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J. Devin McAuley and Laura Dilley enjoy playtime with their 10-month-old daughter, Madeleine. The couple’s research is investigating
the importance of maternal speech to language development.
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Helping mothers give voice to hearing-impaired infants
New parents have long used “baby talk” to coax grins and giggles out of their infants.
But that earliest form of communication, particularly coming from mothers with a singsong quality and clearer enunciation
of sounds, has also been linked to speeded development of language and speech skills in children with normal hearing.
How hearing-impaired infants develop those skills, and what can be done to help them and their parents maximize the likelihood
they’ll be able to use language and speech effectively, are the overarching goals of a nearly $2 million project involving
two BGSU faculty members.
Drs. Laura Dilley, psychology and communication disorders, and J. Devin McAuley, psychology, are working with Dr. Tonya Bergeson,
the project leader from the Indiana University School of Medicine. The National Institutes of Health’s National Institute
on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders is funding the research for five years through mid-2012, with BGSU’s share of
the total just under $400,000.
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BGSU contributes to AAC&U initiative
The Association of American Colleges and Universities has selected BGSU as one of 12 campuses in the nation to be part of
researching the answers to such questions as how the value of education can be measured.
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Writing Center director finds her own work front and center
Barbara Toth, assistant director of the Office of Academic Enhancement and director of the Writing Center, was surprised recently
to learn that a book review she co-authored was featured on the front page of the International Writing Centers Association
Web site.
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Home football finale: Free tickets, MAC division lead up for grabs
All that separates the football Falcons from a Mid-American Conference East Division title and a trip to the MAC championship
game are wins in their final two games, beginning Friday (Nov. 21) with the home finale against Buffalo.
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Don’t be left out: Complete forms for health, life insurance
The deadline for Open Enrollment in the BGSU health care plan and life insurance plan is 5 p.m. this Friday (Nov. 21).
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Thanksgiving publication schedule
Because of the Thanksgiving holiday, Monitor will not be published Dec. 1. Please send any news for the Nov. 24-Dec. 8 period
by next Tuesday.
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