Welcome to the Speech and Cognitive Development Lab!

The Speech and Cognitive Development (SPOG) Lab, directed by Dr. Meg Cychosz, studies how children learn speech and language from the world around them.


We have particular expertise in working with children with hearing loss.

 

We currently are running research studies for children with typical hearing and children with hearing loss.


You can complete a quick entry survey to sign up! 



Our work employs a variety of computational (natural language processing, machine learning) and experimental (eye-tracking, acoustic, and auditory phonetic) techniques in children aged birth-6 years.


We’re excited to introduce our new testing rocket ship, where children can now engage in experiments like eye-tracking in a fun and immersive space-themed environment! Our team’s ultimate goal is to conduct theoretically-driven and translational research that helps ensure all children reach their full potential.


Children enjoy their space adventure and experiments in the rocket ship!

Sign up to bring your child to Stanford!

If you’d like to learn more and/or sign up for your child to participate, please click here and complete this brief entry survey!

 

We have close clinical and research partnerships with Stanford Medicine, the UCSF Children’s Communication Center and with the John Tracy Center in Los Angeles where we have a subsidiary lab.

Work in the SPOG Lab has been funded by:

    • The National Institutes of Health

    • The American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation

    • The Clinical and Translational Science Institute at UCLA

    • The Hearing Health Foundation

Learn about our research program for children who are deaf and hard of hearing, the Learning to Listen Project, and explore our Educational library. We frequently partner with local speech-language pathologists, pediatric audiologists, and families of children with hearing loss to create resources that will benefit the community, so please get in touch with us if our team can provide anything for your clinic or family.

 

We are now part of the Stanford community Engagement Hubs! Check out our hub!

 

Check us out on Instagram: @spoglabstanford

Check out our projects on Github!