Jill Hoover
B.S., University of Minnesota, 2001; M.A., Northern Illinois University, 2003; Ph.D., University of Kansas, 2009
Phonological acquisition and disorders; Grammatical acquisition and Specific Language Impairment; Language assessment and intervention in children; Spoken word recognition
Dr. Hoover’s research examines the interface between phonological, lexical and grammatical acquisition in typical development and clinical populations, including phonological disorders and Specific Language Impairment (SLI). She is particularly interested in how understanding this interface can inform diagnosis and treatment for preschool children with language impairments.
Hoover, J.R., Storkel, H.L. & Hogan, T.P. (2010). A cross-sectional comparison of the effects of phonotactic probability and neighborhood density on word learning by preschool children. Journal of Memory and Language, 63, 100 – 116. PMC2885809
Storkel, H.L. & Hoover, J.R. (2010). Word learning in children with phonological delays: Differentiating effects of phonotactic probability and neighborhood density. Journal of Communication Disorders, 42, 105-119.
Storkel, H.L. & Hoover, J.R. (2010). An on-line calculator to compute phonotactic probability and neighborhood density based on child corpora of spoken American English. Behavior Research Methods, 42, 497 – 506.
Storkel, H.L. & Hoover, J.R. (2011). The influence of part-word phonotactic probability/neighborhood density on word learning by preschool children varying in expressive vocabulary. Journal of Child Language, 38, 628 – 643.
Hoover, J.R., Storkel, H.L. & Rice, M.L. (2012). The interface between neighborhood density & optional infinitives: Normal development and Specific Language Impairment. Journal of Child Language, 39, 835-862.
