Dr. Santhosh Simon
Assistant Professor, PhD, CCC-SLP
- About
- Education
- Awards & Honors
- Selected Research
Biography
I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Illinois State University. My prior experience as a Speech-Language Pathologist was in Kerala, India, and California, USA.
Current Courses
CSD 270.001 Cultural and Linguistic Diversity in Communication Sciences and Disorders
CSD 248.001 Speech Science
CSD 316.001 The Voice And Its Disorders
CSD 291.001 Undergraduate Teaching Experience In Communication Sciences Disorders
CSD 291.007 Undergraduate Teaching Experience In Communication Sciences Disorders
Teaching Interests & Areas
CSD 413 - Assessment and Management of Voice and Resonance Disorders
CSD 316 - The Voice And Its Disorders
CSD 270 - Cultural and Linguistic Diversity in Communication Sciences and Disorders
CSD 418 - Assessment and Treatment of Stuttering
CSD 248 - Speech Science
CSD 115 - Human Communication: Speech, Language, And Hearing
Research Interests & Areas
My research interests include voice disorders and vocal health in professional voice users, folk singers, and mimicry performers.
PhD Human Communication Sciences - Voice & Speech Science
University of Sheffield, School of Allied Health Professions, Pharmacy, Nursing and Midwifery
Sheffield, United Kingdom
MS Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology
University of Mysore, JSS Institute of Speech and Hearing
Mysore, Karnataka, India
BS Speech and Language Pathology and Audiology
Mangalore University, Dr. M.V. Shetty College of Speech & Hearing
Mangalore, Karnataka, India
Academic Excellence Award, Mar Thoma Syrian Ebenezer Church
Mar Thoma Syrian Ebenezer Church, Thrissur, Kerala, India
2025
CSHA Certificate of Appreciation, Peer Reviewer
California Speech-Language-Hearing Association (CSHA)
2025
ASHA Award for Continuing Education (ACE)
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
2025
Chief Guest of Honor (Inaugural Luminary), MISHCON 2025 Conference
Mar Thoma College of Special Education, Institute of Speech & Hearing, Kerala, India
2025
Judge, Approved Rehabilitation Council of India, CRE - MISHCON 2025 Scientific Presentation Competition
Mar Thoma College of Special Education, Institute of Speech and Hearing
2025
Summer Vocology Institute Certificate
Utah Center for Vocology and National Center for Voice and Speech (NCVS)
2025
Grants and Contracts
An Investigation into Vocal Mimicry Artistry: Acoustic Changes and Learning Methods
Santhosh Simon.
University Research Grants (URG - New Faculty Initiative Grant (NFIG). July 1 2025
TRAVEL GRANT from Illinois State University to support conference attendance/presentation
Santhosh Simon.
Illinois State University. - August 20 2025
Abstract
An investigation into learning methods of voice mimicry artists
Santhosh Simon, Stuart Cunningham.
The Voice Foundation, (2025)
Enhancing Accessibility in Higher Education: Supporting Students with Speech, Language, and Communication Challenges
Santhosh Simon.
CHRIST (Deemed to be University), 55, (2025)
Journal Article
Risk Factors for Hyper functional Voice Disorders among Teachers
Swapna Sebastian, Benedict Anto Suresh, Santhosh Simon, Achamma Ballraj.
Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences, 11 (2), 3, (2012)
Presentations
Vocal hygiene knowledge, practices, and disorders in speech-language pathologists: a mixed-methods study
Santhosh Simon, Stephanie Burns.
2025 ASHA Convention, Washington D C, November 22, 2025
Introduction to the processes of communication (speech, language, hearing) within a multicultural and linguistic society and the impact of communication impairment
Santhosh Simon.
School of Educations's Guest Talk for PGDI and Second Year BEd Students, Bangalore, Karnataka, India, August 9, 2025
Enhancing Accessibility in Higher Education: Supporting Students with Speech, Language, and Communication Challenges
Santhosh Simon.
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE, WORK VALUES AND ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE IN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS, Bangalore, Karnataka, India, August 8, 2025
Effective strategies for managing fluency disorders: From Theory to Practice
Santhosh Simon.
MISHCON 2025, Kasaragod, Kerala, India, August 2, 2025
An Investigation into Learning Methods of Voice Mimicry Artists
Santhosh Simon, Stuart Cunningham.
The Voice Foundation’s 54th Annual Symposium: Care of the Professional Voice, Philadelphia, PA, May 29, 2025
How to Screw Up a Thematic Analysis
Santhosh Simon.
Research Grand Rounds, Normal, April 16, 2025
Voice Disorders in School-Aged Children
Santhosh Simon.
ISHA 65th Annual Convention, Rosemont, IL, February 7, 2025
Qualitative Aspects of Instructional Voice through the Lens of Voice Clinicians
Santhosh Simon, Stephanie Burns.
Teaching & Learning Symposium 2025: Teaching in Turbulent Times: Creating Community with Care and Empathy, Normal, IL, January 8, 2025
An Investigation into Vocal Mimicry Artists: Methods of Learning
Santhosh Simon, Stephanie Burns.
Music Research Symposium, Normal, IL, November 9, 2024