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We are internationally recognized as a leader in clinical and research programs focusing on childhood deafness, visual impairment and related communication disorders. In 2013, we began a new frontier in neurobehavioral research using brain-imaging techniques to help diagnose and treat troubled children with severe behavioral and mental health problems.
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January 17, 2025
Boys Town’s Lee Evans, Ph.D., Attends NIDCD Diversity Scholar Workshop
The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) recently held its first in-person NIDCD Diversity Scholar Workshop and Boys Town’s postdoctoral research fellow, Lee Evans,
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September 19, 2024
Karla McGregor, Director of Boys Town Hospital’s Word Learning Laboratory, Has Been Selected for an ASHA Lifetime Achievement A
The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) has chosen Karla McGregor, Ph.D., lead scientist at the Childhood Deafness, Language and Learning Center at Boys Town National Research Hospital
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July 19, 2024
Boys Town New Endowed Chair in Childhood Deafness, Language and Learning to be Held by Lisa Goffman, Ph.D.
Boys Town welcomes Lisa Goffman, Ph.D., CCC-SLP as the new Endowed Chair in the Center on Childhood Deafness, Language and Learning. Her research focuses on how children with developmental language di
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