Carla Tierney-Hendricks, MS, CCC-SLP is a doctoral student in the PhD in Rehabilitation Sciences Program at the MGH Institute and is part of the Cognitive Neuroscience Group working with Dr. Sofia Vallila-Rohter. 

Carla is a practicing speech-language pathologist with clinical expertise in communication, cognitive, and swallowing impairments in the adult neurogenic population. 

  • PhD, Rehabilitation Sciences, MGH Institute of Health Professions
  • MS, Communication Sciences and Disorders, MGH Institute of Health Professions, Boston, MA
  • BA, Psychology, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA 

Tierney-Hendricks, C., Schliep, M., & Valilla-Rohter, S. (in press). Using an implementation framework to survey outcome measurement and treatment practices in aphasia.  American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology.

Schliep, M.E., Kasparian, L., Kaminski, O., Tierney-Hendricks, C., Ayuk, E., Brady Wagner, L., Koymen, S., & Vallila-Rohter, S. (2020). Implementing a standardized language evaluation in the acute phases of aphasia: Linking evidence-based practice and practice-based evidence. Frontiers in Neurology, 11, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2020.00412

Tierney Hendricks, C., Camera, K., Violick-Boole, K., Durkin, M., Goldstein, R., Ryan, C., & Schneider, J.(2017). Burn Injuries and their impact on cognitive-communication skills in the inpatient rehabilitation setting. Journal of Burn Care & Research, 38 (1), 359-369. https://doi.org/10.1097/BCR.0000000000000388

Bajorek, AJ., Slocum, C, Goldstein, R, Mix, J., Niewczyk, P, Ryan, C., Tierney Hendricks, C., Zafonte, R, & Schneider, JC., (2017). Impact of Cognition on Burn Inpatient Rehabilitation Outcomes. Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 9 (1), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmrj.2016.06.023

Tierney Hendricks, C., Nicholas, M., & Zipse, L. (2014). Effects of phonological neighbourhood on the treatment of naming in aphasia. Aphasiology,28, 338-358. https://doi.org/10.1080/02687038.2013.866209

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