Edwards, Jan | Maryland Cochlear Implant Center of Excellence l Hearing and Speech Sciences Department l University of Maryland

Jan Edwards is a faculty member in the Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences and an Associate Director of the Maryland Language Science Center. Her research centers on how preschool-aged children learn the sounds and words of their language and how this relates to language skills, literacy and school success. She investigates how children learn to talk with a wide range of language experiences, including children with cochlear implants and children with autism spectrum disorders, as well as children who speak nonmainstream varieties of English.

Co-Investigator

Language processing in children with cochlear implants

Reidy, P., Kristensen, K., Winn, M., Litovsky, R., & Edwards, J. (2017). The acoustics of word-initial fricatives and their effect on word-level intelligibility in children with bilateral cochlear implants. Ear and Hearing, 38, 42-56.
Winn, M., Edwards, J., & Litovsky, R. (2015). The impact of auditory spectral resolution on listening effort revealed by pupil dilation. Ear and Hearing. 36, e153-e165. [PMCID: PMC4478109], doi: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000000145.
Todd, A., Edwards, J., Litovsky, R., (2011). Production of contrast between sibilant fricatives by children with cochlear implants. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 130, 3969-3979. [PMCID: PMC3253598]

0141D Lefrak Hall Department of Hearing and Speech

Maryland Cochlear Implant Center of Excellence

Phone

(301) 405-5237

edwards [at] umd.edu