(selected presentations)
Wang, Y., Jung, J., Bergeson, T., Wright, N., & Houston, D. (scheduled in 2019, July). Word repetition properties in maternal speech predict language development in children with cochlear implants. Oral Presentation at the 16th Symposium on Cochlear Implants in Children (CI2019), Miami, FL.
Williams, R., Wang, Y., Dilley, L, & Houston, D. (scheduled in 2019, July). Auditory chaos and processing efficiency in children with and without hearing loss. Poster Presentation at the 16th Symposium on Cochlear Implants in Children (CI2019), Miami, FL.
Jung, J., Wang, Y., Bergeson, T., & Houston, D. (scheduled in 2019, July). Maternal vocabulary use to children: group comparisons between children with cochlear implants and children with normal hearing. Oral Presentation at the 16th Symposium on Cochlear Implants in Children (CI2019), Miami, FL.
Jung, J., Wang, Y., Bergeson, T., & Houston, D. (scheduled in 2019, June). Maternal vocabulary use to children: group comparisons between children with cochlear implants and children with normal hearing. Poster Presentation at the 40th annual Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, Madison, WI.
Wang, Y., & Seidl, A. (2019). Toddlers’ sensitivity to talker age in novel word learning: Children are better teachers. Paper presentation at 2019 Acoustical Society of American (ASA) 177th Annual Meeting, Louisville, KY.
Bergeson, T., Wang, Y., & Houston, D. (2019). Effects of hearing loss and amplification device on infants perception of infant-directed speech. Invited talk at 2019 Acoustical Society of American (ASA) 177th Annual Meeting, Louisville, KY.
Arjmandi, M., Dilley, L., Wang, Y. , Svirsky, M., Lehet, M., & Houston, D. (2019). Separability of infant-directed from adult-directed speech is affected by the number of channels in cochlear-implant simulated speech. Poster presentation at 2019 Acoustical Society of American (ASA) 177th Annual Meeting, Louisville, KY.
Wang, Y. (2019). A meta-analysis of the predictability of LENA automated measures for child language development. Oral presentation at the Language Acquisition Journal Club (Lacqueys), The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
Williams, R., Wang, Y., Dilley, L, & Houston, D. (2019). Auditory chaos is associated with reduced processing efficiency in children with hearing loss. Poster Presentation at 2019 Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) Biennial Meeting, Baltimore, MD.
Wang, Y. (2018, March). Phonological biases in language acquisition. Oral presentation at the Linguistics Department, the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Dilley, E., Wieland, E., Wang, Y., Reed, J., Bergeson, T., & Houston, D. (2017). Maternal Speech Predicts Language Outcomes in Children With Cochlear Implants: Results from a 10-Year Study. Oral presentation at the ASHA Annual Convention, Los Angeles, CA.
Wang, Y., Shafto, C., & Houston, D. (2017). Attention to speech in deaf infants with cochlear implants. Oral presentation at the 15th Symposium on Cochlear Implants in Children (CI2017), San Francisco, CA.
Wang, Y., Bergeson, T., Lucius, S., & Houston, D. (2017). Attention to infant-directed speech predicts language in deaf infants with cochlear implantation. Poster presentation (also selected as Poster Highlight and presented in oral) at the 15th Symposium on Cochlear Implants in Children (CI2017), San Francisco, CA.
Dilley, E., Wieland, E., Burnham, E., Wang, Y., Houston, D., Kondaurova, M., & Bergeson, T. (2017). Prosodic characteristics of speech directed to adults and to infants with and without hearing impairment. Poster presentation at the 173rd Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Boston, MA.
Wang, Y., Llanos, F., & Seidl, A. (2016). Infants use context to normalize speaking rate. 2016 International Conference on Infant Studies (ICIS) Biennial Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
Wang, Y., & Seidl, A. (2015). Toddlers learn words from adults, but not children. 40th Boston University Conference on Language Development (BUCLD), Boston, MA.
Dmitrieva, O., Law, W., Lin, M., Wang, Y., Conklin, J., & Kentner, A. (2015). Language attitudes and listener-oriented properties in non-native speech. Oral presentation at the 18th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS), Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
Conklin, J., Kentner, A., Law, W., Lin, M., Wang, Y., & Dmitrieva, O. (2015). Audience design in non-native speech. Poster presentation at the 169th Meeting of Acoustical Society of American, Pittsburgh, PA.
Wang, Y., Llanos, F., & Seidl, A. (2015). Speech rate normalization in 14-month-olds. Oral presentation at the 2015 Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) Biennial Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
Nishibayashi, L., Wang, Y., Seidl, A., & Nazzi, T. (2015). Functional C/V asymmetries in segmented word form recognition: Data from English-learning 8-month-olds Poster presentation at the 2015 Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) Biennial Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
Wang, Y. (2015). 24-month-old’s perception of word-medial onsets and codas. Oral presentation at the SLHS Brown Bag Series, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.
Wang, Y. (2015). Infant speech perception. Spotlight guest lecture for Introduction to Communication Disorders, Professor Francoise Brosseau-Lapre, Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.
Wang, Y. (2014). The role of the input in young children’s production of fricatives in onsets and codas. Oral Presentation at the 9th Purdue Linguistic Association Symposium, West Lafayette, IN.
Wang, Y., & Seidl. A. (2013). The Learnability of Phonotactic Patterns in Onset and Coda Positions. Poster presented at 38th Boston University Conference on Language Development (BUCLD), Boston, MA.
Cristia, A., Seidl. A., Wang, Y., & French, B. (2013). Towards an integrated model of early language acquisition: A longitudinal approach. Oral presentation at the International Child Phonology Conference, Nijmegen, Netherlands.
Wang, Y., & Seidl. A. (2013). 8- and 12-month-olds learning of a phonotactic pattern in word-medial onset and coda positions. Oral Presentation at the 8th Purdue Linguistic Association Symposium, West Lafayette, IN.
Wang, Y., Crista, A., & Seidl, A. (2012). Acoustic Correlates of stress in infant- and adult-directed speech. Oral Presentation at the Delaware University Conference on Stress and Accent, Newark, DE.
Wang, Y., Crista, A., & Seidl, A. (2012). Acoustic Correlates of stress in infant- and adult-directed speech. Oral presentation at the 37th Boston University Conference on Language Development (BUCLD), Boston, MA.
Wang, Y., Crista, A., & Seidl, A. (2012). Prosodic prominence in infant- and adult-directed speech. Oral presentation at the PLA LING Lunch, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.
Wang, Y. (2009). Stress pattern of Standard Chinese bisyllabic and trisyllabic units: syntactic and metrical approach. Oral presentation at the International Conference on the Prosody and Intonation of Chinese, Dalian, China.