Wishing everyone a Happy Labor Day!

The Annual School SLP Conference took place here on Vanderbilt's campus last week where we saw two of our lab team give a guest lecture. Meganne Muir and Adri Valtierra gave a presentation on how to support Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing children in the schools to our fellow SLPs and teachers of the Deaf. 

This presentation was created as a guide for educators filled with language, articulation, auditory training, parent/teacher, and community resources designed to support DHH children.

Meganne and Adri are currently doctoral students here at Vanderbilt and both members of the CLIMB Lab. We would like to give a big thank you to Meganne and Adri for their amazing presentation!

These resources have also been added to our Resources tab for easy browsing.

Congratulations to Meganne Muir for her presentation of Increasing Word Learning Efficiency in Children who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing through Retrieval Practice at the Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders (SRCLD). This is a current project being researched by Dr. McDaniel and the CLIMB looking into using retrieval practice to improve word learning in deaf and hard-of-hearing children. Meganne is a Doctoral Student working for the CLIMB Lab with areas of interest in best practices in auditory verbal therapy, parent training, and deaf/hard-of-hearing children with additional disabilities. 

Adri Valtierra and Meganne Muir gave their presentation on The Influence of Length and Context on Reliability of Language Sample Sample Measures in Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children at SRCLD. Adri is another one of the CLIMB Lab's Doctoral Students with interest in language and literacy development in deaf and hard-of-hearing children with a consideration for how clinicians can better understand, assess, and support these skills

Shreyas Teegala presented on Exploring the Relation Between Social Identity and Language Skills in American Sign Language and Spoken English for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children at SRCLD. Sheryas is a junior at Vanderbilt and CLIMB Lab team member.

Congratulations to all our presenters for the 2024 SRCLD Conference!