Advancing knowledge of human development, developmental disabilities, and neurodegenerative diseases.
Susannah Brooks, UW Communications As UW–Madison makes plans to create a new framework for diversity and inclusion, each member of the UW–Madison community is being asked to bear shared responsibility for success — moving “Forward Together.” “With the new leadership of Chancellor Rebecca Blank and interim Vice Provost and Chief Diversity Officer Patrick J. Sims, …
Ruth Litovsky and her team at the Waisman Center work with kids and their families from across the country to get better use of their cochlear implants.
An ongoing study of 45 deaf children who had two cochlear implants finds that their language skills are within the normal range.
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.
Nature has outfitted us with a pair of ears for good reason: having two ears enhances hearing.
Ruth Litovsky has developed a hearing test that simulates the noisy real world, and the results could improve our understanding not only of hearing but also of developmental and learning disabilities among children.
