Nancy Vidal

Dr. Nancy Vidal is an Associate Professor in the Communication Sciences and Disorders Department at Iona University. She holds a Ph.D. and MPhil from the Graduate Center, City University of New York, an MA from Hunter College (CUNY), and a BA from City College of New York (CUNY). With extensive clinical experience, she specializes in pediatric/adult dysphagia, language disorders, and bilingual speech pathology.

Her research examines neurophysiological correlates of speech sounds in monolingual/bilingual children, socio-cultural influences on bilingual language use, animal-assisted therapy applications, and dysphagia management. She employs event-related potentials and neurocognitive measures to study language acquisition across diverse populations.

Dr. Vidal's publications focus on bilingual/monolingual language processing, vowel perception, and neurodevelopmental markers in children. Her work demonstrates consistent emphasis on cross-linguistic comparisons, neurophysiological assessment techniques, and clinical applications for communication disorders spanning 1987-2016.

Honors:

• ASHA Continuing Education Award (1997-2000)

Professional Affiliations:

• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
• ASHA Special Interest Divisions: Swallowing Disorders (SID13), Neurogenic Disorders (SID2), Culturally Diverse Populations (SID14)

• ASHA-Certified Speech-Language Pathologist (NY)
• New York State Teacher of Speech and Hearing Handicapped (TSHH)
• Dysphagia Audio Digest Certification
• P.R.O.M.P.T. Certified