Labs, Collaborations, and Initiatives | HESP l Hearing and Speech Sciences Department l University of Maryland

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:

LeFrak Hall

Eye Tracking

Brain Scans

Neurons

Infants and Toddlers Lab

fMRI Machine

Cochlear Implant

UMD HESP Collaborations

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Walter Reed Medical Center

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HESP Labs

Hearing and Speech Sciences Lab Name	Primary Researcher
Aphasia Research Center	Dr. Yasmeen Faroqi Shah
Auditory Perception and Modeling Laboratory	Dr. Matthew Goupell
Brain Injury & Language Development Lab	Dr. Rochelle Newman
Canine Language Perception Lab	Dr. Rochelle Newman
Hearing Science Lab	Dr. Sandra Gordon-Salant
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
Learning to Talk Lab	Dr. Jan Edwards
Little Listeners Lab	Dr. Jan Edwards
Language Fluency Laboratory (email nratner [at] umd.edu for details)	Dr. Nan Bernstein Ratner
Language, Experience, and Development (LEAD) Lab	Dr. Rachel Romeo

University-Wide Collaborations

Collaboration Name	Associated HESP Researchers
Neuroscience and Cognitive Science (NACS)	We are the only department on campus with 100% tenure-track faculty membership* in the* program in Neuroscience & Cognitive Science (NACS).
Brain and Behavior Initiati ve (BBI)	Dr. Samira Anderson Dr. Yasmeen Faroqi-Shah Dr. Matt Goupell Dr. Sandra Gordon-Salant Dr. Yi Ting Huang Dr. Rochelle Newman Dr. Jared Novick Dr. Nan Bernstein Ratner Kristin Slawson, M.A. CCC-SLP Dr. Grace Yeni-Komshian
Communication Across the Lifespan at Maryland (CALM)	Dr. Yasmeen Faroqi Shah Dr. Samira Anderson Dr. Matt Goupell Dr. Danielle Powell Dr. Eric Hoover
Center for Comparative and Evolutionary Biology of Hearing (CCEBH)	Dr. Sandra Gordon-Salant (Co-Director) Dr. Samira Anderson Dr. Matt Goupell Dr. Rochelle Newman
Center For Advanced Study of Language (CASL)	Dr. Jared Novick Dr. Rochelle Newman
Infant and Child Studies Consortium	Dr. Samira Anderson Dr. Yi-Ting Huang Dr. Rochelle Newman
Maryland Neuroimaging Center	Dr. Yasmeen Faroqi Shah Dr. Jared Novick
Maryland Language Science Center	We are the largest and most engaged unit in the Maryland Language Science Center, with 20 faculty members participating.
Project on Avoidance Reduction Therapy	Vivian Sisskin, CCC-SLP, BCS-F
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	Dr. Yi Ting Huang, Dr. Rochelle Newman Dr. Nan Bernstein Ratner (Director) Vivian Sisskin Kathy Dow-Burger (Associate Director)

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.

See HESP Initiatives

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07/23/2024 - 2:06 pm