Lab Affiliation: Child Phonology Laboratory

Research Interests:

Phonological development and disorders in children, bilingual phonological development in children, relationship between phonological acquisition and emerging literacy, treatment efficacy.

Recent Publications:

Hammer, C.S., Lawrence , F.R., & Miccio, A.W. (In press). Exposure to English before and after entry into Head Start: Bilingual Children's Receptive Language Growth in Spanish and English. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism.

Hammer, C.S., Rodríguez, B.L., Lawrence , F.R., & Miccio, A.W., (In press). Puerto Rican mothers' beliefs and home literacy practices. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools.

Hammer, C.S., Lawrence, F.R., & Miccio, A.W. (2007). Bilingual Children's Language Abilities and Reading Outcomes in Head Start and Kindergarten. Language, Speech and Hearing Services in Schools, 38, 216-224.

Hammer, C.S., Lawrence, F.R., & Miccio, A.W. (2007). Bilingual Children's Language Abilities and Reading Outcomes in Head Start and Kindergarten. Language, Speech and Hearing Services in Schools, 38 , 237-248.

Hammer, C.S., & Miccio, A.W. (2006). Early Language and Reading Development of Bilingual Preschoolers from Low-Income Families. Topics in Language Disorders, 26 (4), 302-317.

Miccio, A.W. (2005). Components of phonological assessment. In A. Kamhi & K. Pollock (Eds.). Phonological disorders in children: Assessment and intervention (pp. 35-52). Baltimore, MD: Brookes Publishing Co.

Hewitt, L.E., Hinkle, A., & Miccio, A.W. (2005). Intervention to improve expressive grammar for adults with Down syndrome. Communication Disorders Quarterly, 26, 144-155.

Tabors, P.O. Espinosa, L.M., López, L., Páez, M., Miccio, A.W., & Hammer, C.S. (2005). Spanish-speaking children in Head Start classrooms: What is gained? What is lost? Promoting positive development in young children: Proceedings of Head Start’s 7th National Research Conference (pp. 371).

Miccio, A.W. & Hammer, C.S. (2005). Phonological development of Head Start children of Puerto Rican descent. Promoting positive development in young children: Proceedings of Head Start’s 7th National Research Conference (pp. 373-374).

Miccio, A.W., Tabors, P.O., Páez, M.A., Hammer, C.S., & Wagstaff, D.A. (2005). Vocabulary development in Spanish-speaking Head Start children of Puerto Rican descent. In Cohen, J., McAlister, K., Rolstad, K., & MacSwan, J. ISB4: Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Bilingualism (pp. 1614-1617). Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Press.

Hammer, C.S., Miccio, A.W., & Rodríguez, B. (2004). Bilingual language acquisition and the child socialization process. In B. Goldstein (Ed.). Bilingual Language Development and Disorders in Spanish-English Speakers. Baltimore, MD: Brookes Publishing Co.

Hammer, C.S., & Miccio, A.W. (2004). Home literacy experiences of Latino families. In B.H. Wasik (Ed.). Handbook of Family Literacy (pp. 305-328). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Miccio, A.W., López, L.M., & Hammer, C.S. (2003). Bilingual phonological acquisition of preschool children of Puerto Rican descent. In M.J. Solé, D. Recasens, and J. Romero (Eds.). Proceedings of the XV International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (pp. 1549-1552). Adelaide, Australia: Causal Productions Pty Ltd.

López, L.M., & Miccio, A.W. (2003). Phonological acquisition of English and Spanish in bilingual preschool children. In M.J. Solé, D. Recasens, and J. Romero (Eds.). Proceedings of the XV International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (pp. 1553-1556). Adelaide, Australia: Causal Productions Pty Ltd.

Vernon-Feagans, L., Miccio, A.W., & Yont, K.M. (2003). Speech, language, pragmatics, and attention. In R. M. Rosenfeld & C.D. Bluestone (Eds.) Evidence-based otitis media (2nd ed.) (pp. 360-382). Hamilton, ON: BC Decker Inc.

Hammer, C.S., Miccio, A.W., & Wagstaff, D. (2003). Home literacy experiences and their relationship to bilingual preschoolers’ developing English literacy abilities. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 34, 20-30. Invited article.

Miccio, A.W., Yont, K.M., & Vernon-Feagans, L. (2002). Impact of otitis media on toddlers attending daycare: A longitudinal study of consonant acquisition. In D.J. Lim and C.D. Bluestone (Eds.). Recent Advances in Otitis Media: Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium (pp. 550-553). Hamilton, Ontario: B.C. Decker.

Miccio, A.W. (2002). Clinical problem solving: Assessment of phonological disorders. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. 11, 221-229. Invited article.

Tyler, A.A., Tolbert, L.C., Miccio, A.W., Hoffman, P.R., Norris, J.A., Hodson, B., Scherz, J., & Bleile, K. (2002). Five views of the elephant: Perspectives on the assessment of articulation and phonology in preschoolers. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 11, 213-214.

Yont, K.M., Hewitt, L.E., & Miccio, A.W. (2002). “What did you say?”: Understanding conversational breakdowns in children with speech and language impairments. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 16, 265-286.

Miccio, A.W., Hammer, C.S., & Toribio, A.J. (2002). Linguistics and speech-language pathology: Combining research efforts toward improved interventions for bilingual children. In J.E. Alatis, H. Hamilton, and A-H. Tan (Eds.). Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics 2000 – Linguistics, Language, and the Professions: Education, Journalism, Law, Medicine, and Technology (pp. 234-250). Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press.

Miccio, A.W., Yont, K.M., Clemons, H.L., & Vernon-Feagans, L. (2002). Otitis media and the acquisition of consonants. In F. Windsor, M. L. Kelly, and N. Hewlett (Eds.). Investigations in Clinical Phonetics & Linguistics (pp. 429-438). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Yont, K.M., Miccio, A.W., & Hewitt, L.E. (2002). Phonological breakdowns in children with specific language impairment. In F. Windsor, M.L. Kelly, and N. Hewlett (Eds.). Investigations in Clinical Phonetics & Linguistics (pp. 161-168). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Hammer, C.S., & Miccio, A.W. (2001). Biliteracy-A pairing of research and funding: Bilingual preschoolers. Asha Leader, 6, 6-7. Invited article.

Vernon-Feagans, L., Hammer, C.S., Miccio, A.W., & Manlove, E.E. (2001). Early language and literacy skills in low-income African American and Hispanic children. In S.B. Neuman & D. Dickinson (Eds.), Handbook of Early Literacy Development (pp. 192-210). New York, NY: The Guilford Press.

Miccio, A.W., Gallagher, E., Grossman, C.B., Yont, K.M., and Vernon-Feagans, L. (2001). Influence of chronic otitis media on phonological acquisition. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 15, 47-52.

Yont, K.M., Hewitt, L.E., & Miccio, A.W. (2000). A coding system for describing conversational breakdowns in preschool children. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 9, 300-309.

Miccio, A.W., & Ingrisano, D.R. (2000). The acquisition of fricatives and affricates: Evidence from a disordered phonological system. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 9, 214-229.