Research focus

Kristi Hendrickson's research focuses on how listeners and readers recognize spoken and written words, how they attach words to meaning, and how they use words earlier in a sentence to predict upcoming words, supporting the SLP clinical degree program. She and her research staff examine this process in a range of populations (children and adults, individuals with hearing loss, dual language learners). Eye-tracking and EEG (electroencephalogram) are tools of these investigations.  

Current and past courses taught

• CSD:3118 Language Acquisition
• CSD:3993 Research Practicum
• CSD:4148 Developmental Speech Disorders
• CSD:4186 Problems: Speech/Hearing Processes and Disorders
• CSD:5104 School-age Language Disorders
• CSD:6538 Advanced Topics in Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
• CSD:7239 Multilingual/Multicultural Capstone
• CSD:7590 Research

Scholarly profile and resources

Learn more about Kristi's research impact via:

• Google Scholar Profile,
• ORCiD Profile,
• Research Group Website. 

Selected publications/active grants

• NIDCD R01 Investigating language outcomes and mechanisms in adults with and without Developmental Language Disorder
• NICHD R03 Investigating spoken and written word recognition in school-age dual language learners
• Hendrickson, K., Oleson, J., & Walker, E. (2021). School‐Age Children Adapt the Dynamics of Lexical Competition in Suboptimal Listening Conditions. Child Development, 92(2), 638-649
• Hendrickson, K., Apfelbaum, K., Goodwin, C., Blomquist, C., Klein, K., & McMurray, B. (2021). The profile of real-time competition in spoken and written word recognition: More similar than different. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 17470218211056842.