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Cynthia Core Faculty Member
Positions
- Assistant Professor, Speech & Hearing Sciences , Columbian College of Arts and Sciences 2009 -
- Assistant Professor of Speech and Hearing Science, Speech & Hearing Sciences , Columbian College of Arts and Sciences 2009 -
Cynthia Core is an Associate Professor in the department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences. Her research interests focus on speech and language development in young bilingual children and children with cochlear implants, and language assessment and intervention for children with speech and language disorders. Her work appears in several peer-reviewed publications related to child language and speech-language pathology. She teaches graduate-level courses on pediatric speech and language disorders. Dr. Core is a licensed and certified Speech-Language Pathologist and Early Intervention Professional.
Research Areas
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Affiliation
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Publications
selected publications
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academic article
- Profiles of Minority‐Majority Language Proficiency in 5‐Year‐Olds. , 92(5), 1801-1816.. Child Development. 2021
- Explaining Individual Differences in Trajectories of Simultaneous Bilingual Development: Contributions of Child and Environmental Factors. Child Development. 2020
- Factors Predictive of Consonant Accuracy in Children with Cochlear Implants. Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research. 2020
- The Quality of Child-Directed Speech Depends on the Speaker’s Language Proficiency. Journal of Child Language. 2019
- The Role of Language Experience in Nonword Repetition Tasks in Young Bilingual Spanish-English Speaking Children. Proceedings of the 41st Boston University Conference on Language Development. 2017
- Vocal overimitation in preschool age children. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 2015
- A longitudinal study of speech feature contrast production in children with cochlear implants. Online proceedings of the 18th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences. 2015
- Auditory perception and production of speech feature contrasts by pediatric implant users. Ear and Hearing. 2015
- Bilingual phonological development: Clinical implications.. Seminars in Speech and Language. 2015
- What clinicians need to know about bilingual development.. Seminars in Speech and Language. 2015
- Assessing speech perception in young children with cochlear implants using a hybrid visual habituation paradigm.. Ear and Hearing. 2014
- Perception and production of speech feature contrasts by children with cochlear implants. Ear and Hearing. 2014
- Input and Language Development in Bilingually Developing Children. Seminars in Speech and Language. 2013
- Total and Conceptual Vocabulary in Spanish-English Bilinguals from 22 to 30 Months: Implications for Assessment. Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research. 2013
- Dual language exposure and early bilingual development. Journal of ChildLanguage. 2012
- Relations among language exposure, phonological memory, and language development in Spanish-English bilingually developing two year olds. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 2011
- Reading readiness asa factor of orthography: Crosslinguistic evidence on early literacy skills. Written Language and Literacy. 2009
- Non-word repetition assesses phonological memory and is related to vocabulary development in 20- to 24-month-olds. Journal of Child Language. 2008
- Acquisition of #sC clusters in English speaking children. Journal of Multilingual Communication Disorders. 2006
- The Early Reading Screening Instrument: A Spanish translation and preliminary study of three bilingual children. The Florida Journal of Communication Disorders. 2002
- Phonemic awareness of coda consonants andsonority in bilingual children. Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics. 2001
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chapter
- Effects of nonnative input on language abilities in Spanish-English bilinguals. Child Bilingualism and Second Language Learning: Multidisciplinary Perspectives. 2020
- Methods of studying phonology in young children. Research methods in child language: A practical guide. 2011
- Speech Sound Disorders. Communication Sciences and Disorders: An Introduction to the Professions. 2011
- Feature geometry, underspecification and child substitutions. Pathologies of Speech and Language. 1999
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conference paper
- What Clinicians Need to Know When Working with Bilingual Families with Young Children 2021
- “Desarrollo del lenguaje en niños hispano-inglés hablantes: factores ambientales e individuales 2021
- Speech Production Skills in Two-Year-Old Spanish-English Bilingual Children 2021
- Increasing Cultural Competence Among Students Faculty in an Academic Setting 2019
- Language Skills in 30-month-old Spanish-English Bilingual Children and Recommendations for Early Interventionists 2019
- Phonological profiles of 30-month-old Spanish-English speaking children identified as late talkers 2019
- Best Practices for Assessment and Treatment of Speech Development in Early Intervention 2018
- What early interventionists need to know about bilingual language development 2018
- Do bilingual children catch up to monolingual peers in speech abilities at age 5? 2017
- Characteristics of L2 child directed speech and their effects on child language development 2013
- Assessing perception and production abilities in children with cochlear implants. 2013
- Perception and Production of Selected Speech Features by Children with Cochlear Implants 2013
- Bilingual Speech Development Through a Psycholinguistic Lens 2012
- Relationships of real and nonword production ability to vocabulary size in Spanish and English speaking toddlers 2012
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conference poster
- Factors Predictive of Consonant Production Accuracy in Children With Cochlear Implants 2019
- Comparison of /r/ production in children with cochlear implants and children with normal hearing 2018
- Acoustic Contributions to Perception of Female Sexual Orientation Gender Performance 2016
- Outcomes of an Intensive Treatment Program for Childhood Apraxia of Speech Outcomes of an Intensive Treatment Program for Childhood Apraxia of Speech 2016
- Outcomes of an Intensive Treatment Program for Childhood Apraxia of Speech: Follow-Up Caregiver Survey 2016
- Acoustic contributions to the perception of female speech 2016
- Assessing language abilities in young bilinguals; Parent report v. examiner-administered measures 2014
- Predictors of bilingual speech production in English-Spanish speaking preschoolers at 48 months 2014
- Phonetic properties of nonnative input affect bilingual children's vocabulary development 2014
- Phonetic properties of L2 child directed speech and effects on child language development 2013
- Investigating Vocabulary Development in Korean-English Bilingual Children 2013
- Vocal (Over-) Imitation in Pre-School Age Children: Insights into Phonological Knowledge and Speech Production 2013
- Predicting 48-Month PPVT-4 Scores in Young Spanish-English Bilinguals 2012
- Relationships between Phonological Memory and Vocabulary in Korean-English Bilingual Children 2012
- Early language abilities predict later rhyme sensitivity in bilingual first language learners 2012
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review
- ADVANCES IN THE ASSESSMENT OF YOUNG BILINGUALS: COMMENTS ON FLOCCIA ET AL.. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 83(1), 109-123. 2018
presentations
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presentation
- Best Practices for Assessment and Treatment of Speech Development in Early Intervention (EI), American Speech-Language Hearing Association Professional Development 2020
- What Early Interventionists Need to Know about Bilingual Language Development in Toddlers - Part 2, Virginia Early Intervention Professional Development Center 2018
- What Early Interventionists Need to Know about Bilingual Language Development in Toddlers - Part 1, Virginia Early Intervention Professional Development Center 2018
- Delivering EI Services in Child Care Settings: Let's Get Real!, Talks on Tuesdays, Virginia Early Intervention Professional Development Center 2017
- Delivering EI Services in Child Care Settings, Virginia Early Intervention Professional Development Center 2017
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Research
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Teaching
teaching activities
- Clinical Practicum (SPA 6505)
- Directed Independent Research (SPA 6905)
- Disorders of Articulation and Phonology (SPA 6204)
- Evaluation and Treatment of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Populations (SPA 6558)
- Independent Study: International Collaboration in Speech-Language Pathology (SPHR: 6295)
- Language Disorders and Literacy (SPA 5936)
- Language Disorders in School-Age Children and Adolescents (SPA 6403)
- Pediatric Language Disorders (SPHR 230)
- Perspectives in Multicultural Language Development and Disorders (SPHR 283)
- Preparing the thesis proposal (SLHS 6295)
- Thesis (SLHS 6998)
- Thesis (SLHS 6999)
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Service
reviewer of
- American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology (Journal)
- Applied Psycholinguistics (Journal)
- Bilingualism: Language and Cognition (Journal)
- Child Development (Journal)
- Child Development Perspectives (Journal)
- Developmental Psychology (Journal)
- Developmental Psychology (Journal)
- Developmental Science (Journal)
- External Tenure Review, Department of Linguistics, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada (Journal)
- International Journal of Bilingualism and Bilingual Education (Journal)
- Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology (Journal)
- Journal of Child Language (Journal)
- Journal of Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics (Journal)
- Journal of Communication Disorders (Journal)
- Journal of Experimental Child Psychology (Journal)
- Journal of Experimental Child Psychology (Journal)
- Journal of Multilingual Communication Disorders (Journal)
- Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research (Journal)
- Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research (Journal)
- Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (Journal)
- Language Speech and Hearing Services in the Schools (Journal)
- Language and Learning Development (Journal)
- Language, Speech and Hearing Services in the Schools (Journal)
- Learning and Individual Differences (Journal)
- National Science Foundation (Journal)
- PLOS One (Journal)
- Promotion and Tenure Evaluation, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Idaho State University (Journal)
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (Journal)
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) (Journal)
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Canada (Journal)
- University Facilitating Fund, OVPR, GWU (Journal)
professional service activities
- American Speech-Language Hearing Association Member 2018 - 2199
- Virginia Early Intervention Professional Development Center Member 2015 - 2199
- Society for Research in Child Development Member 2009 - 2199
- International Association for the Study of Child Language Member 2005 - 2199
- American Speech-Language Hearing Association Member 2004 - 2199
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Background
education and training
- Ph.D. degree in Speech-Language Pathology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. 2004
- M.A. degree in Linguistics, Florida International University, Miami, Florida. 1997
- B.A. degree in German, University of Maryland, College Park, European Division, Heidelberg, Germany 1993
awards and honors
- Bender Award, conferred by GWU, 2019
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Contact
full name
- Cynthia Core
mailing address
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2115 G St. NW
Suite 215
Department of Speech and Hearing Science
Washington, DC 20052
USA
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