Faculty/Staff/PhD
Academic Faculty
Gerald C. Imaezue, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Office: PCD 4010
Phone: 813-974-2464
Lab: PCD 1030
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Acquired neurogenic communication disorders, such as aphasia, are global disease burdens
that lead to long-term disabilities, affecting millions around the globe and across
different language cultures. There is a need to address critical barriers to communication
healthcare for aphasia, such as the lack of access to in-person clinicians and linguistic
barriers to treatment. Dr. Imaezue鈥檚 overarching research goal is to address these
needs by developing novel procedures for self-directed treatment that circumvent linguistic
barriers and promote access to communication healthcare for survivors with aphasia
and related disorders. Among other methods, Dr. Imaezue employs mobile health and
related procedures to address the role of automated, personalized techniques in improving
communicative outcomes for survivors with aphasia and related disorders within real-world
contexts. Dr. Imaezue directs the Brain and Aphasia Research Lab, where he works with
a team of talented student scientists and collaborators within and outside USF on
multiple projects designed to attain this overall goal.
| Ph.D. (Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences) | The Graduate Center, City University of New York | 2023 |
| MPhil. (Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences) | The Graduate Center, City University of New York | 2021 |
| M.Ed. (Distinction: Audiology and Speech Pathology) | University of Ibadan | 2015 |
| B.Ed. (First Class Honors: Special Education with a major in Audiology and Speech Pathology, and Political Science) | University of Ibadan | 2012 |
Teaching
SPA6910.014U24 | Directed Research
SPA 6410.901| Aphasia and Related Disorders
SPA3101.799 | Anatomy and Physiology of Speech and Hearing Mechanisms
Recent Scholary Activity
路 Imaezue, G.C. (under review). Recursive self-feedback improved spontaneous speech in chronic aphasia within real-world settings.
路 Imaezue, G.C.., Tchernichovski, O. & Goral, M. (under review). Self-improved production of scripted sentences in nonfluent aphasia through automated recursive self-feedback.
路 Imaezue, G.C. (2024). Transfer effects of recursive self-feedback on connected speech production in patients with chronic nonfluent aphasia: Preliminary results. Aphasiology. Advance online publication.
路 Imaezue, G.C. & Goral, M. (2024). Toward self-regulated learning in aphasia rehabilitation: A proposed framework. Aphasiology. Advance online publication.
路 Imaezue, G.C., Tchernichovski, O. & Goral, M. (2023). Recursive self-feedback improved speech fluency in two patients with chronic nonfluent aphasia. Aphasiology, 38(5), 838-861.