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Word and Sound Learning Lab


Jill R. Hoover, M.A.

jrhoover@ku.edu

Jill R. Hoover is a doctoral candidate in the Child Language Doctoral Program at the University of Kansas. She is a graduate research assistant in the Word and Sound Learning Lab. Her research interests focus on the interface between the development of the lexicon and syntax in children with specific language impairment (SLI). She is interested in identifying effective intervention approaches to treating grammatical impairments in children with SLI.

Education

B.S., 2001, Communication Disorders and Child Psychology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.

M.A., 2003, Communicative Disorders with specialization in Speech-Language Pathology, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL.

Grants, Honors, and Awards


NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award For Individual Predoctoral Fellows (F31) DC009135, 2008-present

NIH Predoctoral Research Fellowship DC 00052, 2004-2007

Graduate Research Summit Research Competition Award, University of Kansas, 2007

Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders Student Travel Award, 2006

Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders Student Travel Award, 2005

Schiefelbusch Child Language Scholarship, 2005

ASHA Student Research Travel Award, 2005

BUCLD Paula Menyuk Student Travel Award, 2005

University of Kansas Graduate Travel Fund Recipient, 2005

Current Publications


Hoover, J.R. & Storkel, H.L. (2006). Using nonword repetition in vocabulary assessment. ACQuiring Knowledge in Speech, Language, and Hearing, 8, 106-109.

Storkel, H. L. & Hoover, J. R. (2006). Whole-Word versus part-word phonotactic probability/neighborhood density in word learning by children. In D. Bamman, T. Magnitskaia, & C. Zaller (eds). Proceedings of the 30th Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development, Volume 2 (pp. 584-594). Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Press

Hoover, J. R. & Storkel, H. L. (2005). Understanding word learning by preschool children: Insights from multiple tasks, stimulus characteristics, and error analysis. Perspectives on Language Learning and Education, 12, 8-12.

Teaching


SPLH 465: Fundamentals of Clinical Phonetics, Spring 2008 SPLH 465: Fundamentals of Clinical Phonetics, Fall 2007