Speech and Hearing Science Research Institute of CHF(CHF Research Institute) was founded in 2013 to unwaveringly enhance the quality of CHF’s evidence-based practices with relevant research projects. We aim to apply the academic research outcomes to our (re)habilitation services as well as to perform practicable research based on front-line clinical experiences.
Our researchers come from diverse backgrounds including special education, statistics, linguistics, psychology, and biomedical engineering; they work with CHF auditory-verbal specialists, audiologists, and social workers as a transdisciplinary team. CHF Research Institute also collaborates with renowned universities and academic institutes in Taiwan and abroad to carry out various research projects as well as develop clinical assessment instruments. Our research articles have been published in SCI/SSCI journals, prominent domestic and international journals, and at major conferences in auditory-verbal therapy, special education, and other related fields. Above all, based oo solid research results, we are able to improve and customize our services for children with hearing loss.
- Research Themes
– Research on auditory-verbal approach
– Fundamental research and clinical application of listening and spoken language
– Systematic knowledge construction of the auditory-verbal approach
– Speech and hearing technology
– Infant, child, and adult hearing science
- Research Team
Director: Yu-Chen Hung
Ph.D., Linguistics, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz (Germany)
Research interests: Neuro-/psycholinguistics, experimental linguistics, hearing and language development, hearing and learning
Director: Yi-ping Chang
Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California (United States)
Research interests: Speech perception in CI, bimodal hearing, assessment of listening and spoken language development of children with hearing loss
Research Fellow: Kuei-Ju Lin
Ph.D. candidate, Special Education, National Kaohsiung Normal University (Taiwan)
M.A., Handicapped Education, Taipei Municipal University of Education (Taiwan)
Research interests: Inclusive education, early intervention, education for children with hearing loss
Research Fellow: Yi-Chih Chan
Ph.D., Child Language, The University of Kansas (United States)
Research interests: First language acquisition, reading development, psycholinguistics
Research Fellow: Ming Lo
Ph.D., Psychology, National Taiwan University (Taiwan)
Research interests: psychological and brain processes in language development and learning, computational analysis of Mandarin corpora, computer-assisted learning
Research Fellow: Chia-Ying Chu
Ph.D., Linguistics, University of Kansas (United States)
Research interests: language acquisition, the interrelationships between cognitive and language development, developmental psycholinguistics
Research Fellow: Pei-Hua Chen
Ph.D., Quantitative Research Method, University of Denver (United States)
Research interests: Computerized adapted testing, psychometric assessment, test development and evaluation of listening and spoken language development of children with hearing loss