Elise Stearns Hahn

1911

Hahn was a specialist in areas of articulation, cleft palate, and voice and co-edited a well known book on stuttering with Eugene Hahn (1956).

Elise Hahn obtained her BA from UCLA in 1932 and her MA from Wayne University in Detroit in 1942. Her Ph.D. was from Northwestern University in 1947. Her masters thesis had to do with speech improvement in the classroom. Her Ph.D. thesis was entitled: "The speech of first grade children in audience situations." She was an in instructor of speech at UCLA in 1948 to 1964, where she served as the director the Articulation and Voice Division of the UCLA Speech Clinic. From 1963 to 1977 she was on the faculty of the Speech Department at California State University.

Dr. Hahn was married to Eugene Hahn, an expert in stuttering, who died in 1944 of pneumonia when he was in the Navy during World War II. They had one son, Eugene Hahn, who was born several months after his father died.

Elise helped establish the Cleft Palate Team at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica.

ASHA vice president in 1963.

President of Speech Association of America, 1958

President of the Cleft Palate Association, 1971

President of the California Speech and Hearing Association, 1969-1970

Honors of ASHA, 1982

Description in ASHA, 1961, vol 3, p. 48 re her election as VP of ASHA.

Photos: ASHA 1961, vol 3, p. 48; ASHA 1978, vol 20, p. 4XX?

Writings of Elise Hahn, arranged chronologically

Hahn, E. (1948). Analyses of the content and form of the speech of first grade children. Quarterly Journal of Speech, 34, 361-366.

Hahn, E. (1948). Speech of first grade children in audience situations. Elementary English, 25.

Hahn, E. (1948). Review of The language and mental development of children by A. F. Watts. Quarterly Journal of Speech, 34, 523-524.

Hahn, E. (1949). An analysis of the delivery of the speech of first grade children. Quarterly Journal of Speech, 35, 338-343.

Hahn, E. (1949). Review of Speech methods in the elementary school by Carrie Rasmussen. Quarterly Journal of Speech, 35, 540-541.

Hahn, E. (1951). Review of Living speech by Gladys Borcher. Quarterly Journal of Speech, 37, 109.

Hahn, E. (1952). A speech curriculum to meet the needs of the elementary school child. Speech Teacher, 1, 105-110.

Hahn, E., Lomas, C., Hargis, D., Vandraegen, D. (1952). Basic voice training for speech. NY McGraw Hill. (JSHD review 1953 by K Thorne, vol 18, p. 204).

Hahn, E., Ogilvie, Mardel, & Puris, J. (1953). Bibliography of speech in the elementary school. Speech Teacher, 2, 261-265.

Hahn, E. (1954). Review of Speech in the elementary School by Mardel Ogilvie. Quarterly Journal of Speech, 40, 343-344.

Hahn, E. (1955). Role playing, creative dramatics and play therapy in speech correction. Speech Teacher, 4, 233-238.

Hahn, Eugene & Hahn Elise (Eds) (1956). Stuttering: Significant theories and therapies. (2nd edition) Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.

Hahn, E. (1957). Basic voice training for speech. NY: McGraw Hill.

Hahn, E. (1959). Speech therapy for the preschool cleft palate child. Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 23, 605-609.

Hahn, E. (1960). Communication in the therapy session: A point of view. Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 25, 18-23.

Hahn, E. (1960). Review of Stuttering: A symposium by Jon Eisenson. Quarterly Journal of Speech, 49, 97-99.