Barth, A., Catts, H.W., & Anthony, J. (in press). The component skills underlying reading fluency in adolescent readers: A latent variable analysis. Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal.

Catts, H. & Hogan, T. (2003). Language basis of reading disabilities and implications for early identification and remediation. Reading Psychology, 24, 223-246.

Catts, H. (2003). Language impairments and reading disabilities. In R. D. Kent (Ed.) MIT encyclopedia of communication sciences and disorders, Cambridge, MS; MIT Press.

Catts, H., Adlof, S., & Ellis Weismer, S. (2006). Language deficits in poor comprehenders: A case for the simple view of reading. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 49, 278-293.

Catts, H., Adlof, S., Hogan, T., & Ellis Weismer, S. (2005). Are specific language impairment and dyslexia distinct disorders? Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 48, 1378-1396. (Editor's Award)

Catts, H., Fey, M., Zhang, X., & Tomblin, J.B. (1999). Language basis of reading and reading disabilities: Evidence from a longitudinal study. Scientific Studies of Reading, 3, 331-361.

Catts, H., Fey, M.E., & Proctor-Williams, K. (2000). The relationship between language and reading: Preliminary results from a longitudinal investigation. Logopedics, Phoniatrics, Vocology, 25, 38-50.

Catts, H., Fey, M.E., Tomblin, J.B., & Zhang, Z. (2002). A longitudinal investigation of reading outcomes in children with language impairments. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 45, 1142-1157.

Catts, H., Fey, M.E., Zhang, X., & Tomblin, J.B. (2001). Estimating risk for future reading difficulties in kindergarten children: A research-based model and its clinical implications. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 32, 38-50. (Editor's Award)

Catts, H., Gillispie, M., Leonard, L., Kail, R., & Miller, C. (2002). The role of speed of processing, rapid naming, and phonological awareness in reading achievement. Journal of Learning Disabilities,35, 509-524.

Catts, H., Hogan, T., & Adlof, S. (2005). Developmental changes in reading and reading disabilities. In H. Catts & A. Kamhi, A. (Eds.). Connections between language and reading disabilities. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Catts, H., Hogan, T.P., & Fey, M. (2003). Subgrouping poor readers on the basis of reading-related abilities. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 36, 151-164.
Catts, H. (1997). Early identification of reading disabilities. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 28, 86-89.

Catts, H. & Kamhi, A. (1999). Classifying reading disabilities. In H. Catts & A. Kamhi (Eds.). Language and Reading Disabilities. Needham Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon.

Catts, H. & Kamhi, A. (1999). Defining reading disabilities. In H. Catts & A. Kamhi (Eds.). Language and Reading Disabilities. Needham Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon.

Catts, H. & Kamhi, H. (1999) (Eds.). Language and reading disabilities. Needham Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon.

Catts, H., Bridges, M., Little, T. & Tomblin, J.B. (2008). Reading achievement growth in children with language impairments. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. 51, 722-738. (pdf)

Durham, R., Farkas, G. Hammer, C., Tomblin, J. B., Catts, H. (2007). Kindergarten oral language skill: A key variable in the intergenerational transmission of socioeconomic status. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility. 25, 294-305.

Ellis Weismer, S. (2000). Language intervention for children with developmental language delay. In D. Bishop & L. Leonard (Eds.), Speech and language impairments: From theory to practice, 157-176. Psychology Press.

Ellis Weismer, S. (2004). Memory and processing capacity. In R. Kent (Ed.), MIT Encyclopedia of Communication Disorders (pp. 349-352). Boston: MIT Press.

Ellis Weismer, S. (2005). Speech perception in specific language impairment (pp. 567-588). D. Pisoni and R. Remez (Eds.), Handbook of Speech Perception. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishers.

Ellis Weismer, S., & Thordardottir, E.T. (2002). Cognition and language. In P. Accardo, A. Capute, & B. Rogers (Eds.), Disorders of Language Development (pp. 21-37). Timonium, MD: York Press, Inc.

Ellis Weismer, S., Evans, J., & Hesketh, L. (1999). An examination of verbal working memory capacity in children with specific language impairment. Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, 42, 1249-1260.

Ellis Weismer, S., Plante, E., Jones, M., & Tomblin, J.B. (2005). A functional magnetic resonance imaging investigation of verbal working memory in adolescents with specific language impairment. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 48, 405-425. (pdf)

Ellis Weismer, S., Tomblin, J.B., Zhang, X., Buckwalter, P., Chynoweth, J. G. & Jones, M. (2000). Nonword repetition performance in school-age children with and without language impairment. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 43, 865-878.

Fey, M.E., Catts, H., Proctor-Williams, K., Tomblin, J.B., & Zhang, X. (2004). Oral and written story composition skills of children with language impairment: A longitudinal investigation. Journal of Speech-Language-Hearing Research, 47, 1301-1318. (pdf)

Finneran, D., Leonard, L., & Miller, C. (in press). Speech disruptions in the sentence formulation of school-age children with specific language impairment. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders.

Finstack, L.H., Fey, M.E., & Catts, H. (2006). Pronominal reference skills of second and fourth grader children with language impairment. Journal of Communication Disorders, 39, 232-248.

Francis, D.J., Fletcher, J.M., Catts, H., & Tomblin, J.B. (2005). Dimensions affecting the as ses sment of reading comprehension. In S.G. Paris & S.A. Stahl (Eds.), Children's reading comprehension and as ses sment. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Guo, L., Tomblin, J. B., Samelson, V. (2008) Speech disruptions in the narratives of English-speaking children with specific language impairment. Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research. 51, 722-738. (pdf)

Gutiérrez-Clellen, V., Calderón, J., & Ellis Weismer, S. (2004). Verbal working memory in bilingual children. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 47, 863-876.

Hammer, C. S., Tomblin, J. B., Zhang, X., & Weiss, A., (2001). Relationship between parenting behaviours and specific language impairment in children. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 36, 185-205.

Hewitt, L. E., Hammer, C. S., Yont, K. M., & Tomblin, J. B. (2005). Language sampling for kindergarten children with and without SLI: Mean length of utterance, IPSYN, and NDW. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 38, 197-213. (pdf)

Hogan, T.P., Catts, H., & Little, T. (2005). The relationship between phonological awareness and reading: Implications for the as ses sment of phonological awareness. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in the Schools, 36, 285-293.

Kail, R.V., and Miller, C.A. (2006). Developmental change in processing speed: Domain specificity and stability. Journal of Cognition and Development, 7 (1), 119-137

Kamhi, A. & Catts, H. (in press). The language basis of reading: Implications of classification and treatment of children with reading disabilities. In Bulter, K.&Silliman, E. (Eds.) Speaking, Reading, and Writing in Children with Language and Learning Disabilities: New Paradigms in Research and Practice.

Karasinski, C., & Ellis Weismer, S. Comprehension of inferences in discourse processing by adolescents with and without language impairment. To be submitted to JSLHR

Larrivee, L. & Catts, H. (1999). Word recognition problems in children with expressive phonological disorders. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology.

Law, J., Tomblin, J. & Zhang, X. (2008) Characterizing the growth trajectories of language impaired children between seven and eleven years. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 51, 739-749. (pdf)

Leonard, L., Ellis Weismer, S., Miller, C., Francis, D., Tomblin, J. B., & Kail, R. V. (2007). Speed of processing, working memory, and language impairment in children. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 50, 408-428. (pdf)

Leonard, L., Miller, C., & Finneran, D. (in press). Grammatical morpheme effects on sentence processing by school-aged adolescents with specific language impairment. Language and Cognitive Processes.

Lubbker, B., & Tomblin, J. B. (1998) The epidemiology of language disorders, Topics in Language Disorders, 19, 1-26.

McMurray, B. Samelson, V., Lee, S., & Tomblin, J. B. (submitted) Eye-movements and spoken word recognition in Language Impairment: In search of the computational locus of individual differences. Cognitive Science.

Miller, C.A., Leonard, L.B., and Finneran, D. (2008). Grammaticality judgments in adolescents with and without language impairment. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 43 (3), 346-360.

Miller, C.A., and Gilbert, E. (2008). Comparison of performance on two nonverbal intelligence tests by adolescents with and without language impairment. Journal of Communication Disorders, 41, 358-371.

Miller, C. A., Kail, R., Leonard, L. B., and Tomblin, J. B. (2001). Speed of processing in children with specific language impairment. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 44, 416-433.

Miller, C., Leonard, L., & Finneran, D. (2008). Grammaticality judgements in adolescents with and without language impairment. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 43, 346-360.

Miller, C., Leonard, L., Kail, R., Zhang, X., Tomblin, J. B., & Francis, D. (2006). Response time in fourteen-year-olds with language impairment. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 49, 713-728. (pdf)

Nippold, M. A., Mansfield, T. C., Billow, J. L., & Tomblin, J. B. (2008). Expository discourse in adolescents with language impairments: Examining syntactic development. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 17, 356-366. (pdf)

Nippold, M. A., Mansfield, T. C., Billow, J. L., & Tomblin, J. B. (2009). Syntactic Development in Adolescents With a History of Language Impairments: A Follow-Up Investigation. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 18, 241–251. (pdf)

Norbury, C, Tomblin, J. B, Bishop, D.V.M. (2008) Understanding Developmental Language Disorders. Psychology Press.

O'Brien, E. Zhang, X., Tomblin, J. B., & Murray, J. (2003) Linkage and association of SLI to the FOXP2 region of 7q31. American Journal of Human Genetics. 72, 1536-1543. (pdf)

Rice, M.L. (in press). A unified model of specific and general language delay: Grammatical tense as a clinical marker of unexpected variation. To appear in Y. Levy & J. Schaeffer (Eds.), Language competence across populations: Toward a definition of SLI. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Rice, M. Tomblin, J. B., Marquis, J., Richman, A., Zhang, X., & Hoffman, L. (2004). Grammatical tense deficits in children with SLI and nonspecific language impairment: Relationships with nonverbal IQ over time. Journal of Speech Language Hearing Research., 47, 816-834, 2004. (pdf)

Ruser, T., Arin, D. Dowd, M. Putnam, S., Winklosky, B., Rosen-Sheidley, B., Tomblin, B., Tager-Flusberg, H. & Folstein, S. (2007). Communicative competence in parents of children with autism and parents of children with specific language impairment. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.37, 1323-1316.

Scheffner Hammer, C. Pennock-Roman, M., Rzasa, S., & Tomblin, J. B. (2002). An analysis of the Test of Language Development-Primary for item bias. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 11, 274-284.

Shriberg, L.D., Tomblin, J. B., & McSweeny, J. L. (1999). Prevalence of speech delay in 6-year-old children and comorbidity with language impairment. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 42, 1461-1481.

Tomblin, J. B., Smith, E., & Zhang, X. (1997). Epidemiology of specific language impairment: Prenatal and perinatal risk factors. Journal of Communication Disorders, 30, 325-344.

Tomblin, J. B., Records, N., & Zhang, X. (1996). A system for the diagnosis of specific language impairment in kindergarten children. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 39,1284-1294.

Tomblin, J. B., Hammer, C., & Zhang, X. (1998). The association of parental tobacco use and specific language impairment. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 33, 357-368.

Tomblin, J. B., Records, N. L., Buckwalter, P., Zhang, X., Smith, E., & O'Brian, M. (1997). The prevalence of specific language impairment in kindergarten children. Journal of Speech Language Hearing Research, 40, 1245-1260.

Tomblin, J. B. & Zhang, X. (1999). Are children with SLI a unique group of language learners? In H. Tager-Flusberg (Ed.), Neurodevelopmental Disorders: contributions to a New Framework from the Cognitive Neurosciences. (361-382). Cambridge MA: MIT Press.

Tomblin, J. B., & Pandich, J. (1999). What Can We Learn from Children with Exceptional Language Development? Lessons from Children with Specific Language Impairment. Trends in Cognitive Science 3,283-285.

Tomblin, J.B., Zhang, X., Buckwalter, P., & Catts, H. (2000). The association of reading disability, behavioral disorders, and specific language impairment in second grade children. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 41, 473-482.

Tomblin, J.B., Zhang, X., Weiss, A., Catts, H., & Ellis Weismer, S. (2004). Dimensions of individual differences in communication skills among primary grade children. In M.L. Rice & S.F. Warren (Eds.), Developmental language disorders: From phenotypes to etiologies (pp.53-76). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Tomblin, J. B.. (2004) Literacy as an outcome of language development and its impact on child's psychosocial and emotional development. In Encyclopedia on Early Childhood Development. Centre of Excellence for Early Childhood Development Website, http://www.excellence-earlychildhood.ca/liste_theme.asp?lang=EN&act=32

Tomblin, J. B., Hafeman, L. L., & O' Brien, M., (2003). Autism and autistism risk in siblings of children with language impairment. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders. 38, 235-250. (pdf)

Tomblin, J. B., Mainela-Arnold, E. & Zhang, X. (2007) Procedural learning in adolescents with and without specific language impairment. Language Learning and Development.3, 269-293. (pdf)

Tomblin, J. B. (2010) The EpiSLI database: A publically available data base on speech and language. Language Speech Hearing Services in Schools. Vol.41 108-117. (pdf)

Tomblin, J. B. & Zhang, X., (2006) The dimensionality of language ability: An application of item response theory. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research., 49, 1193-1208. (pdf)

Tomblin, J. B., (2006) A normativist account of language based learning disability. Learning Disabilities: Research and Practice, 21, 8-18.

Tomblin, J. B. & Samelson, V. (2005) The course and outcome of Specific Language Impairment. Frequencies, 17, 21-26.

Tomblin, J. B., Zhang, X., Buckwalter, P., & O'Brien, M. (2003) The stability of primary language disorder: Four years after kindergarten diagnosis. Journal of Speech Language Hearing Research. 46, 1283-1296

Tomblin, J. B., Zhang, X., & Catts, H. (2000). The association of reading disorder and behavioral disorders among second grade children with and without specific language impairment. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 41, 473-482.

Weber-Fox, C., Hampton, A., Spruill, J., Leonard, L., & Tomblin, B. (in press). Rapid temporal processing and natural speech sentence processing in adolescents with language impairments: Evidence from event-related brain potentials. [Target journal: Journal of Speech, Language, & Hearing Research].

Zhang, X. & Tomblin, J. B. (2003) Explaining and Controlling Regression to the Mean in Longitudinal Research Designs. Journal of Speech Language Hearing Research. 46, 1340-1351. (pdf)

Zhang, X. and Tomblin, J.B., ( 2000). The Association of intervention receipt with speech-language profiles and social demographic variables. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 9, 345-357.

Zhang, X., & Tomblin, J. B. (1999). Can children with language impairment be accurately identified using temporal processing measures? A simulation study. Brain and Language. 65, 395-403.

Articles / Book Chapters: Language and Genetic Factors
O’Brien, E. K., Zhang, X., Nishimura, C., Tomblin, J. B., & Murray, J. C. (2003). Association of SLI to the region of 7q31. American Journal of Human Genetics, 72, 1536-1543.

Shriberg LD, Ballard KJ, Tomblin JB, Duffy JR, Odell KH, Williams CA. (2006). Speech, prosody, and voice characteristics of a mother and daughter with a 7;13 translocation affecting FOXP2. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 49(3):500-25. (pdf)

Shriberg LD, Lewis BA, Tomblin JB, McSweeny JL, Karlsson HB, Scheer AR. (2005). Toward diagnostic and phenotype markers for genetically transmitted speech delay Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research,48(4):834-52. (pdf)

Tomblin, J.B. O’Brien, M.R., Shriberg, L.D., Williams, C., Murray, J., Patil, S., Bjork, J., Anderson, S., & Ballard, K. (2009). Language Features in a Mother and Daughter of a Chromosome 7;13 Translocation Involving FOXP2. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 52, 1157–1174. (pdf)

Tomblin, J. B. (2003). Genetics and Language. Encyclopedia of the Human Genome. London: Nature Publishing Group.

Tomblin, J. B., & Buckwalter, P. A. (1998). The estimated heritability of language impairment using a twin design. Journal of Speech Language Hearing Research, 41, 188-199.

Tomblin, J. B., Nishimura, C., Zhang, X. and Murray, J. (1998). Association of developmental language impairment with loci at 7q31. The American Journal of Human Genetics, 63, A312.

Tomblin, J. B. (1996). Genetic and environmental contributions to the risk for specific language impairment. In M. Rice (Ed.), Genetics of Specific Language Impairment. Baltimore, MD: Brooks.

Tomblin, J.B., Freese, P. and Records, N.L. (1992). Diagnosing specific language impairment in adults. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 35, 832-843.

Zhang, X. & Wang, K. (2003). Bivariate linkage analysis of cholesterol and triglyceride levels in Framingham heart study. BMC Genetics, 4(Suppl I):S62.

Articles / Book Chapters: Statistical Learning
Misyak, J.B., Christiansen, M.H. and Bruce Tomblin, J.B. (submitted). Sequential Expectations: The Role of Prediction-based Learning in Language.

Tomblin, J.B., Mainela-Arnold, E., and Zhang, X. (2007). Procedural Learning in Adolescents With
and Without Specific Language Impairment. Language, Learning and Develoopment, 3(4), 269–293. (pdf)

Articles / Book Chapters: Outcomes of children with SLI
Catts, H., Bridges, M., Little, T. & Tomblin, J.B. (2008). Reading achievement growth in children with language impairments. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. 51, 722-738.

Catts, H., Hogan, T., & Adlof, S. (2005). Developmental changes in reading and reading disabilities. In H. Catts & A. Kamhi, A. (Eds.). Connections between language and reading disabilities. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Catts, H., Hogan, T.P., & Fey, M. (2003). Subgrouping poor readers on the basis of reading-related abilities. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 36, 151-164.

Catts, H., Fey, M.E., Tomblin, J.B., & Zhang, Z. (2002). A longitudinal investigation of reading outcomes in children with language impairments. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 45, 1142-1157. (pdf)

Catts, H., Fey, M.E., & Proctor-Williams, K. (2000). The relationship between language and reading: Preliminary results from a longitudinal investigation. Logopedics, Phoniatrics, Vocology, 25, 38-50.

Catts, H. & Kamhi, A. (1999). Classifying reading disabilities. In H. Catts & A. Kamhi (Eds.). Language and Reading Disabilities. Needham Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon.

Catts, H. (1997). Early identification of reading disabilities. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 28, 86-89.

Hogan, T.P., Catts, H., & Little, T. (2005). The relationship between phonological awareness and reading: Implications for the assessment of phonological awareness. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in the Schools, 36, 285-293.

Kamhi, A. & Catts, H. (in press). The language basis of reading: Implications of classification and treatment of children with reading disabilities. In Bulter, K.&Silliman, E. (Eds.) Speaking, Reading, and Writing in Children with Language and Learning Disabilities: New Paradigms in Research and Practice.

Law, J., Tomblin, J. & Zhang, X. (2008) Characterizing the growth trajectories of language impaired children between seven and eleven years. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 51, 739-749.

Miller, C.A., Leonard, L.B., and Finneran, D. (2008). Grammaticality judgments in adolescents with and without language impairment. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 43 (3), 346-360.

Tomblin, J.B. (2008) Validating diagnostic standards for specific language impairment using adolescent outcomes. In Understanding Developmental Language Disorders: From Theory to Practice, edited by C.F. Norbury, J.B. Tomblin and D.V.M. Bishop (Psychology Press). (pdf).

Tomblin, J. B. & Zhang, X., (2006) The dimensionality of language ability: An application of item response theory. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research., 49, 1193-1208.

Tomblin, J. B., (2006) A normativist account of language based learning disability. Learning Disabilities: Research and Practice, 21, 8-18.

Tomblin, J. B. & Samelson, V. (2005) The course and outcome of Specific Language Impairment. Frequencies, 17, 21-26.

Tomblin, J. B.. (2004) Literacy as an outcome of language development and its impact on child's psychosocial and emotional development. In Encyclopedia on Early Childhood Development. Centre of Excellence for Early Childhood Development Website, http://www.excellence-earlychildhood.ca/liste_theme.asp?lang=EN&act=32

Tomblin, J. B., Zhang, X., Buckwalter, P., & O'Brien, M. (2003) The stability of primary language disorder: Four years after kindergarten diagnosis. Journal of Speech Language Hearing Research. 46, 1283-1296. (pdf)

Zhang, X. & Tomblin, J. B. (2003) Explaining and Controlling Regression to the Mean in Longitudinal Research Designs. Journal of Speech Language Hearing Research. 46, 1340-1351. (pdf)

Articles / Book Chapters: Studies of Children who Wear Cochlear Implants
Barker, B. A., & Tomblin, J. B. (2004). Comparing bimodal perception skills in infant hearing aid and cochlear implant users. Archives of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, 130, 582-586. (pdf)

Barker, B. A., & Bass-Ringdahl, S. M. (2004). The effect of audibility on audio-visual speech perception in very young cochlear implant recipients. International Congress Series, 1273, 316-319. (pdf)

Bø Wie, O., Falkenberg, E-S., Tvete, O. and Tomblin, J.B. (2007). Children with a cochlear implant: Characteristics and determinants of speech recognition, speech-recognition growth rate, and speech production . International Journal of Audiology 46:232-243. (pdf)

Green, G.E., Scott, D.A., McDonald, J.M., Teagle, H.F.B., Tomblin, J.B., Spencer, L.J., Woodworth, G.G., Knutson, J.F., Gantz, B.J., Sheffield, V.C., and Smith, R.J.H. (2002). Performance of cochlear implant recipients with GJB2-related deafness . American Journal of Medical Genetics, 109:167-170. (pdf)

Moore, J.A., & Bass-Ringdahl, S.M. (2002). Role of infant vocal development in candidacy for and efficacy of cochlear implantation . Annals of Otology, Rhinology, & Laryngology - Supplement 189, 111, 52-5. (pdf)

Peng, S-C., Tomblin, J.B., and Turner, C. (2008). Production and Perception of Speech Intonation in Pediatric Cochlear Implant Recipients and Individuals with Normal Hearing. Ear and Hearing. 29(3) 336–351. (pdf)

Peng, S-C., Tomblin, J.B., Spencer, L.J., Hurtig, R.R. (2007). Imitative Production of Rising Speech Intonation in Pediatric Cochlear Implant Recipients. Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research. 50:1210-1277. (pdf)

Peng, S-C., Spencer, L.J., and Tomblin, J.B. (2004). Speech Intelligibility of Pediatric Cochlear Implant Recipients with Seven Years of Device Experience. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. 47:1227-1236. (pdf)

Peng, SC., Tomblin, J.B., Cheung, H., Lin, Y.S., and Wang LS. (2004). Perception and production of mandarin tones in prelingually deaf children with cochlear implants. Ear and Hearing. 2004 Jun;25(3):251-64.

Spencer, L.J. and Tomblin, J.B. (2008). Evaluating Phonological Processing Skills in Children With Prelingual Deafness Who Use Cochlear Implants. The Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education 2008. (pdf)

Spencer, L.J. and Oleson, J.J. (2008). Early Listening and speaking skills predict later reading proficiency in pediatric cochlear implant users . Ear and Hearing. 29(2) 270-280. (pdf)

Spencer, L.J. & Bass-Ringdahl, S. (2004). An evolution of communication modalities: very young cochlear implant users who transitioned from sign to speech during the first years of use. International Congress Series, 1273, 352-355 Elsevier. (pdf)

Spencer, L.J., Gantz, B.J., and Knutson, J.F. (2004). Outcomes and achievement of students who grew up with access to cochlear implants . Laryngoscope, 114:1576-1581. (pdf)

Spencer, L.J., Barker, B.A., and Tomblin, J.B. (2003). Exploring the language and literacy outcomes of pediatric cochlear implant users. Ear and Hearing, 24, 236-247. (pdf)

Spencer, L.J., Tye-Murray, N., and Tomblin, J.B. (1998). The Production of English Inflectional Morphology, Speech Production and Listening Performance in Children with Cochlear Implants . Ear and Hearing, 19(4), 310-318. (pdf)

Spencer, L.J., Tye-Murray, N., Kelsay, D., and Teagle, D. (1998). Learning to Use the Cochlear Implant: A Child Who Beat the Odds. American Journal of Audiology, 7(1), 24-29. (pdf)

Spencer, L.J., Tomblin, J.B., and Gantz, B.J. (1999). Reading Skills in Children with Multichannel Cochlear-Implant Experience . Volta Review, 99(4), 193-202. (pdf)

Tomblin, J. B., Peng, S.C., Spencer, L.J., Lu, N. (2008). Long-Term Trajectories of the Development of Speech Sound Production in Pediatric Cochlear Implant Recipients . Journal of Speech-Language and Hearing Research (51) 5 pp 1353-1368. (pdf)

Tomblin, J.B., Barker, B.A., Hubbs, S. (2007). Developmental constraints on language development in children with cochlear implants . International Journal of Audiology. 46:512-523. (pdf)

Tomblin, J.B., Barker, BA, Spencer, L.J., Zhang, X., and Gantz, B.J. (2005). The effect of age at cochlear implant stimulation on expressive language growth in infants and toddlers. Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, 48, 853-867. (pdf)

Tomblin, J.B., Spencer, L.J., & Gantz, B.J. (2000). Language and Reading Acquisition in Children with and without Cochlear Implants. Advances in Otorhinolaryngology, 57, 300-304.

Tomblin, J.B., Spencer, L.J., Flock, S., Tyler, R., & Gantz, B.J. (1999). A comparison of Language Achievement in Children with Cochlear Implants and Children using Hearing Aids . Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 42, 497-511. (pdf)

Walker, E.A. and Bass-Ringdahl, S. (2007). Babbling Complexity and Its Relationship to Speech and Language Outcomes in Children With Cochlear Implants. Otology & Neurotology 29(2):225-229. (pdf)