Derek Houston
@derekhouston.bsky.social
Professor at UConn's Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences. Early spoken language development in children who are deaf/hard-of-hearing and use cochlear implants and/or hearing aids. Views expressed are my own, not UConn's.
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Does 'Baby Talk' mess with language learning? Find out what the science says in the debut episode of "HELLO Lab Presents"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2riD...
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HELLO Lab Presents | EP. 1 - Is 'Baby Talk' Bad?
YouTube video by HELLO Lab Presents
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November 12, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Does 'Baby Talk' mess with language learning? Find out what the science says in the debut episode of "HELLO Lab Presents"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2riD...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2riD...
Does 'Baby Talk' mess with language learning? Find out what the science says in the debut episode of "HELLO Lab Presents"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2riD...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2riD...
HELLO Lab Presents | EP. 1 - Is 'Baby Talk' Bad?
YouTube video by HELLO Lab Presents
www.youtube.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Does 'Baby Talk' mess with language learning? Find out what the science says in the debut episode of "HELLO Lab Presents"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2riD...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2riD...
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Our graduate programs are continuously growing and improving & this is evidenced by the new rankings released from the U.S. World & News Report.
The Audiology program rose 5 points to #14 out of 74 programs in the country, & the SLP program rose 7 points to #32 out of 283 programs in the country!
The Audiology program rose 5 points to #14 out of 74 programs in the country, & the SLP program rose 7 points to #32 out of 283 programs in the country!
April 30, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Our graduate programs are continuously growing and improving & this is evidenced by the new rankings released from the U.S. World & News Report.
The Audiology program rose 5 points to #14 out of 74 programs in the country, & the SLP program rose 7 points to #32 out of 283 programs in the country!
The Audiology program rose 5 points to #14 out of 74 programs in the country, & the SLP program rose 7 points to #32 out of 283 programs in the country!
Check out this fascinating study on the impact of sensory access on the types of words children learn.
New paper out at @openmindjournal.bsky.social!!
We studied early vocab in deaf, hearing, blind, and sighted children in order to learn how sensory access (vision 👀, hearing 👂) and linguistic experiences shape how children learn words...
Read on for a quick summary! 1/N
We studied early vocab in deaf, hearing, blind, and sighted children in order to learn how sensory access (vision 👀, hearing 👂) and linguistic experiences shape how children learn words...
Read on for a quick summary! 1/N
April 19, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Check out this fascinating study on the impact of sensory access on the types of words children learn.
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Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
April 15, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
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1/4. On the White House’s theory, if they abduct you, get you on a helicopter, get to international waters, shoot you in the head, and drop your corpse into the ocean, that is legal, because it is the conduct of foreign affairs.
April 15, 2025 at 1:13 AM
1/4. On the White House’s theory, if they abduct you, get you on a helicopter, get to international waters, shoot you in the head, and drop your corpse into the ocean, that is legal, because it is the conduct of foreign affairs.
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UMass Amherst Faculty Sen passed a Mutual Academic Def Compact resolution, calling on 250 Public and Land Grant inst to come to each others' aid with legal & fin support if the regime infringes on freedom of inquiry, speech, assn, univ governance. Dozens of U’s have or will consider similar. RESIST!
April 15, 2025 at 2:24 AM
UMass Amherst Faculty Sen passed a Mutual Academic Def Compact resolution, calling on 250 Public and Land Grant inst to come to each others' aid with legal & fin support if the regime infringes on freedom of inquiry, speech, assn, univ governance. Dozens of U’s have or will consider similar. RESIST!
Petition for academic freedom and institutional autonomy and against Trump extortion.
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Defend academic freedom and institutional autonomy. We stand with Harvard!
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April 15, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Petition for academic freedom and institutional autonomy and against Trump extortion.
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Now, what if faculty from every university pressured their leadership to follow Harvard in standing up to Tyranny?
Collectively and preemptively.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/u...
Collectively and preemptively.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/u...
Harvard Will Not Comply With a List of Trump Administration Demands (Gift Article)
Federal officials said Harvard must enact “merit-based reform” in hiring and admissions and report international students who broke rules, among other steps. Harvard called the demands unlawful.
www.nytimes.com
April 14, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Now, what if faculty from every university pressured their leadership to follow Harvard in standing up to Tyranny?
Collectively and preemptively.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/u...
Collectively and preemptively.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/u...
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Need to take pre-requisites for Graduate School? Enrollment is still available for our summer course, SLHS 2203: Anatomy and Physiology of Speech, Hearing, and Swallowing!
April 7, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Need to take pre-requisites for Graduate School? Enrollment is still available for our summer course, SLHS 2203: Anatomy and Physiology of Speech, Hearing, and Swallowing!
Check out our department's new partnership with the Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence to provide literacy support for children living in safe homes.
As part of the CE Committee, 2nd year MA-SLP students Emma Kelleher & Arden Ricciardone alongside Nicole Gallagher, Clinical Professor and SLP, have partnered with the Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence.
speech-language-hearing.uconn.edu/2025/03/28/c...
speech-language-hearing.uconn.edu/2025/03/28/c...
Community Engagement Committee- Literacy Outreach Project | Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
SLHS Community Engagement (CE) Committee Literacy Project: As part of the CE Committee, 2nd year MA-SLP students Emma Kelleher and Arden Ricciardone alongsi ...
speech-language-hearing.uconn.edu
March 28, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Check out our department's new partnership with the Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence to provide literacy support for children living in safe homes.
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Let’s be clear:
If the government can arrest, detain, and disappear peaceful protestors, none of us are free.
That’s not law and order. It’s fascism. And we should all be outraged that this is being done in our name.
If the government can arrest, detain, and disappear peaceful protestors, none of us are free.
That’s not law and order. It’s fascism. And we should all be outraged that this is being done in our name.
March 27, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Let’s be clear:
If the government can arrest, detain, and disappear peaceful protestors, none of us are free.
That’s not law and order. It’s fascism. And we should all be outraged that this is being done in our name.
If the government can arrest, detain, and disappear peaceful protestors, none of us are free.
That’s not law and order. It’s fascism. And we should all be outraged that this is being done in our name.
Executive orders are not laws. They are memos that communicate to the administration what the president wants to see happen. They are orders to the president's cabinet. They are not orders to universities or businesses or people. The president does not have that authority. Comply with laws, not EOs.
March 28, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Executive orders are not laws. They are memos that communicate to the administration what the president wants to see happen. They are orders to the president's cabinet. They are not orders to universities or businesses or people. The president does not have that authority. Comply with laws, not EOs.
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⭐ Alumni Spotlight ⭐
Meet Emma Sked, MA, CF-SLP! Emma is an alumna of the UConn SLHS Undergraduate program, as well as the MA-SLP program. Emma is currently finishing up her clinical fellowship at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center.
speech-language-hearing.uconn.edu/2025/03/26/a...
Meet Emma Sked, MA, CF-SLP! Emma is an alumna of the UConn SLHS Undergraduate program, as well as the MA-SLP program. Emma is currently finishing up her clinical fellowship at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center.
speech-language-hearing.uconn.edu/2025/03/26/a...
Alumni Spotlight: Emma Sked, MA, CF-SLP | Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
Meet Emma Sked, MA, CF-SLP! Emma is an alumna of the UConn SLHS Undergraduate program, as well as the Master’s program in Speech-Language Pathology (Go Husk ...
speech-language-hearing.uconn.edu
March 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
⭐ Alumni Spotlight ⭐
Meet Emma Sked, MA, CF-SLP! Emma is an alumna of the UConn SLHS Undergraduate program, as well as the MA-SLP program. Emma is currently finishing up her clinical fellowship at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center.
speech-language-hearing.uconn.edu/2025/03/26/a...
Meet Emma Sked, MA, CF-SLP! Emma is an alumna of the UConn SLHS Undergraduate program, as well as the MA-SLP program. Emma is currently finishing up her clinical fellowship at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center.
speech-language-hearing.uconn.edu/2025/03/26/a...
Does anyone else suffer from WIRD (when2meet-induced rage disorder)? Can you recommend a therapy or medication I could try? Thanks.
February 27, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Does anyone else suffer from WIRD (when2meet-induced rage disorder)? Can you recommend a therapy or medication I could try? Thanks.
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Check out our Pre-Masters in Speech-Language Pathology program! Click the link below to learn more: speech-language-hearing.uconn.edu/graduate/mas...
February 14, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Check out our Pre-Masters in Speech-Language Pathology program! Click the link below to learn more: speech-language-hearing.uconn.edu/graduate/mas...
NSF cannot survive these cuts and there will be more to come. This is 1st degree murder of U.S. science.
NEW: NSF confirmed that they fired 168 employees today, out of their staff of ~1,500 feds.
This includes some people who'd finished their 1-year probationary periods, which were extended to 2-years last month without explanation. More to come.
This includes some people who'd finished their 1-year probationary periods, which were extended to 2-years last month without explanation. More to come.
February 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM
NSF cannot survive these cuts and there will be more to come. This is 1st degree murder of U.S. science.
Petition against NIH cuts
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Preserve Scientific Progress: Oppose the 15% NIH Indirect Cost Cap
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February 10, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Petition against NIH cuts
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The whole "$1 NIH dollar generates $2.50 in output" sells science wildly short. Scientific discovery and technological development is the foundation on which our entire society is built -- and that includes all the businesses that operate within it. The throughlines are shorter than you think: 1/n
February 9, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The whole "$1 NIH dollar generates $2.50 in output" sells science wildly short. Scientific discovery and technological development is the foundation on which our entire society is built -- and that includes all the businesses that operate within it. The throughlines are shorter than you think: 1/n
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February 9, 2025 at 2:09 AM
We are stronger than we think, and they are weaker than they want us to believe. Collective action has worked in the past, and it will work again. And the good news is that it only takes about 3.5% of the population to be actively involved for collective action to be effective.
We are stronger than we think
Federal workers, faith leaders, unions and ordinary Americans are showing the power of collective defiance and how to make cruelty backfire.
wagingnonviolence.org
February 9, 2025 at 6:21 PM
We are stronger than we think, and they are weaker than they want us to believe. Collective action has worked in the past, and it will work again. And the good news is that it only takes about 3.5% of the population to be actively involved for collective action to be effective.
List of things that NIH indirects (F&A) pays for either completely or partially in support of research infrastructure (please add)
- Start up funds for new faculty
- Lab construction costs
- PhD student stipend and tuition waivers
- IRB/compliance
- Grants administration
- IT
- HR
- Purchasing
- Start up funds for new faculty
- Lab construction costs
- PhD student stipend and tuition waivers
- IRB/compliance
- Grants administration
- IT
- HR
- Purchasing
February 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
List of things that NIH indirects (F&A) pays for either completely or partially in support of research infrastructure (please add)
- Start up funds for new faculty
- Lab construction costs
- PhD student stipend and tuition waivers
- IRB/compliance
- Grants administration
- IT
- HR
- Purchasing
- Start up funds for new faculty
- Lab construction costs
- PhD student stipend and tuition waivers
- IRB/compliance
- Grants administration
- IT
- HR
- Purchasing