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 …
Two well-established measures of how well a child is understood by others, previously believed to capture the same thing, are not well correlated in typically developing children when accounting for age, a new Waisman Center study shows.
Giang Pham, a rising senior from Lawrence University in Appleton, is spending her second summer doing research at the Waisman Center University of Wisconsin–Madison as part of an internship program established and supported by the late John Mielke, MD, a former member of the Waisman Board of Visitors and Appleton native, and his wife Sally. …
Help us learn about how well eye gaze methods work to measure word knowledge in children who have severe motor and communication difficulties.
Learning language in early childhood occurs through interaction between children and their caregivers. It is a foundational process that allows children to participate in social interactions, learn from the world, and develop other essential skills such as literacy. Having a language delay or disorder is associated with greater risk for experiencing trauma and vice versa. Furthermore, children’s and caregivers’ trauma histories can impact their individual strengths and needs related to participation in early language intervention.
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.
Early language skills are one of the best predictors of academic, social, vocational outcomes.
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
