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The Team

2026 - 2027

Our Research Center

The HELD Lab is dedicated to pursuing research on speech and language communication and auditory processing/hearing by connecting these ideas with culture and diversity. To do so, our HELD Research lab team is passionate about growing our knowledge in these areas in order to be able to teach the community ways to embrace their diversity and benefit the speech, language, and hearing community. 

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Dr. Alliete Alfano

Ph.D., CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert. AVT

Lab Director

Interim Chair & Tenured Associate Professor , FIU

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Teya William

Lab Coordinator

MS - SLP, FIU 

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Jannabel Ameen

Ph.D Student, FIU 

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Alexa Capote

Graduate Research Assistant 

MS - SLP, FIU

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Cassandra Sanchez

Graduate Research Assistant 

MS - SLP, FIU

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Brittney Nisbett

Graduate Research Assistant 

MS - SLP, FIU

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Natalie Falls

Graduate Research Assistant 

MS - SLP, FIU

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