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Dr. Zed Sehyr
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Assistant Professor in Communication Sciences & Disorders @ChapmanUniversity. Director of of Cognition, Language & Plasticity Lab: http://www.claplab.org/ Co-founder of ASL-LEX database: https://asl-lex.org/ Pronouns: She/her.
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October 30, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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Holy moly. That’s terrifying! the firefighter demonstrated admirable amount of composure given his situation. Wow
September 30, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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Oh that’s good to know! I just updated Word and was considering updating EndNote (the latest version has a fancy AI assistant and all that..) but maybe I’ll wait until they figure out support. Endnote has historically had issues keeping up with MS Office upgrades.. sigh! Zotero is ok ish.
September 27, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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#neurobiologyoflanguage #language #ERP #cognition #perception #neuroplasticity #signlanguage #SNL2025
September 12, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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I hope to see you!
September 5, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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A white male presenting person with short blond hair, wearing black pants and dark check shirt signing ASL and standing in front of a projection screen showing a drawing of a brain with black text on a white screen. A group of people standing in a circle im a conference room with the window blinds drawn, one female is signing ASL to the rest of the group
August 8, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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August 6, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Here’s our CEO’s statement. Factually, I just want people to understand that you can still help a lot if this is something you care about. And because at this very hard moment I am not in a position to answer for the network, I’m going to keep this closed. (3/3) www.npr.org/2025/08/01/g...
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August 2, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Sehyr, Z., Miller, D., Berardi, V., Hughes, S., Kihntopf, M., and Bosworth, R. (2025). Listening fatigue and communication health in deaf and hard-of-hearing adults. Poster presented at CogSci2025: Theories of the past, theories of the future, San Francisco, Jul. 30 - Aug. 2, 2025.
July 30, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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Go see poster P1 S 173 on Thursday 1 pm @cogscisociety.bsky.social
Infographic summarizing findings from a study on listening fatigue and communication health in 152 deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) adults. The top row shows three histograms titled: "Listening Fatigue (VFS10-A)," "General Fatigue (PROMIS-D)," and "Comm. Health (PROMIS-D)," displaying the distribution of outcome scores. The bottom row includes three scatterplots: A scatterplot showing listening fatigue increases with greater reliance on lipreading (x-axis: lipreading frequency; y-axis: fatigue score). A plot showing general fatigue decreases with higher ASL proficiency and earlier ASL exposure (x-axis: language dominance; y-axis: fatigue score). A plot showing communication health increases with greater ASL dominance and earlier exposure (x-axis: language dominance; y-axis: comm. health). Text highlights include: “Increases with greater reliance on lipreading & later ASL exposure” “Decreases with higher ASL proficiency & earlier exposure” “Linked to greater ASL dominance, usage & earlier exposure” Also shown are logos for Chapman University and the Cognition, Language & Plasticity Lab, a QR code labeled "References & PDF," and the contact email: sehyr@chapman.edu. Infographic titled "Methodology" outlining the design of an online retrospective survey study with 152 deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) adults. Participant details include: Gender: 101 women, 6 non-binary Age of ASL exposure: Early (≤6 years) 38.8%, Late (>6 years) 49.3%, None 11.8% Hearing ability: Moderate 66%, Minimal 10%, None 24% Four data collection domains are highlighted in red boxes: Demographics: Age, Age of ASL exposure, Education, Hearing ability (self-reported), Lipreading frequency Vanderbilt Listening Fatigue (VFS10-A) (Hornsby et al., 2023): Measures listening fatigue using the prompt “I feel worn out from everyday listening.” PROMIS®-Deaf (Kushalnagar et al., 2020): General fatigue: “How often did you feel tired?” Communication health: “I can easily get the information I need to make decisions.” ASL-English Bilingual Language Profile (Lindeberg, 2022): Proficiency: “How well do you understand ASL/English?” Use: “What % of time do you use ASL, English?”
July 30, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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💡Promoting ASL proficiency isn’t just about access; it’s about reducing fatigue, improving well-being, and supporting communication equity for DHH bilinguals.

#DeafHealth #SignLanguageMatters #ASL #DeafBilingualism #ListeningFatigue #DeafResearch #CommunicationHealth #CogSci2025
July 30, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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📉 Listening fatigue increases with greater lipreading reliance & later ASL exposure
✋ Lower general fatigue & better communication health are associated with stronger ASL skills & early exposure
🧩 Sign language use provides cognitive relief, fosters community, and supports mental health.
July 30, 2025 at 9:12 PM