Stacy K. Betz, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

• Language acquisition
• Developmental language disorders
• Electrophysiological measures of child language

Dept. of Speech & Hearing Sciences
       (For Campus Mail only: Box 354875)
University of Washington
1417 NE 42nd St.
Seattle, WA 98105-6246

skbetz@u.washington.edu
Office: (206) 685-7425 Fax:(206) 543-1093
Education & Research: Speech-Language Pathology Division
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Stacy Betz joined the Speech and Hearing Sciences faculty as an Assistant Professor in the fall of 2006. She received her B.S. in Cognitive Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, M.S. in Speech Pathology from the University of Washington, and Ph.D. in Child Language from the University of Kansas.

Dr. Betz’s current research focuses on the behavioral and electrophysiological characteristics of typical and atypical language acquisition. She is currently investigating children with specific language impairment. Previous behavioral studies have shown these children to have deficits in the area of morphosyntax, but little is known about the underlying neural correlates of these deficits. Current investigations seek to relate brain structure and function to the linguistic behaviors observed in children with language impairments.

Courses currently taught include: Language Science (SPHSC 303); Speech, Language, and the Brain (SPHSC 425); and Assessment & Treatment of Elementary School-Age Communication Disorders (SPHSC 536).

Selected Publications

Atchley, R. A., Rice, M. L., Betz, S. K., Kwasny, K. M., Sereno, J. A., & Jongman, A. (2006). A comparison of semantic and syntactic event related potentials generated by children and adults. Brain and Language, 99, 236-246.
 
Rice, M. L., Warren, S., & Betz, S. K. (2005). Language symptoms of developmental disorders: An overview of autism, Down syndrome, fragile X, specific language impairment, and Williams syndrome. Applied Psycholinguistics, 26, 7-27.

Betz, S. K. & Stoel-Gammon, C. (2005). Measuring articulatory inconsistency in children with developmental apraxia. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 19, 53-66.

Education & Research: Speech-Language Pathology Division
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