Advancing knowledge of human development, developmental disabilities, and neurodegenerative diseases.
Research Statement: Are you between the ages of 18-80? Are you a cochlear implant user or someone with normal hearing? Join our study and contribute to science related to cochlear implants! This study explores how differences in sound representation in the brain (neural encoding) changes the ways that people with cochlear implants and normal hearing …
Help us learn about how well eye gaze methods work to measure word knowledge in children who have severe motor and communication difficulties.
Help us understand how speech intelligibility changes when a person uses communication tablets or boards to support speech while talking. We are recruiting children and youth who: 1.) are between 7 and 17 years of age who have cerebral palsy or another similar motor condition; 2.) have speech that may be hard for others to …
Recruiting parents of children with Down Syndrome who are between 1 and 24 months old.
The Speech Motor Neuroscience Group is seeking participants who are 18-90 years old, have good hearing, and have no history of stroke, brain injury, or neurological disease. Studies last 1-2 hours and can be scheduled at your convenience. The study consists of computer-based tasks in which you would speak, type, and listen to words you …
Our current research study examines speech characteristics in children and adolescents. We are recruiting typically developing children between the ages of 8 and 14 years to participate.
The purpose of this research is to better understand how skills related to executive function like memory and flexible thinking are related to grammar and language comprehension and production in children with FXS, DS, and DLD, and a comparison group of neurotypical children.
Our study aims to learn more about how language samples collected in the home can be used to measure the language development of children with Down syndrome.
Recruiting typically developing children 7-12 years of age who meet the following criteria: Native English speakers, normal hearing, no history of recurring ear infections, and pressure equalization (PE) tubes. To find out more visit the website: https://bhsl.waisman.wisc.edu/ or contact Shelly Godar, MA, CCC-A at 608.262.7483 or godar@waisman.wisc.edu. PI: Ruth Litovsky, PhD Keywords: Infant & Child Development, …
We have a number of projects examining the learning processes that underlie language learning. Children between the ages of 6 months and 4 years are currently being recruited. http://www.waisman.wisc.edu/infantlearning/Welcome.html PI: Jenny Saffran, PhD Keywords: Infant and Child Development, Speech and Language Development
