Language/Communication
​Long, H., Ramsay, G., Bene, E., Su, P., Yoo, H., Klaiman, C., Pulver, S., Richardson, S., Pileggi, M., Brane, N., Oller, D. K. (in press). Canonical babbling trajectories across the first year of life in autism and typical development Autism.
Wagner, L., Banchik, M., Tsang, T., Okada, N. J., Altshuler, R., McDonald, N., Bookheimer, S. Y., Jeste, S. S., Green, S. A., & Dapretto, M. (2025). Atypical neural responses to native and non-native language in infants at high likelihood for developing autism. Molecular Autism, 15(1), 6.
Millager, R. A., Feldman, J. I., Williams, Z. J., Shibata, K., Martinez-Torres, K. A., Bryan, K. M., Pruett, D. G., Mitchell, J. T., Markfeld, J. E., Merritt, B., Daniels, D. E., Jones, R. M., & Woynaroski, T. (2024). Diversity of research participant gender, race, and ethnicity incommunication sciences and disorders: A systematic review and quantitative synthesis ofAmeircan-Speech-Language-Hearing Association publications in 2020. Perspectives of theASHA Special Interest Groups, 9(3), 836-852. https://doi.org/mv4w
Su, P.L, Yoo, H., Ramsay, G., Long, H.L., Bene, E. R., Klaiman, C., Pulver, S.L., Richardson, S., Pileggi, M.L., Brane, N., & Oller, K.D. Foundations of vocal category development in autistic infants. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-024-06267-9
Cohenour, T., Dickinson, A., Jeste, S., Gulsrud, A., & Kasari, C. (2024). Patterns of spontaneous neural activity associated with social communication abilities among infants and toddlers showing signs of autism. European Journal of Neuroscience.
McFayden, T., Rutsohn, J., Cetin, G., Forsen, E., Swanson, M., Meera, S., Wolff, J., Elison, J., Shen, M., Botteron, K., & others (2024). White matter development and language abilities during infancy in autism spectrum disorder. Molecular psychiatry, 1–10.
Mukerji C, Wilson JS, Wilkinson CL, Krol M, Nelson CA, Tager-Flusberg H. Resting frontal gamma power is associated with both expressive language and non-verbal cognitive abilities in young autistic children. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 2024. April 12. PMID: 38607475
Klusek, J., Will, E., Christensen, T., Caravella, K., Hogan, A., Sun, J., ... & Roberts, J. E. (2024). Social Communication Delay in an Unbiased Sample of Preschoolers with the FMR1 Premutation. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 1-17.
Ford, A., Walum, H., Brice, B., Patel, H., Kunnikuru, S., Jones, W., Berman, G., Shultz, S. (2024). Caregiver greeting to infants under 6 months already reflects emerging differences in those later diagnosed with autism. Proceedings of the Royal Society: Biological Sciences.
Blume, J., Miller, M., O’Neill, D., Mastergeorge, A.M., & Ozonoff, S. (2024). Utility of the Language Use Inventory in young children at elevated likelihood of autism. Journal of Speech, Language, & Hearing Research, 67, 573-585
Markfeld, J. E., Feldman, J. I., Daly, C., Santapuram, P., Bowman, S. M., Dunham-Carr, K., Suzman, E., Keçeli-Kaysılı, B., & Woynaroski, T. (2023). The stability and validity of automated indices of vocal development in infants with autistic and non-autistic siblings. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 66(12), 4934-4948. https://doi.org/gs5299
Dunham, K., Zoltowski, A. R., Feldman, J. I., Davis, S., Rogers, B., Failla, M., Wallace, M. T., Cascio, C. J., & Woynaroski, T. (2023). Neural correlates of audiovisual speech processing in youth with and without autism. Multisensory Research, 36(3), 263-288. https://doi.org/j7ks.
Pulliam, G., Feldman, J. I., & Woynaroski, T. (2023). Audiovisual multisensory integration in individuals with reading and language impairments: A systematic review and meta analysis. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 149, Article 105130. https://doi.org/j7kt.
Dunham-Carr, K., Feldman, J. I., Simon, D. M., Edmunds, S. R., Tu, A., Kuang, W., Conrad, J. G., Santapuram, P., Wallace, M. T., & Woynaroski, T. (2023). Processing of audiovisual speech is linked with vocabulary in autistic and non-autistic children: An ERP study. Brain Sciences, 13(7), Article 1043. https://doi.org/knrn
Markfeld, J. E., Feldman, J. I., Bordman, S. L., Daly, C., Santapuram, P., Keçeli-Kaysılı, B., & Woynaroski, T. (2023). Associations between caregiver stress and language outcomes in infants with autistic and non-autistic siblings. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 66(1), 190-205. https://doi.org/jzdf
Morrel, J., Singapuri, K., Landa, R. J., & Reetzke, R. (2023). Neural correlates and predictors of speech and language development in infants at elevated likelihood for autism: A systematic review. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 17, 1211676.
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/human- neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2023.1211676/full
Sterrett, K., Magaña, M. T., Gulsrud, A., Paparella, T., & Kasari, C. (2023). Predictors of Attrition in a Randomized Trial of a Social Communication Intervention for Infant-Toddlers at Risk for Autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 53(8), 3023-3033.
Li, L., Pasco, G., Ali, J. B., Johnson, M. H., Jones, E. J., & Charman, T. (2023). Associations between early language, motor abilities, and later autism traits in infants with typical and elevated likelihood of autism. Autism Research.
Thompson, E., Feldman, J. I., Valle, A., Davis, H., Keçeli-Kaysılı, B., Dunham, K., Tharpe, A. M.*, Picou, E. M.*, & Woynaroski, T.* (2022). A comparison of listening skills of autistic and non-autistic youth while using and not using remote microphone systems.Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 66(11), 4618-4634 https://doi.org/mdtx.
Feldman, J. I., Thompson, E., Davis, H., Keçeli-Kaysılı, B., Dunham, K., Tharpe, A. M.*, Picou, E. M.*, & Woynaroski, T.* (2022). Remote microphone systems can improve listening-in-noise accuracy and listening effort for youth with autism. Ear and Hearing, 43(2), 436-447. https://doi.org/hdsw. PMID: 35030553
Santapuram, P., Feldman, J. I., Bowman, S. M., Raj, S., Suzman, E., Crowley, S., Kim, S. Y., Keçeli-Kaysılı, B., Bottema-Beutel K., Lewkowicz, D. J., Wallace, M. T., & Woynaroski, T. (2022). Mechanisms by which early eye gaze to multisensory speech influences language acquisition in infant siblings of children with and without autism. Mind, Brain and Education, 16(1), 62-74. https://doi.org/jv8n. PMID: 35273650
Yankowitz LD, Petrulla V, Plate S, Tunc B, Guthrie W, Meera SS, Tena K, Pandey J, Swanson MR, Pruett JR Jr, Cola M, Russell A, Marrus N, Hazlett HC, Botteron K, Constantino JN, Dager SR, Estes A, Zwaigenbaum L, Piven J, Schultz RT, Parish-Morris J; IBIS Network. Infants later diagnosed with autism have lower canonical babbling ratios in the first year of life. Mol Autism. 2022: 13(1):28.
Plate S, Yankowitz L, Rescorla L, Swanson MR, Meera SS, Estes A, Marrus N, Cola M, Petrulla V, Faggen A, Pandey J, Paterson S, Pruett JR, Jr., Hazlett H, Dager S, St. John T, Botteron KN, Zwaigenbaum L, Piven J, Schultz R, Parish-Morris J, and the IBIS Network. Infant Vocalizing and Phenotypic Outcomes in Autism: Evidence from the First Two Years. Child Development. 2022: 93(2):468-483.
Zheng, S., Kaat, A., Farmer, C., Thurm, A., Burrows, C. A., Kanne, S., Georgiades, S., Esler, A., Lord, C., Takahashi, N., Nowell, K. P., Will, E., Roberts, J., Bishop, S. L. (2022). Bias in Measurement of Autism Symptoms by Spoken Language Level and Non-Verbal Mental age in Minimally Verbal Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders. Frontiers in Psychology, 13. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.927847
Plate S, Yankowitz L, Resorla L, Swanson MR, Meera SS, Estes A, Marrus N, Cola M, Petrulla V, Faggen A, Pandey J, Paterson S, Pruett JR Jr, Hazlett H, Dager S, St John T, Botteron K, Zwaigenbaum L, Piven J, Schultz RT, Parish-Morris J; IBIS Network. (2022). Infant vocalizing and phenotypic outcomes in autism: Evidence from the first 2 years. Child Development. 2021 Oct 28. doi: 10.1111/cdev.13697. Online ahead of print. PMID: 34708871
Ravi, S., Bradshaw, A., Abdi, H., Meera, SS., Parish-Morris, J., Yankowitz, L., Paterson, S., Dager, SR., Burrows, CA., Chappell, C., St.John, T., Estes, A., Piven, J., Swanson, MR. (2022). Are early social communication skills a harbinger for language development in infants later diagnosed autistic?-A longitudinal study using a standardized social communication assessment. Frontiers in Communication. Volume 7
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Yankowitz LD, Petrulla V, Plate S, Tunc B, Guthrie W, Meera SS, Tena K, Pandey J, Swanson MR, Pruett JR Jr, Cola M, Russell A, Marrus N, Hazlett HC, Botteron K, Constantino JN, Dager SR, Estes A, Zwaigenbaum L, Piven J, Schultz RT, Parish- Morris J. Infants later diagnosed with autism have lower canonical babbling ratios in the first year of life. Mol Autism. 2022 Jun 27;13(1):28. doi: 10.1186/s13229-022-00503-8. PubMed PMID: 35761377; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9235227.
Pecukonis*, M., Young, G., Brian, J., Charman, T., Chawarska, K., Iverson, J., Jeste, S., Landa, R., Messinger, D., Schwichtenberg, A. J., Webb, S. J., Zwaigenbaum, L., & Tager-Flusberg, H. (2022). Early Predictors of Language Skills at 3 Years of Age Vary Based on Diagnostic Outcome: A Baby Siblings Research Consortium Study. Autism Research, 15(7), 1324-1335. doi:10.1002/aur.2760
Glauser J†*, Wilkinson CL*, Gabard-Durnam LJ, Boin C, Tager-Flusberg H, Nelson CA. Neural correlates of face processing associated with language and social development in 12-month infants with familial risk of autism spectrum disorder. J Neurodevelopmental Disorders 14, 6 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s11689-021-09413-x
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Pecukonis, M., Young, G., Brian J., Cahrman, T., Chawarska, K., Elsabbagh, M., Iverson, J., Jeste, S., Landa, R., Messinger, D., Schwintenberg, A.J., Webb, S.J., Zwaigenbaum, L. & Tager-Flusberg, H. (2022). Early predictors of language skills at three years of age vary based on diagnostic outcome: A Baby Sibling Research Consortium study. Autism Research, 15, 1324-1335.
Choi, B., Castelbaum, L., McKechnie, R., Rowe, M.L., Nelson, C.A., & Tager-Flusberg, H. (2022). Brief Report: Parents’ declarative use of deictic gestures predict vocabulary development in infants at high and low risk for autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 52, 914-922.
Romeo, R., Choi, B., Gabard-Durnam, L., Wilkinson, C., Levin, A., Rowe, M., Tager-Flusberg, H. & Nelson, C.A. (2022). Parental language input predicts neuroscillatory patterns associated with language development in infants at risk of autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 52, 2717-2731.
Bertelsen, N., Landi, I., Bethlehem, R. A., Seidlitz, J., Busuoli, E. M., Mandelli, V., ... & Lombardo, M. V. (2021). Imbalanced social-communicative and restricted repetitive behavior subtypes of autism spectrum disorder exhibit different neural circuitry. Communications Biology, 4(1), 1-13.
McDaniel J, Yoder P, Estes A, Rogers SJ. Stability of Vocal Variables Measured During the Early Communication Indicator for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder. Am J Intellect Dev Disabil. 2021 Mar 1;126(2):142-157. doi: 10.1352/1944-7558-126.2.142. PMID: 33651890.
Feldman, J. I., Raj, S., Santapuram, P., Golden, A. J., Daly, C., Dunham, K., Suzman, E., Augustine, A. E., Garla, V., Muhumuza, A., Cascio, C. J., Williams, K. L., Kirby, A. V., Keçeli-Kaysılı, B., & Woynaroski, T. (2021). Sensory responsiveness is linked with communication in infants siblings of children with and without autism. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 64(6), 1964-1976. https://doi.org/jv8p. PMID: 34003699
Romeo, R.R., Choi, A.B., Gabard-Durnam, L.J., Wilkinson, C.L, Levin, A.R., Tager-Flusberg, H., and Nelson, C.A. Parent language input predicts neuroscillatory patterns underlying language development in infants at risk of autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 2021 June 29, doi: 10.1007/s10803-021-05024-6. PMID 34185234
Parks, K. M. A., Oram Cardy, J. E., Woynaroski, T., Sehl, C. G., & Stevenson, R. A. (2021). Investigating the role of inattention and/or hyperactivity/impulsivity in language and social functioning using a dimensional approach. Journal of Communication Disorders, 89, Article 106036. https://doi.org/gkmtmx. PMID: 33249356
Bradshaw, J., McCracken, C., Delehanty, A.., Day, T., Klin, A., Klaiman, C., Saulnier, C., Wetherby, A. (2021). Early social communication development in infants with autism spectrum disorder. Child Development, 92(6), 2224-2234.
Hatch, B., Iosif, A., Chuang, A., de la Paz, L., Ozonoff, S., & Miller, M. (2021). Longitudinal differences in response to name among infants developing ASD and risk for ADHD. Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders, 53, 827-836.
Tran, X., McDonald, N. M., Dickinson, A., Scheffler, A., Frohlich, J., Marin, A., Nosco, E., Senturk, D., Dapretto, M., Jeste, S. S. (2020). Functional connectivity during language processing in 3-month-old infants at familial risk for autism spectrum disorder. European
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Wallace, M. T., Woynaroski, T., & Stevenson, R. A. (2020). Multisensory integration as a window into orderly and disrupted cognition and communication. Annual Reviews of Psychology, 71, 193-219. https://doi.org/dck8. PMID: 31518523
Thompson, E. C., Benítez-Barrera, C. R., Angley, G. P., Woynaroski, T., & Tharpe, A. M. (2020). Remote microphone system use in the homes of children with hearing loss: Impact on caregiver communication and child vocalizations. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 63(2), 633-642. https://doi.org/knrx. PMID: 31967941
Sandbank, M., Bottema-Beutel, K., Crowley, S., Cassidy, M., Feldman, J. I., Canihuante, M., & Woynaroski, T. (2020). Intervention effects on language in children with autism spectrum disorder: A Project AIM meta-analysis study. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 63(5), 1537-1560. https://doi.org/gg94cc. PMID: 32384865
Liu, J., Okada, N., Cummings, K., Jung, J., Patterson, G., Bookheimer, S.Y., Jeste, S.S., Dapretto, M. (2020). Lack of neural evidence for implicit language learning in 9-month Old infants at high risk for autism. Developmental Science, 24:e13078. doi: 10.1111/desc.13078.
Liu, J., Okada, N., Cummings, K., Jung, J., Patterson, G., Bookheimer, S.Y., Jeste, S.S., Dapretto, M. (2020). Emerging atypicalities in functional connectivity of language-related networks in young infants at high familial risk for ASD. Developmental Cognitive
Neuroscience, 45:100814.
Habayeb, S., Tsang, T., Saulnier, C., Klaiman, C., Jones, W., Klin, A., Edwards, L.A. (2020). Visual traces of language acquisition in toddlers with autism spectrum disorder during the second year of life. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 51(7), 2519-2530.
Shic, F., Wang, Q., Macari, S. L., & Chawarska, K. (2020). The role of limited salience of speech in selective attention to faces in toddlers with autism spectrum disorders. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 61(4), 459–469. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13118
Talbott, M.R., Young, G.S., Munson, J., Estes, A., Vismara, L., & Rogers., S.J. (2020). The Developmental Sequence and Relations between Gesture and Spoken Language in Toddlers with ASD. Child Development. 91(3):743-753. doi: 10.1111/cdev.13203
Kadlaskar, G., Seidl, A., Tager-Flusberg, H., Nelson, C., & Keehn, B. (2020). Caregiver touch-speech communication and infant responses in 12-month-olds at high risk for autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 50, 1064-1072.
Choi, B., Nelson, C.A., Rowe, M., & Tager-Flusberg, H. (2020). Reciprocal influences between parent input and child language skills in dyads involving high- and low- risk infants for autism spectrum disorder. Autism Research, 13, 1168-1173.
McDaniel, J., Yoder, P., Estes, A., & Rogers, S. J. (2020). Predicting expressive language from early vocalizations in young children with autism spectrum disorder: Which vocal measure is best? Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research. 1-12. doi: 10.1044/2020 JSLHR-19-00281
McDaniel, J., Yoder, P., Estes, A., & Rogers, S. J. (2020). Validity of Vocal Communication and Vocal Complexity in Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.
Yoder, P., Rogers, S., Estes, A., Warren, Z., Munson, J., Hellemann, G., McEachin, J. (2020). Interaction of treatment intensity and autism severity on frequency and maturity of spontaneous communication in toddlers with autism spectrum disorder. Autism Research. 13: 1902-1012. doi: 10.1002/aur.2416
Benítez-Barrera, C. R., Thompson, E. C., Angley, G. P., Woynaroski, T., & Tharpe, A. M. (2019). Remote microphone system use at home: Impact on child-directed speech. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 62(6), 2002-2008. https://doi.org/knrz.PMID: 31112670
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McDaniel, J., Woynaroski, T., Keçeli-Kaysılı, B., Watson, L. R., & Yoder, P. J. (2019). Vocal communication with canonical syllables correlates with later expressive language skills in preschool-aged children with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 62(10), 3826-3833. https://doi.org/ggkn7x. PMID: 3163887
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Choi, B., Shah, P., Rowe, M., Nelson, C.A. & Tager-Flusberg. (2019). Gesture development, caregiver responsiveness, and language and diagnostic outcomes in infants at high and low risk for autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. epub ahead of print.
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Kadlaskar, G., Seidl, A., Tager-Flusberg, H., Nelson, C., & Keehn, B. (2019). Caregiver-infant audio-tactile communication in infants at high risk for autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.
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Swanson, M.R., Donovan, K., Paterson, S., Wolff, J.J., Parish-Morris, J., Meera, S.S., Watson, L.R., Estes, A.M., Marrus, N., Elison, J.T., Shen, M.D., McNeilly, H.B., MacIntyre, L., Zwaigenbaum, L., St. John, T., Botteron, K., Dager, S.,& Piven, J.; IBIS Network. (2019). Early language exposure supports later language skills in infants with and without autism. Autism Research, epub ahead of print.
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West, K.L., Northrup, J.B., Leezenbaum, N.B., & Iverson, J.M. (2019). The relation between walking and receptive language in infant siblings of children with autism spectrum disorder. Child Development, 90, e356-e372.
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Wolff, J.J., Dimian, A.F., Botteron, K.N., Dager, S.R., Elison, J.T., Estes, A.M., Hazlett, H.C., Schultz, R.T., Zwaigenbaum, L., & Piven, J.; IBIS Network. (2019). A longitudinal study of parent-reported sensory responsiveness in toddlers at-risk for autism. J Child
Psychol Psychiatry, 60, 314-324.
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Finch, K.H., Tager-Flusberg, H. & Nelson, C.A. (2018). Neural responses to linguistic stimuli in children with and without autism spectrum disorder. European Journal of Neuroscience, 47, 709-719.
Iverson, J.M., Northrup, J.B., Leezenbaum, N.B., Parladé, M.V., Koterba, E.A., & West, K.L. (2018). Early gesture and vocabulary development in infant siblings of children with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 48, 55-71.
Bradshaw, Jessica & Klaiman, Cheryl & Gillespie, Scott & Brane, Natalie & Lewis, Moira & Saulnier, C.. (2018). Walking Ability is Associated with Social Communication Skills in Infants at High Risk for Autism Spectrum Disorder. Infancy. 23. 10.1111/infa.12242.
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