Biography
Ernay Adams, M.S. CCC-SLP, is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Disorders. Professor Adams received her M.S. in Communication Disorders from Marshall University in 2011. Prior to returning to Marshall, she spent 7 years working with the adult and geriatric populations in skilled nursing and inpatient rehabilitation facilities, and she still provides mobile Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluations of Swallowing (FEES) to area skilled nursing and assisted living facilities. She has 5 years of experience working with graduate students and continues to provide clinical supervision and education to graduate students at the Marshall University Speech and Hearing Center. Professor Adams’ primary clinical interests include neurocognitive disorders and dysphagia. At Marshall, she assists at the ALS clinic, and she has developed the SPEAK OUT! and LOUD Crowd programs, which provide speech, voice, and cognitive therapy to Parkinson’s disease patients. She is the recipient of a 2019 Parkinson Voice Project grant. She is also the faculty advisor for Marshall’s chapter of National Student Speech-Language Hearing Association. In her spare time, Professor Adams enjoys cheering on the Herd with her husband and two sons, exercising, and planning Disney vacations for families.