Maria Kondaurova, PhD
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Associate Professor
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Contact Information 301 Life Sciences Building tel: (502) 852-6129 maria.kondaurova@louisville.edu The goal of my research program is to better understand the mechanisms underlying normal and disordered speech perception and production in first- and second-language learners. Specifically, my research focuses on the characteristics of linguistic environment in families with typically developing children and children with communicative disorders. We strive to predict how the bidirectional nature of vocal interaction between children and members of their immediate environment affects language acquisition and learnability. Our most recent studies examine the effect of modern technology (e.g. telepractice, humanoid/social robot) on child linguistic behavior. Parent-Child Interaction and Language Learning LabClick here for our Facebook page. |
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Education
Ph.D. in Linguistics, Purdue University, 2008
M.A. in Linguistics, Purdue University, 2004
B.A. in Linguistics, English, and French, Moscow State Linguistic University, Russia, 1995
Research Interests
Experimental Phonetics/Phonology
Acoustic-phonetic characteristics of infant-directed speech and language development of infants/children with hearing loss
Mechanisms of perceptual learning/auditory categorization of speech sounds in second language acquisition
Representative Publications
Kondaurova, M.V., VanDam, M., Qi Zheng, Welikson, B. (2023). Fathers’ unmodulated prosody in child-directed speech. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 154 (6), 3556-3567.
Pennington, R., Welch, K., Kondaurova, M., Kuravackel, G, Zheng, Q., & Shah, A. (2023). The effects of a social robot prompter on the vocal interactions of peers with autism spectrum disorder. Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 58(4), 480-492.
Kondaurova, M.V., Zheng, Q., Donaldson, C.W., Smith, A.F. (2023). Effect of telepractice on pediatraic cochlear implant users and provider vowel space: A preliminary report. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 153 (1), 467-479.
Kondaurova,, M.V., ZhengQ., DonaldsonC.W., Betts, A., Smith, A.F. (2023). The effect of telepractice on vocal turn-taking between a provider, children with cochlear implants and caregivers: A preliminary report. Cochlear Implants International, 1-12.
Kondaurova, M.V., Zheng, Q., VanDam, M., Kinney, K. (2021) Turn-taking in families with children with and without hearing loss. Ear & Hearing, 43 (3), 883-898.
Kondaurova, M.V., Fagan, M., & Zheng, Q. (2020). Vocal imitation between mothers and their children with cochlear implants. Infancy, 25 (6), 827-850.
Dilley, L.C., Lehet, M., Wieland, E.A., Arjmandi, M.K., Kondaurova, M., Wang, Y., Reed, J., Svirsky, M., Bergeson, T., Houston, D. (2020). Quality and quantity of maternal speech predicts speech-language outcomes in deaf infants receiving cochlear implants. Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, 63 (7), 2453-2467.
Kondaurova, M.V., Smith, N.A., Zheng, Q., Reed, J., & Fagan, M. (2020). Temporal coordination between mothers and their children with hearing loss. Ear and Hearing, 41 (2), 362-373.
Abu-Zhaya, R., Kondaurova, M.V., Houston, D., & Seidl, A. (2019). Vocal and tactile input to children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, 62 (7), 2372-2385.
Kondaurova, M.V., Bergeson, T.R., Xu, H, & Kitamura, C. (2015). Affective properties of mothers’ speech to infants with hearing impairment and cochlear implants. Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, 58(3), 590-600.
Wieland, E.A., Burnham, E.B., Kondaurova, M.V., Bergeson, T.R., & Dilley, L.C., (2015). Vowel space characteristics of speech directed to children with and without hearing loss. Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, 58(2), 254-267.
Courses Often Taught
Undergraduate:
PSYC 301: Quantitative Methods in Psychology
PSYC 524: Psycholinguistics
Graduate:
PSYC 611: Advanced Statistics II
PSYC 571/609: Speech Science