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Personal Information:

Ling-Yu Guo, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Email: lingyugu@buffalo.edu
Office: 716-829-5567

Current Work:

Dr. Guo's research interests include the following areas.

1. Syntactic development in typical and atypical populations (children with specific language impairment, children with cochlear implants)

2. The role of input frequency in language acquisition and processing

3. Language learning mechanisms, such as phonological working memory, statistical learning, and analogical reasoning skills

4. Development of conversational, narrative and expository discourse skills in children

5. Diagnostic accuracy of language measures in language samples(e.g., MLU, tense productivity)

Website:
http://childlanguageresearch.blogspot.com/

Biography:

Dr. Guo is originally from Taiwan and received his Ph. D. from the University of Iowa. Before coming to Buffalo, he completed his postdoctoral work at Montclair State University. Dr. Guo’s primary research interests are the role of input structures in child language development and the diagnostic accuracy of syntactic measures in language samples. He came to UB because “the department and the university offer a great environment that fosters research”, adding that the CDS faculty are nice and provide support and encouragement. Outside of the academic world, Dr. Guo stays active by running, swimming and trying to master the culinary arts.

Education / Training:

Ph.D., Speech and Hearing Science, The University of Iowa, 2009

M.A., Linguistics, National Chengchi University, Taiwan, 1999

B.A., English (Minor: Education), National Chengchi University, Taiwan, 1996

Employment / Professional Experience:

Assistant Professor, Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences, University at Buffalo – The State University of New York, 2010 - present

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Montclair State University, 2009-2010

Lecturer, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, The University of Iowa, 2007-2008

Speech-language Pathologist, Department of Otolaryngology, Chimei Medical Center, Taiwan, 2001-2003

Certification:
Certificate of Speech-Language Pathology, Department of Health, Taiwan, 2011-present

Professional Honors/ Advisory and Editorial Boards:

Honorary Member of the Phi Tau Phi Scholastic Honor Society of the Republic of China, Taiwan, 1996

Research and Creative Activities:

Grants

Guo, L. (2012). Acquisition of tense markers in children with cochlear implants: The role of speech perception and working memory. 2012 New Century Scholar Research Grant, American Speech Language and Hearing Foundation, $10,000, P.I.

Guo, L. (2011). Perception of grammatical morphemes in children with cochlear implants. 2011-2012 Advancing Academic-Research Career (AARC) Award, American Speech Language and Hearing Association, $5,000, P.I. (Mentor: Dr. Joan Sussman)

Guo, L. (2010). Acquisition of copula and auxiliary BE in children with specific language impairment. Language Learning Research Grant. Language Learning: A Journal of Research in Language Studies, Blackwell Publishing, $10,000, P.I.

Guo, L. (2007). Acquisition of copula and auxiliary BE in English-speaking children. Language Learning Dissertation Grant. Language Learning: A Journal of Research in Language Studies, Blackwell Publishing, $1500, P.I.

Guo, L. (2006). Acquisition of copula and auxiliary BE in English-speaking children. The 2006 Student Research Grant in Early Childhood Language. American Speech-Language- Hearing Foundation (ASHF), $2,000, P.I.

Yiu, C., Lin, Y., & Guo, L. (2002). Lexical tones in Mandarin alaryngeal speech: An acoustic and perceptual study. Chi Mei Medical Center Research Grant, $8,000, Co-P.I.

Publications

Guo, L., & Eisenberg, S. (submitted). The diagnostic accuracy of two tense measures for identifying three-year-olds with language impairment. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology.

Guo, L., Spencer, L., & Tomblin, J. B. (2013). Acquisition of tense marking in English-speaking children with cochlear implants: A longitudinal study. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 18(2), 187-205. [PDF]

Spencer, L., & Guo, L.. (2013). Consonant development in pediatric cochlear implant users who were implanted before 30 months of age. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 18(1), 93-109. [PDF]

Eisenberg, S., & Guo, L. (2013). Differentiating children with and without language impairment based on grammaticality. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 44, 20-31.[PDF]

Eisenberg, S., Guo, L., & Germezi, M. (2012). How grammatical are three-year-olds? Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 43, 36-52. [PDF]

Guo, L., Owen, A., & Tomblin, J. B. (2011). The role of developmental level in examining the effect of subject types on the production of auxiliary ‘is’ in young English-speaking children. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 54, 1658-1666. [PDF]

Guo, L., Owen, A., & Tomblin, J. B. (2010). Effect of subject types on the production of auxiliary ‘is’ in young English-speaking children. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 53, 1720-1741. [PDF]

McGregor, K., Rost, G., Guo, L., & Sheng, L. (2010). What compound words mean to children with SLI. Applied Psycholinguistics, 31, 463-487. [PDF]

Guo, L., Tomblin, J. B., & Samelson, V. (2008). Speech disruptions in the narratives of English-speaking children with specific language impairment. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 51, 722-738. [PDF]

Guo, L., Yiu, C., Lin, Y., Hsu, C., & Huang, H. (2005). Stop consonants in Mandarin alaryngeal speech: An acoustic and perceptual study. Journal of the Speech-Language-Hearing Association of Republic of China, 18, 36-56. (In Mandarin)

Guo, L., Lin, Y., & Chiu, M. (2003). An acoustic and perceptual analysis to the effect of botulinum toxin on Taiwanese adductor spasmodic dysphonia: A case report. Journal of the Speech-Language-Hearing Association of Republic of China, 17, 47-62. (In Mandarin)

Huang, H., Wang, C., & Guo, L. (2003). Fundamental frequency, intensity, and stability of Mandarin vowels /i/, /a/, and /u/: An acoustic study. Journal of the Speech- Language-Hearing Association of Republic of China, 17, 31-44. (In Mandarin)

Guo, L., Chiu, M., Chang, C., Lee, S., & Hong, G. (2000). Consonant duration in Taiwanese flaccid and spastic dysarthria and its clinical significance. Journal of the Speech-Language-Hearing Association of Republic of China, 15, 11-23. (In Mandarin)

Teaching:

CDS 301 Child Language Development

CDS 302 Child Language Disorder

CDS 563 Language disorders: 0 to 5 Years

CDS 565 Language disorders: 5 to 18 Years

Service:

Ad-hoc Reviewer, American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology
Ad-hoc Reviewer, Child Development Research
Ad-hoc Reviewer, International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology
Ad-hoc Reviewer, Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research

Member for:
2 years 38 weeks