frequently Used Signs. Oak Knolls Educational Activities: Simi Valley, CA 1984.

Hall, E. Speaking of Pictures: A Language Unit on Article Development. Inflections, Telos: Oxnard, CA., 1980.

Research & Grant Activities

Project Coordinator for Office of Education Research Grant No. OEG-4-7-062088-0386 to study the Perceptual Abilities of Socio-Economically Disadvantaged Children, 1970.

Project Coordinator for Blue Cross and HealthWest Grant to Computerize the Teaching, Learning and Administrative Functions of the Communicative Disorders Program, 1986.

Project Director for CSUN University grant to develop Computerized Instruction Using Interactive Video, 1987.

Project Director for CSUN University grant to evaluate computer generated visual feedback training in speech therapy for deaf students, 1989.

Presentations & Awards

Hall, Edward P., et al. "Interactive Video and Disc Re purposing in the Rehabilitation of Language for Adults." Selected Paper for the California-Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual State Conference, (1991).

Hall, Edward P., and Muriel Goldojarb. "Computer Assisted Orientation and/or Education of Adult Patients and Significant Others in the Rehabilitation of Communicative Disorders." Presentation to the Geriatric Rehabilitation and Education Center, Veterans Administration, Sepulveda Medical Center, CA (1992).

Hall, Edward P., et al. "Computer Assisted Orientation and/or Education of Adult Patients and Significant Others in the Rehabilitation of Communicative Disorders." Mini seminar at the California Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual State Conference, (1992).

Hall, Edward P. "An Interactive Computer Workstation for Testing and Training Non literal Expressions." Mini seminar at The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual National Conference, (1993).

Hall, Edward P. "An Interactive Video System to Test and Treat Non literal Language Disorders." Workshop for the California State University, Northridge, Technology and Persons with Disabilities Annual Conference, (1994).

Hall, Edward P. Recipient of the Outstanding Service Award. Presented by the California Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual State Conference, (1994).

Hall, Edward P., and Muriel Goldojarb. "An Interactive Video System to Test and Treat Non literal Language Disorders." Presentation to the Geriatric Rehabilitation and Education Center, Veterans Administration, Sepulveda Medical Center, CA (1995).

Hall, Edward P., et al., "The Assessment and Training of Non Literal Language Skills in Right Hemispheric Stroke Patients." Taped presentation to the California Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual State Conference, (1996).

Hall, Edward P., and Muriel Goldojarb. "Interactive Video in the Rehabilitation of Right and Left Cerebral Stroke."

Presentation to the Geriatric Rehabilitation and Education Center, Veterans Administration, Sepulveda Medical Center, CA (1996).

Service to the Department and the School

1) Lecturing to mega-class sections, and devising new techniques for handling large classes effectively: The University administration has expressed great interest regarding the ability of departments to graduate students on time. This is particularly critical in the case of the Credential students. In this instance a bottle neck in the curriculum could have a severe impact on the public school system and subsequently the community.

To help avert such a crisis, I have redesigned my credential class (CD 361) so that it could be taught effectively to large sections of students. The class, which is typically closed at 35 students, now seats consistantly over 100 students (this semester 132). To do this I have had to modify my presentation techniques and my test procedures. In one class, for example, we used four classrooms connected by closed circuit television to provide enough seats for the enrolled students. Video taping the class is another example of the new techniques I have encorporated to provide special assistance to individuals who feel the need for extra coaching. Other new techniques have included tutorials on the internet, and email counseling.

2) Participation in student recruitment orientation activities: Over the past three years, the Northridge campus has focused on reaching out to graduating high school seniors. A major means of encouraging students to attend Northridge has been the student orientation program. I run the recruitment and orientation program for the Department that meets once a month throughout the year; and I participate in all college student orientation program each summer and during the school year.

Service to the Community

1) The Development of a Distance Learning Program: There are approximately 3000 individuals in the public school system who are in need of completing credential requirements in speech pathology or audiology, but who cannot, for reasons of incompatible work schedules and/or long distances from the university, attend classes on campus. To help meet this crisis, I have participated in the development of a distance learning component to the Department of Communicative Disorders. I have, over the past three years, taught six sections of classes including three different course preparations through distance learning. These classes have been transmitted via satallite to remote sites such as Oxnard, and Antelope Valley colleges; and by video-tape-exchange to students in Bakersfield and San Diego. I have broadcast classes from the official ITN classes on campus, and when the class enrollment was too large for these classrooms, we have arranged to have the classes video taped in the regular classroom for transmission at a later date. We are presently designing a distance learning classroom that will be available on the department site.

2) Publications and presentations to professional organizagtions: GREC & video presentation to CASHA Over the past three years I have published an article on Interactive Video Teaching and Testing of Non Literal Langauge; and have given four presentations to the Nursing Staff and the Geriatric Unit at the Veterans Administration; and also a video presentaion to the annual conference of the California Speech-Language-Hearing Association.

Service to the Profession

1) Development of a Interactive Work Station to test and teach non literal language expressions: Two significant problems facing the professionals in speech pathology in the Veterans Administration (VA) are a lack of personnel to work with adult stroke patients, and a dearth of testing and teaching materials in non literal langauge processing. Working with members of the VA (they had received a $140,000 VA research grant to work on computerized therapy for non literal language disorders) I assisted in the development of a video workstation using computers, video disc players and high quality amplifiers. This station provided testing and training of non literal language expressions and permitted subjects to work without direct supervision of a therapist, thus freeing their time to see more patients. My contribution to the effort was the assembly of the technical equipment for the work station; the development and writing of the computer program used in the project; and the development, direction and, in many cases, participation in the making of the movie clips for the workstation. In addition to three professional movies that we repurposed for the workstation, we produced over 180 original short movie scenes depicting non literal language expressions for the test battery. The training portion of the workstation includes 480 language experiences for a patient and takes approximately three months to complete. We have so far tested and trained over thirty patients at the Sepulved VA and the Down-town out patient Clinic. These workstations (there are now three) are a major part of the rehabilitative armormant at these facilities. We are now looking into the feasibility of using the workstaion in modified form for other populations experiencing difficulty with non literal language expressions, such as deaf and foreign students