Research in Developmental Disabilities and Language Lab
The lab will soon be recruiting for two upcoming studies! One is on how technology measures language use in young children with Down syndrome. The other study is on language use in autistic girls and girls with fragile x syndrome. If you have any questions on these studies, please email riddll@waisman.wisc.edu.
By Charlene N. Rivera-Bonet, Waisman Science Writer Note: The lab of Audra Sterling uses identity-first language in response to the majority preference of the autistic community. This story reflects that preference. Omission of words during conversations may be a unique grammatical marker and part of the language profile associated with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). A …
By Charlene N. Rivera-Bonet, Waisman Science Writer A new study led by Nell Maltman, PhD, a research scientist in the lab of Audra Sterling, PhD, associate professor of communication sciences and disorders, will investigate if language differences can predict the development of a neurodegenerative disorder in people that carry a premutation of the gene FMR1. …
How much information can we extract from a five-minute recording of someone talking? Enough to tell whether that individual may be genetically predisposed to some health complications, according to researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Waisman Center and Wisconsin Institute for Discovery. In a new study published this month in Scientific Reports, the researchers used …
