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Lynne Werner, Ph.D.

Professor of Speech & Hearing Sciences
Research Affiliate, Center on Human Development and Disability
lawerner@u.washington.edu
206-543-8290
University of Washington, Box 354875
Seattle, WA 98195-4875

Dr. Werner studies auditory development, and researches how hearing matures during human infancy, focusing on changes that occur in the ability to detect sound and discriminate among sounds. Using a psychophysical approach, she and her lab group examine infants' behavioral responses to sound or changes in sound as compared to neural responses recorded from the scalp or acoustic responses of the ear. She believes that skills such as sensitivity to sound, ability to resolve differences in pitch, and ability to follow changes in a sound are fundamental to hearing and if weak or absent may limit a child's acquisition of speech. Her findings suggest that significant changes in these and related abilities occur during the first year of life. Werner's research may lead to development of innovations in testing of hearing of newborns and young children as well as approaches to mitigate impacts of hearing impairment on speech acquisition.

Lynne Werner's web page

University of Washington • Center on Human Development and Disability Box 357920 • Seattle WA 98195-7920 USA • 206-543-7701 • chdd@u.washington.edu