Title: "Real-Time Spoken Word Recognition in Adults With and Without DLD: The Role of Early Language Skills"

Speaker: Mi Trinh, B.S., Ph.D. student, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Iowa

DDevelopmental Language Disorder (DLD) is one of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders, characterized by difficulties in learning and using language. Although diagnosed in childhood, DLD persists into adulthood with profound negative impacts. In this talk, I will present findings from an experiment in the Iowa Trajectory of Language Development (ITOLD) project, which aims to address the critical gap in research on real-time language processing in adults with DLD. Using eye-tracking in the Visual World Paradigm, we examine whether adults with DLD continue to exhibit differences in the dynamics of spoken word recognition observed in childhood, or whether these differences are resolved by adulthood. Leveraging data from the Iowa Longitudinal Study, we investigate how individual differences in adult word recognition are shaped by early childhood language abilities. Our findings emphasize the role of early language skills in laying the foundation for basic language processes in adulthood and support the view that language ability exists on a continuous spectrum rather than as a categorical construct.

Attendees are encouraged to join in person in HSAB 2004. Seating is limited (first-come, first-served, ~50 seats), but the seminar will also be available via Zoom.

The seminars take place every Friday from noon to 1 p.m. on Zoom.

Zoom link for online seminars (used throughout the semester): https://uiowa.zoom.us/j/97359327852?pwd=0HDya18oxt4Yg8FiBr4WAn0F5jnzMw.1

Meeting ID: 973 5932 7852 Passcode: 219629