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Speech and Language Research

We combine clinical​ services, innovative research and national outreach focused on language, communication development and early interventions for children who are deaf or hard of hearing.

Translational research programs within this Center focus on the study of child language and communicative development in children who hear and in those who are deaf or hard of hearing. Our ultimate goal is to contribute evidence that will guide early and ongoing interventions for children and their families. These laboratories are housed in the Lied Learning and Technology Center at Boys Town National Research Hospital.

Our Laborataries

Emerging Language Knowledge Laboratory
Justin Kueser Ph.D
Etiologies of Language and Literacy Laboratory
Hope Sparks Lancaster, Ph.D.
Language Experience and Speech Perception Laboratory
Tiana Cowan, Ph.D.
Language in Motion Laboratory
Lisa Goffman, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Language Learning and Memory Laboratory
Katherine R. Gordon, Ph.D.
Oral & Written Language Laboratory
Krystal Werfel, Ph.D.
Word Learning Laboratory
Karla McGregor, Ph.D.

Meet Our Staff

Claire Selin
Claire Selin, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Research Scientist, Laboratory
Emma Kate Thome
Emma Kate Thome, PhD, CCC-SLP
Research Speech-Language Pathologist
Hope Sparks Lancaster, Ph.D.
Director, Etiologies of Language and Literacy Laboratory
Jacob Feldman
Jacob I. Feldman, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
Justin Kueser
Justin Kueser, Ph.D
Director, Emerging Language Knowledge Laboratory
Karla McGregor
Karla McGregor, Ph.D.
Director, Word Learning Laboratory
Katherine R. Gordon, Ph.D.
Katherine R. Gordon, Ph.D.
Director, Language Learning and Memory Laboratory
Krystal Werfel, Ph.D.
Krystal Werfel, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Childhood Deafness, Language and Learning
Lisa Goffman
Lisa Goffman, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Senior Scientist and Endowed Chair, Center for Childhood Deafness, Language, & Learning
Suresh Portillo
Suresh Portillo
Research Community Engagement Coordinator
Tiana Cowan, PhD
Tiana Cowan, Ph.D.
Director, Language Experience and Speech Perception Laboratory
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Timothy Arbisi-Kelm, Ph.D.
Research Staff
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