Dr. Angel Ball's Home page

Office location and contact info:

178 Manning

361-593-2614  

email:  kfalb01@tamuk.edu

mailing address: Texas A & M University-Kingville, Department of Biological and Health Science, Program - Communication Sciences & Disorders, MSC 177A - 700 University Blvd, Kingsville, Texas 78363-8202

 

Biographical Sketch

Dr. Ball joined TAMUK program of CSDO in Fall 2007. Her specialty area is neurolinguistics with a focus on aphasia and agraphia research. She began her career in Cincinnati, Ohio and had been teaching and supervising at the University of Cincinnati (UC) since 1998. She has over 20 years experience in speech pathology clinical care, primarily in rehabilitation (hospital and nursing home) settings. Currently she maintains an affiliation with UC's College of Allied Health Sciences as Voluntary Assistant Professor of Clinical. 

 

Educational Background:

 

University of Cincinnati

Ph.D. 1998 Speech Pathology, cognate in Audiology, minor in Neurolinguistics

M.A. 1987 Speech Pathology

B.A. 1985 English Literature

        

Certification

 

American Speech and Hearing Asso. Certificate of Clinical Competence since 1987

Texas license to practice Speech Language Pathology: #103575, Exp. 4/30/09

 

Professional Memberships- see links for more information

American Speech and Hearing Association

Texas Speech and Hearing Association

American Academy of Neurology

The National Aphasia Association-

            Texas State Representative 2007-present

 

Current Research interests

 

 

 

CURRENT STUDIES OPEN FOR PARTICIPANTS: please contact Dr. Ball at 361-593-2614 if you have had a stroke more than 1 year ago, have aphasia, and are interested in finding out about participation options. All therapy provided in studies are free of charge and reviewed by the Texas A&M Univ-Kingsville Institutional Review board.

 

 

 

Teaching at TAMUK 

GRADUATE

o       Neuroscience

o       Advanced Clinical Methods

o       Aphasia

o       Diagnostics (as of Fall 2008)

o       Clinical Practicum

UNDERGRADUATE

o       Communication Disorders in Adults

o       Phonetics

 

 

 

 

Most Recent Publications:

Eaton KP, Szaflarski JP, Altaye M, Ball AL, Kissela BM, Banks C, Holland SK. (2008) Reliability of fMRI for studies of language in post-stroke aphasia subjects. NeuroImage, 41, 311-322

 

          Szaflarski JP, Ball AL, Grether S, Al-fwaress F, Griffith NM, Neils-Strunjas J, Newmeyer A, Reichhardt R (2008). Constraint-induced aphasia therapy stimulates language recovery in patients with chronic aphasia after ischemic stroke. Medical Science Monitor, 12, 5, 243-250.

           

            Ball, A. (2006). Adult writing and handwriting across the years: A review of the literature. Hearsay-Journal of the Ohio Speech and Hearing Association, 18, 32-37.

 

            Sotto, C. & Ball, A. (2006).  Dynamic characters with communication disorders in children’s literature. Intervention in School and Clinic, 42, 1, 40-45.

    

           Horwarth, M., Ball, A., & Smith, R. (2005). Taste preference 

and rating of commercial and natural thickeners. Nursing Rehabilitation, 30,6, 239-246.

 

            Porcher, N.L., Ball, A.L., Neils-Strunjas, J., Smith, R., Weiler, E., Krikorian, R. (2003). Using memory strategies to improve 24-Hour dietary recalls among older adults. Journal of Allied Health, 32, 3, 196-201.