Adjunct Faculty
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Adjunct rank detailsElizabeth Schoen Simmons, PhD
Assistant Professor Adjunct in the Child Study CenterAbout
Research
Publications
2025
The Role of Word Form in Lexical Selection of Late Talkers.
Simmons E, Paul R. The Role of Word Form in Lexical Selection of Late Talkers. Journal Of Speech Language And Hearing Research 2025, 68: 2468-2477. PMID: 40268735, DOI: 10.1044/2025_jslhr-24-00482.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLexical selectionProportion of wordsWord formsMacArthur-Bates Communicative Developmental InventoryLanguage-matched groupCommunicative Developmental InventoryTDL groupLanguage-matchedLate talkersMB-CDIInitial phonemeConsonant phonemesTalker groupsEnglish wordsDevelopmental InventoryGroup differencesExpressive languagePhonemeWordsAge-matched groupClinical implicationsComparison groupVocabularyToddlersTalkersCross-Situational Statistical Word Learning in Late Language Emergence: An Online Study.
Simmons E, Cayward O, Paul R. Cross-Situational Statistical Word Learning in Late Language Emergence: An Online Study. Journal Of Speech Language And Hearing Research 2025, 68: 1966-1981. PMID: 40152669, DOI: 10.1044/2025_jslhr-24-00670.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDevelopmental language disorderCross-situational statistical learningLate talkersStatistical learningCross-situational statistical learning taskStatistical word learningWord-referent pairsStatistical learning taskLate language emergenceExpressive vocabulary developmentMeasures of learningOlder childrenWord learningCross-situationallyLanguage disordersStatistical wordsLanguage delayVocabulary developmentGroup differencesLanguage emergenceProportion of timeLearning tasksOnline studyYoung childrenChronological age
2024
Are Late Talkers Just Late? Neighborhood Density and Word Frequency Properties of Late Talkers' Spoken Vocabularies.
Simmons E, Paul R. Are Late Talkers Just Late? Neighborhood Density and Word Frequency Properties of Late Talkers' Spoken Vocabularies. Journal Of Speech Language And Hearing Research 2024, 67: 3794-3802. PMID: 39302886, PMCID: PMC11482578, DOI: 10.1044/2024_jslhr-23-00769.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsstatistical learning accountslate talkersneighborhood densitylearning accountdense phonological neighborhoodslanguage-matched groupexpressive language growthambient languagephonological neighborhoodsEnglish wordslanguage inputlanguage growthexpressive vocabularyword frequencyexpressive languagegroup differencesvocabularytalkerswordsyoung toddlerslanguagestatistical regularitiesage-matched groupcomparison grouptoddlers
2023
Different in Different Ways: A Network-Analysis Approach to Voice and Prosody in Autism Spectrum Disorder
Weed E, Fusaroli R, Simmons E, Eigsti I. Different in Different Ways: A Network-Analysis Approach to Voice and Prosody in Autism Spectrum Disorder. Language Learning And Development 2023, 20: 40-57. PMID: 38486613, PMCID: PMC10936700, DOI: 10.1080/15475441.2023.2196528.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2021
Tracking Nonliteral Language Processing Using Audiovisual Scenarios
Rothermich K, Simmons E, Makarla P, Benson L, Plyler E, Kim H, Joergensen G. Tracking Nonliteral Language Processing Using Audiovisual Scenarios. Canadian Journal Of Experimental Psychology/Revue Canadienne De Psychologie Expérimentale 2021, 75: 211-220. PMID: 33793260, DOI: 10.1037/cep0000223.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsnonliteral language processinglanguage processingspeaker’s intentionnonverbal cuessarcastic statementsstatic stimulinegative intentionseye trackingsocial interactionvideo vignettestalkerspositive intentionparticipantsface-to-face communicationface-to-facecuesnonliteratevignettesstimulijocularityintentionspeakerssarcasmfindingsfaceVocalization
Schoen Simmons E. Vocalization. 2021, 5150-5151. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-91280-6_992.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchReynell Developmental Language Scales
Schoen Simmons E. Reynell Developmental Language Scales. 2021, 3980-3981. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-91280-6_985.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchStuttering
Schoen Simmons E. Stuttering. 2021, 4659-4659. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-91280-6_990.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSkinnerian Categories of Verbal Behavior
Schoen Simmons E. Skinnerian Categories of Verbal Behavior. 2021, 4385-4385. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-91280-6_986.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchYale In Vivo Pragmatic Protocol
Schoen Simmons E. Yale In Vivo Pragmatic Protocol. 2021, 5244-5244. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-91280-6_994.Peer-Reviewed Original Research