Advancing knowledge of human development, developmental disabilities, and neurodegenerative diseases.
We studied Cognitive load by measuring both speech understanding in noise and pupillometry (Pupil dilation).
Individuals with Down syndrome (DS) have a higher incidence of hearing loss (HL) compared with their peers without developmental disabilities.
For young adults with Down syndrome, understanding speech is not only related to hearing abilities, but it may also be impacted by cognition.
Our Goals: We hope you will be a part of the first study for young adults with Down syndrome to combine: Who can help? Young adults with Down syndrome who are: How much time will I need to be there? We would like you and your Caregiver to come for 2-3 days so we will …
Although cochlear implants (CIs) facilitate spoken language acquisition, many CI listeners experience difficulty learning new words.
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, …
The Waisman Center has been at the forefront of research on cochlear implants and hearing science for more than two decades.
Her child, who was born with congenital deafness, had received her first cochlear implant early enough to access spoken language, but with only one implant she had struggled with understanding speech in noisy environments or locating sounds.
By Charlene N. Rivera-Bonet, Waisman Science Writer Ruth Litovsky, PhD, chair of communication sciences and disorders, professor of surgery in the Division of Otolaryngology, and Waisman Center investigator was recently selected to receive The Acoustical Society of America Silver Medal in Psychological and Physiological Acoustics. This award recognizes Litovsky’s contributions to understanding binaural hearing and …
