About Session
This presentation will describe how vocabulary knowledge in preschool children using cochlear implants and hearing aids influences other domains of language development and the development of emergent literacy skills. The relation between these skills and early elementary decoding and comprehension outcomes will be explored.
By the end of this session, the learner will be able to:
- Describe different types of vocabulary knowledge and how they relate to domains of language.
- Identify the relationship between vocabulary knowledge and early literacy acquisition in children with hearing aids and cochlear implants.
- Analyze how listening through a hearing aid or cochlear implant influences decoding and comprehension through vocabulary knowledge.
About the Speakers:
Emily Lund, PhD, CCC-SLP | Associate Professor, Texas Christian University (United States)
Emily Lund is an Associate Professor at Texas Christian University. Her line of research focuses on language and literacy development in children who struggle with language secondary to another diagnosis, primarily hearing loss. Her work has been funded by NIH/NIDCD, ASHFoundation, and the U.S. Department of Education.
