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Speech & Language
Researchers study hearing, language
Infant Learning Lab researchers have recently focused on learning more about people with delayed language comprehension by observing learning methods used by children developing normally and children experiencing language delays.
Baby talk: UW’s Waisman lab explores the how and why behind an infant’s first words
A child’s first word is a special moment, their eyes widening in curiosity, one chubby finger pointing to an object in sudden recognition as “juice” or “train.”
Robin Chapman, PhD, receives Career Research Scientist Award
Robin Chapman, professor emerita of Communicative Disorders and Waisman principle investigator, received the 2006 Career Research Scientist Award on Tuesday, May 22, at its Atlanta, GA. meeting from the Academy on Mental Retardation. The award was made for …
Julie Gamradt Featured in WSJ
Outreach program manager/augmentative and alternative communication specialist at the Communication Aids and Systems Clinic (CASC) and Communication Development Program (CDP) at UW-Madison’s Waisman Center.
Study spells out new evidence for roots of dyslexia
Addressing a persistent debate in the field of dyslexia research, scientists have disproved the popular theory that deficits in certain visual processes cause the spelling and reading woes commonly suffered by people with dyslexia.
Infants may offer clues to language development
You may not know it, but you took a course in linguistics as a baby.
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Bestows Honors to Dr. Lawrence D. Shriberg
The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association recently recognized Lawrence D. Shriberg, Ph.D. with Honors of the Association. Shriberg is a Professor Emeritus of Communicative Disorders at UW-Madison, an investigator in the Waisman Center’s Communication Processes Unit, and …
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Bestows Fellow Status to Dr. Susan Ellis Weismer
The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association recently bestowed Fellow status to Susan Ellis Weismer, PhD, a UW-Madison Professor of Communicative Disorders and Coordinator of the Waisman Center’s Communication Processes Unit. The status of Fellow is retained for …
Kids With Down Syndrome Learn Language Beyond Adolescence
Children with Down syndrome can face many challenges – health problems, hearing impairments and learning disabilities, including those affecting language development.