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Center for Childhood Deafness, Language and Learning

Advancing Life-Changing Care for Individuals with Communication Needs

The Center for Childhood Deafness, Language & Learning at Boys Town National Research Hospital is internationally recognized as a center of excellence for applied research, early education and clinical services for children who are deaf or hard of hearing and children with developmental language disorder. The Center is comprised of language and learning researchers, audiologists, speech-language pathologists, deaf educators, art and music therapists, counselors, parent infant specialists, outreach specialists and sign language evaluators.


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.
Working Memory and Language Laboratory
Angela AuBuchon, Ph.D.

Our Researchers

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Angela AuBuchon, Ph.D.
Director, Working Memory and Language Laboratory
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Tiana Cowan, Ph.D.
Director, Language Experience and Speech Perception Laboratory
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Lisa Goffman, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Senior Scientist and Endowed Chair, Center for Childhood Deafness, Language, & Learning
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Katherine R. Gordon, Ph.D.
Director, Language Learning and Memory Laboratory
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Justin Kueser, Ph.D
Director, Emerging Language Knowledge Laboratory
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Karla McGregor, Ph.D.
Director, Word Learning Laboratory
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Claire Selin, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Research Scientist, Laboratory
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Hope Sparks Lancaster, Ph.D.
Director, Etiologies of Language and Literacy Laboratory
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Krystal Werfel, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Childhood Deafness, Language and Learning