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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

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

Meet Our Staff

Timothy Arbisi-Kelm, Ph.D.
Research Staff
Tiana Cowan, Ph.D.
Director, Language Experience and Speech Perception Laboratory
Suresh Portillo
Research Community Engagement Coordinator
Natalie Mason, M.S.
Research-Speech Language Pathologist
Lisa Goffman, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Senior Scientist and Endowed Chair, Center for Childhood Deafness, Language, & Learning
Krystal Werfel, Ph.D.
Director of Research Participants Services Core
Katherine R. Gordon, Ph.D.
Director, Language Learning and Memory Laboratory
Karla McGregor, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist and Director, Center for Childhood Deafness, Language and Learning
Hope Sparks Lancaster, Ph.D.
Director, Etiologies of Language and Literacy Laboratory
Claire Selin, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Research Scientist, Laboratory
Angela AuBuchon, Ph.D.
Director, Working Memory and Language Laboratory