Childhood Deafness Research

CID staff, school children and/or alumni have participated as collaborators and volunteer subjects in the following recent studies:

“Auditory Speech Processing in Hearing-Impaired Children,” Susan W. Jerger PhD, University of Texas at Dallas and Nancy Tye Murray, PhD, Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Otolaryngology

“A Comprehensive Vestibular Evaluation Battery of Normal-Hearing and Hearing-Impaired Children,” Maureen Valente, PhD, Washington University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

“Early Development of Children with Hearing Loss,” Susan Nittrouer, PhD, Utah State University

“Effective Ways to Fit Cochlear Implants: Exploring Methods Used to Create Appropriate Speech Processor Programs for Young Children,” Margaret Skinner, PhD,  Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Otolaryngology

“Optimal Age of Cochlear Implantation,”  Johanna G. Nicholas, PhD, Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Otolaryngology

“Spelling and Deaf Children,” Becky Treiman, PhD, Washington University Department of Psychology

Assessment continues on the CID preschool-kindergarten emerging literacy and blended classroom programs and on the SPIRE program in use to help at-risk deaf and hard of hearing readers. For information on this work and to ask about future possibilities for childhood deafness research, please contact the assessment administrator, Andrea Osman, at aosman@cid.edu.