Biola AffiliationsFaculty

Degrees

  • Ph.D., Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
  • M.S., Loma Linda University
  • B.A., Biola University

Biography

Diana Petroi’s teaching helps students to understand the process of differential diagnosis, to develop a holistic and interprofessional collaborative approach to patient care, and to implement evidence-based practice. Her teaching areas include motor speech, voice, and cognitive-communicative disorders; counseling; and therapeutic methods. Petroi has taken initiative to facilitate interprofessional learning opportunities with other departments for the purpose of bridging the gap between academia and clinical practice and providing students with enriching interactive experiences. She seeks to integrate faith and learning to help aspiring speech-language pathology students think critically about how to approach patient-centered care from a Christian perspective.

Petroi’s clinical and research interests include differential diagnosis and understanding brain-behavior relationships of motor speech/language disorders, comparing clinical findings across various domains, examining components of normal and disordered swallowing, and collaborating across disciplines for teaching, research, and quality care purposes. Her current research is focused on correlating clinical findings with neuroimaging data in the logopenic variant of primary progressive aphasia. Petroi completed a post-doctoral fellowship at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, and has extensive clinical experience in medical speech-language pathology.

Affiliations

  • American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
  • Academy of Neurologic Communication Disorders and Sciences
  • Dysphagia Research Society
  • American Board of Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders

Publications

  • "Phonologic errors in the logopenic variant of primary progressive aphasia," Petroi, D., Duffy, J.R., Strand, E.A., Josephs, K.A. (Aphasiology, 2014)
  • "Effect of number of graphic symbols, levels, and listening conditions on symbol identification and latency in persons with aphasia," Petroi, D., Koul, R.J., Corwin, M. (Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 2014)
  • "Systematic Review of Speech Generating Devices for Aphasia," Koul, R., Petroi, D., Schlosser, R. (Computer Synthesized Speech Technologies: Tools for Aiding Impairment, 2010)
  • "Inferencing abilities of persons with left hemisphere damage and aphasia," Petroi, D., Corwin, M. (Texas Journal of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology, 2009–2010)

Presentations

  • ASHA oral session: Petroi, D., & Scheffel, L. (2017, November). Complex motor speech disorders and dysphagia: Clinical examination, symptoms, and patient cases. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Los Angeles, CA.
  • ASHA poster presentation: Petroi, D., Duffy, J.R., Whitwell, J., Strand, E.A., & Josephs, K. (2016, November). Neuroimaging correlates of phonologic errors in the logopenic variant of primary progressive aphasia. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Philadelphia, PA.
  • Mayo Clinic poster presentation: Petroi, D., Duffy, J.R., Strand, E.A., & Josephs, K. (2013, February). Phonologic paraphasias in the logopenic variant of primary progressive aphasia. Presented at the annual meeting of the Mayo Fellows Research Day, Rochsester, MN.
  • ASHA poster presentation: Petroi, D., Duffy, J.R., Strand, E.A., & Josephs, K. (2012, November). Phonologic paraphasias in the logopenic variant of primary progressive aphasia. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Atlanta, GA.
  • ISAAC oral session: Koul, R., Corwin, M., & Petroi, D. (2012, August). Identification accuracy and response latency for single and multiple symbols for persons with Broca’s aphasia. Presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Pittsburgh, PA.
  • ASHA oral session: Petroi, D., Koul, R., & Corwin, M. (2011, November). Resource allocation and use of SGDs by persons with aphasia. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, San Diego, CA.
  • ASHA poster presentation: Petroi, D., Koul, R., & Corwin, M. (2010, November). Investigation of resource allocation in persons with aphasia for non-speech tasks. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Philadelphia, PA.
  • ASHA oral session: Koul, R., Corwin, M., & Petroi, D. (2010, November). Systematic review of SGD-based AAC intervention in aphasia. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association,Philadelphia, PA.
  • TSHA oral session presentation: Petroi, D., & Brown, L. (2010, March). Keys to a great CFY: The process, the plan, and the paperwork. Presented at the annual Texas Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Fort Worth, TX.
  • ASHA poster presentation: Petroi, D., & Corwin, M. (2009, November). Examining inferencing abilities of persons with aphasia: A case study. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, New Orleans, LA.
  • TSHA poster presentation: Petroi, D., & Corwin, M. (2009, April). Inferencing abilities of persons with left hemisphere damage and aphasia. Presented at the annual meeting of the Texas Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Austin, TX.
  • ASHA poster presentation: Petroi, D., Koul, R., Corwin, M., & Schlosser, R. (2008, November). Meta-analysis of aided AAC intervention in individuals with aphasia. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Chicago, IL.
  • TSHA session presentation: Bogschutz, R., & Petroi, D. (2008, February). Clinical use of cranial nerve examinations in medical settings. Presented at the annual Texas Speech-Language-Hearing Association, San Antonio, TX.

Research Interests

  • Neurologic and Neurodegenerative Motor Speech and Language Disorders (including Primary Progressive Aphasia)
  • Cognitive-Communicative Deficits
  • Dysphagia
  • Differential Diagnosis
  • Interprofessional Collaboration
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