Derek Houston
Professor at UConn's Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences. Early spoken language development in children who are deaf/hard-of-hearing and use cochlear implants and/or hearing aids. Views expressed are my own, not UConn's.
- Know any parents excited/concerned about when their child will say their first words? This video brings to life the early communication milestones that lead to the first words. youtu.be/7Uv8kLz_Xq4
- Children growing up in bilingual households have... 1️⃣ larger vocabs than monolinguals 2️⃣ smaller vocabs than monolinguals 3️⃣ it's complicated 📊 Show results
- "Is learning multiple languages confusing my kid?" Check out the new YouTube video from HELLO Lab Presents. If you think our videos could be helpful for providing evidence-based info to the public, please like, subscribe, and share. This will help us make more. TY! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aq-P...
- I'm excited for our second episode to be released tomorrow. "Is Learning Multiple Languages Confusing My Kid?"
- Does 'Baby Talk' mess with language learning? Find out what the science says in the debut episode of "HELLO Lab Presents" www.youtube.com/watch?v=2riD...
- Reposted by Derek HoustonA study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
- 'Baby Talk' boosts language development! Full video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2riD...
- Does 'Baby Talk' mess with language learning? Find out what the science says in the debut episode of "HELLO Lab Presents" www.youtube.com/watch?v=2riD...
- My lab's YouTube channel launches tomorrow. www.youtube.com/@TheHELLOLab/
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- Check out this fascinating study on the impact of sensory access on the types of words children learn.
- New paper out at @openmindjournal.bsky.social!! We studied early vocab in deaf, hearing, blind, and sighted children in order to learn how sensory access (vision 👀, hearing 👂) and linguistic experiences shape how children learn words... Read on for a quick summary! 1/N
- Reposted by Derek HoustonHarvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
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- Petition for academic freedom and institutional autonomy and against Trump extortion. chng.it/wwwYxbCsRF
- Now, what if faculty from every university pressured their leadership to follow Harvard in standing up to Tyranny? Collectively and preemptively. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/u...
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- Check out our department's new partnership with the Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence to provide literacy support for children living in safe homes.
- Reposted by Derek HoustonLet’s be clear: If the government can arrest, detain, and disappear peaceful protestors, none of us are free. That’s not law and order. It’s fascism. And we should all be outraged that this is being done in our name.
- Executive orders are not laws. They are memos that communicate to the administration what the president wants to see happen. They are orders to the president's cabinet. They are not orders to universities or businesses or people. The president does not have that authority. Comply with laws, not EOs.
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- Does anyone else suffer from WIRD (when2meet-induced rage disorder)? Can you recommend a therapy or medication I could try? Thanks.
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- NSF cannot survive these cuts and there will be more to come. This is 1st degree murder of U.S. science.
- Petition against NIH cuts chng.it/TLwvfgYpxZ
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- Reposted by Derek HoustonTop comment on the recent NYT story on DOGE’s young aides www.nytimes.com/shared/comme...
- We are stronger than we think, and they are weaker than they want us to believe. Collective action has worked in the past, and it will work again. And the good news is that it only takes about 3.5% of the population to be actively involved for collective action to be effective.
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- List of things that NIH indirects (F&A) pays for either completely or partially in support of research infrastructure (please add) - Start up funds for new faculty - Lab construction costs - PhD student stipend and tuition waivers - IRB/compliance - Grants administration - IT - HR - Purchasing
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- Dan Savage: "The next four years are gonna suck. But they’ll suck worse if we let the news cycle — and the man who dominates it — drain the joy from our lives. We need to pay attention and we need to stay in the fight. Because of course we do. 1/4
- They will try and exhaust us and throw us into despair so that we lose our will to fight authoritarianism. Let's flip the script and find joy and strength and community in the fight for democracy. There are more of us than there are of them.
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- Jimmy Carter, the first President I remember, pushed for action on climate change nearly 50 years ago. If only... RIP, Mr. President.
- Talking about developmental science with family during the holidays reminds me how undervalued dissemination is in the reward structure for academia.
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- Area Loser Declared Patient Zero In Loneliness Epidemic — theonion.com/area-loser-d...
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- Reposted by Derek HoustonIs it Bad to leave Twitter? No. Here are 7+ years of insights from my lab’s research that explain why. Featuring work w/ @williambrady.bsky.social @killianmcloughlin.bsky.social 🧵
- I listened to NotebookLM turn a chapter of mine into a podcast, and I'm feeling very uncomfortable right now.
