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Adam Jacks

@adamjacks

Speech-language pathologist, researcher, aphasiologist

First conference since February 2020. Looking forward to present our new word complexity webapp this afternoon! #motorspeech2022 @UNC_AHS go.unc.edu/j6JRz unccard.shinyapps.io/shiny-woRdcomp…


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The @NIH has awarded #uncshs professors Katarina Haley and Adam Jacks a $3 million R01 research project grant to study speech production following a stroke: unc.live/2Qdggy1


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I have one great fear in my heart, that one day when they are turned to loving, they will find that we are turned to hating. -Alan Paton, Cry, The Beloved Country


RIP Bill Withers

Today we lost one of the best! Bill Withers just passed away at age 81. He was an extraordinary talent, with a soulful voice like no other. Ain't no sunshine today. Rest In Power, King! 💔



#motorspeech2020 attendees excited about putting ppl with #apraxiaofspeech in the driver's seat with #ActionSC Therapy @katarinahaley @ktcslp @UNC_AHS

adamjacks's tweet image. #motorspeech2020 attendees excited about putting ppl with #apraxiaofspeech in the driver's seat with #ActionSC Therapy @katarinahaley @ktcslp @UNC_AHS

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Jacks: Does masking reduce dysfluency in AOS? Sometimes. Not a clear predictive relationship from lesion to responder status in people with AOS following masking, but most responders showed similar profiles re: spared superior temp & inf parietal #motorspeech2020


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Hlavnicka: "Dysarthria Analyzer" serves as a means of automating extraction/modelling of acoustic features from dysarthric speech samples to facilitate SLPs' incorporation of acoustics into their clinical assessment. #motorspeech2020


Shri Narayanan giving a great keynote address-check out the dynamics of beatboxing sail.usc.edu/span/beatboxin… @USC_SAIL #motorspeech2020


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Journalists don’t sit down with senior officials to score political points. We do it in the service of asking tough questions, on behalf of our fellow citizens. And then sharing the answers—or lack thereof—with the world. My take for @NYT: nyti.ms/36yRv5n


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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly says the following happened after the interview in which she asked some tough questions to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

ddale8's tweet image. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly says the following happened after the interview in which she asked some tough questions to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

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Here is our full interview with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. It's worth a listen. npr.org/2020/01/24/799…


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"I want to be brave enough to change my first No. 1 song into how I would sing it today, and yet maintain the full integrity of the song." We're kicking off #PrideMonth with @TyHerndoncom's new recording of "What Mattered Most." 🎶🏳️‍🌈 tasteofcountry.com/ty-herndon-wha…

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Ty Herndon Re-Records 'What Mattered Most' for Pride Month

Ty Herndon has re-recorded his first No. 1 hit, What Mattered Most, with LGBTQ-appropriate pronouns for 2019 Pride Month.


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Thank you @SaraBareilles for making me cry during my morning commute, concerning all the other drivers around me. But for real, Orpheus is such a beautiful song #AmidstTheChaos

vinnytotaro's tweet image. Thank you @SaraBareilles for making me cry during my morning commute, concerning all the other drivers around me. But for real, Orpheus is such a beautiful song #AmidstTheChaos

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I think @JeremyKappell made an unfortunate flub and should be given the chance to apologize on @news10nbc Anyone who has done live tv and screwed up (google any number of ones I’ve done) understands.


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To everyone telling me how courageous I am for appearing in the doc, it didn't feel risky at all. I believe these women and don't give a fuck about protecting a serial child rapist. Easy decision.


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NBC News has learned Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg voted FROM HER HOSPITAL BED to refuse to let the government enforce Pres. Trump's proposed restriction on asylum. The court voted 5-4 to leave a lower court ruling in place that blocks enforcement of the crackdown. @PeteWilliamsNBC



Check out this moving story of a woman and her recovery from a sudden unexplained speech disorder @wespeechies #SLPeeps @TheANCDS @Sallie @sarahliz511 @leenasanzgiri

🚨New episode alert! 🚨@leenasanzgiri was living her dream life: she had the perfect job, the perfect boyfriend, the perfect apartment. Until one day when everything changed. Find out how a simple prayer helped Leena take her life back: one.npr.org/i/672251065:67…



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