Our faculty and students in Hearing and Speech Sciences are highly involved in research, collaborations, and initiatives, both within our department and across departments at UMD. See below to explore the wide variety of interdisciplinary research that is being conducted through and with the HESP department:

 

Exterior view of Lefrak Hall with tall white columns and brick facade.

 

Close-up of a person wearing a head-mounted microphone and clinical instrumentation during a speech or voice assessment utilizing eye tracking.

 

Computer display showing multiple brain imaging scans with color-coded overlays used in neuroscience research.

 

Microscopic image of branching neurons highlighted in bright colors against a dark background.

 

Three photographs of infants and toddlers engaged in play and feeding activities.

 

Clinician and child seated near an fMRI scanner in a medical imaging suite.

 

Cochlear implant with external sound processor

 

Healthcare professional wearing scrubs with a stethoscope around their neck.

 

Logo of Children’s National Medical Center featuring a bear holding a stethoscope

 

Exterior view of Walter Reed Medical Center with landscaped walkways and multi-story buildings.

 

National Institutes of Health logo.

 

Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area logo.

HESP Labs

Hearing and Speech Sciences Lab Name

Primary Researcher
Aphasia Research Center  Aphasia Research Center Facebook Link 

Dr. Yasmeen Faroqi Shah
Auditory Perception and Modeling Laboratory

Dr. Matthew Goupell

Dr. Rochelle Newman
Canine Language Perception Lab 

Dr. Rochelle Newman
Hearing Technology Lab (HTL) Dr. Eric Hoover 
Cognitive Control and Language Processing Lab 

Dr. Jared Novick
Hearing Brain Lab

Dr. Samira Anderson
Hearing and Health Research Center Dr. Danielle Powell
Language and Cognition Laboratory

Dr. Yi Ting Huang
Language Development & Perception Laboratories

Dr. Rochelle Newman
(email nratner [at] umd.edu for details)

Dr. Nan Bernstein Ratner
Dr. Rachel Romeo

 

University-Wide Collaborations

Collaboration Name

Associated HESP Researchers
Neuroscience and Cognitive Science (NACS)

Brain and Behavior Initiative (BBI)
Communication Across the Lifespan at Maryland (CALM)

Center for Comparative and Evolutionary Biology of Hearing (CCEBH)

Center For Advanced Study of Language (CASL)  CASL Facebook Link

Infant and Child Studies Consortium  Infant Studies Consortium Facebook Link

Maryland Neuroimaging Center  Maryland Neuroimaging Center Facebook Link  Maryland Neuroimaging Center FourSquare Link

Maryland Language Science Center

Project on Avoidance Reduction Therapy
Research Equity and Access in Communication and Hearing (UMD-REACH)
  • This program includes 22 faculty members participating from the Departments of Hearing and Speech Sciences, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Linguistics, Psychology, Human Development and Quantitative Methodology, Special Education, and Biology. 

University of Maryland Autism Research Consortium   Aphasia Research Center Facebook Link

 

Collaborations Beyond Campus

 

Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area

The University of Maryland is part of the Consortium of Universities of the Metropolitan Washington Area, which allows eligible undergraduate and graduate students to enroll in classes at other participating area universities and have the credit count towards their degrees.

The consortium includes:

Information on eligibility and procedures are available on Testudo.

 

HESP Initiatives

Check out our HESP Initiatives page.

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01/13/2026 - 9:27 am