Sabine Heuer

Sabine Heuer is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (College of Health Sciences). She serves as Program Director and Mentor for the Communication Sciences & Disorders program. Her research focuses on linguistic and non-linguistic factors impacting language comprehension in adults, particularly attention allocation, working memory, and their relationship to aphasia.

• Expertise in adult neurogenic communication disorders
• Develops controlled assessment materials for aphasia-related impairments
• Utilizes eye-tracking technology in cognitive process evaluation
• Specializes in dual-task paradigms for attention allocation studies

Her funded research includes the 2013 SEED Program grant from the College of Health Sciences, which supported validation of novel eye-tracking methods for cognitive assessment. Heuer teaches graduate-level courses on acquired neurogenic communication disorders, cognitive communication disorders, and speech/hearing anatomy and physiology.