Author
Elizabeth A. Walker, PhD, CCC-A/SLP
Elizabeth A. Walker, PhD, CCC-A/SLP, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Iowa. Dr. Walker is a dually certified speech-language pathologist and audiologist. Her research focuses on pediatric aural habilitation, specifically examining malleable factors that relate to individual differences in speech perception and language outcomes for children who are deaf or hard of hearing. She is an investigator on multiple grants funded by the National Institutes of Health, including the Outcomes of Children With Hearing Loss, Outcomes of School-Age Children Who Are Hard of Hearing, and Complex Listening in School-Age Hard of Hearing Children studies. She has taught courses in aural rehabilitation, developmental language disorders, and educational audiology. Dr. Walker received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Iowa (1999), her Master of Arts from the University of Minnesota (2002), and her PhD from the University of Iowa (2010).