Jeff Higginbotham, Ph.D., is Professor and Director of the Communication and Assistive Device Laboratory, Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY.  Jeff Higginbotham’s work centers on individuals with complex communication and physical needs who use assistive communication technologies to speak. His current research, funded by NIDILRR and the Engelke Family Foundation focuses on 1) specifying interaction-based communication problems of individuals with complex communication needs, 2) developing an accessible, open-source, research and development platform for designing augmentative communication devices, and 3) researching solutions to help these individuals carry out real-time conversations.

Disclosures:
Financial: The work I will describe is funded by two grants, of which I receive summer salary.
Nonfinancial: Jeff Higginbotham has no nonfinancial disclosures to report.