Helen Long, PhD, CCC-SLP | Morse Alumni
Morse Scholar 2022–2024
Current Position
Assistant Professor, Case Western Reserve University
Helen Long, PhD, CCC-SLP
CSDisseminate
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Helen Long, PhD, CCC-SLP (she/her) is an incoming Assistant Professor at Case Western Reserve University, starting in Fall 2024. Her research aims to advance the early prediction of communication and speech impairments in children with cerebral palsy, with the long-term goal to better facilitate targeted early intervention services for speech and AAC. This work is clinically informed by her experiences as a speech-language pathologist (SLP).
Helen is a co-founding collaborator of CSDisseminate, an early career group of scientists and clinicians dedicated to promoting the advancement of open access practices within the CSD community.
Education
| 2010 | BA | Linguistics, Psychology | Indiana University |
| 2012 | MS | Speech-Language Pathology | Florida State University |
| 2020 | PhD | Cognitive Science | University of Memphis |
| 2021-2024 | Postdoc | Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison | |
| 2022-2024 | Morse Scholar | Major Professor: Katie Hustad, PhD | Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
Selected Publications
Su, P. L., Yoo, H., Ramsay, G., Long, H. L., Bene, E. R., Klaiman, C., Pulver, S. L., Richardson, S., Pileggi, M. L., Brane, N., & Oller, D. K. (2025). Foundations of Vocal Category Development in Autistic Infants. Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 55(3), 862–872. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-024-06267-9
Long, H. L., Ramsay, G., Bene, E. R., Su, P. L., Yoo, H., Klaiman, C., Pulver, S. L., Richardson, S., Pileggi, M. L., Brane, N., & Oller, D. K. (2024). Canonical babbling trajectories across the first year of life in autism and typical development. Autism, 28(12), 3078–3091. https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613241253908
Long, H. L., & Hustad, K. C. (2024). Vocal Characteristics of Children With Cerebral Palsy and Anarthria. Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR, 67(11), 4264–4274. https://doi.org/10.1044/2024_JSLHR-24-00317
Yoo, H., Su, P. L., Ramsay, G., Long, H. L., Bene, E. R., & Oller, D. K. (2024). Infant vocal category exploration as a foundation for speech development. PloS one, 19(5), e0299140. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0299140
Yoo, H., Su, P. L., Ramsay, G., Long, H. L., Bene, E. R., & Kimbrough Oller, D. (2024). Infant vocal category exploration as a foundation for speech development. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 2024.01.17.576142. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.01.17.576142
Long, H. L., Christensen, L., Hayes, S., & Hustad, K. C. (2023). Vocal Characteristics of Infants at Risk for Speech Motor Involvement: A Scoping Review. Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR, 66(11), 4432–4460. https://doi.org/10.1044/2023_JSLHR-23-00336
Long, H. L., & Hustad, K. C. (2023). Marginal and Canonical Babbling in 10 Infants at Risk for Cerebral Palsy. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 32(4S), 1835–1849. https://doi.org/10.1044/2022_AJSLP-22-00165
Long, H. L., Oller, D. K., & Bowman, D. A. (2019). Reliability of Listener Judgments of Infant Vocal Imitation. Frontiers in psychology, 10, 1340. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01340