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Visual Language Access and Acquisition Lab Director: Dr. Wyatte Hall Website: https://teapaw.org/t.co/LLgy7gvikP

 Rochester, NY
Joined October 2022
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BIG NEWS: In partnership with @WilmotCancer's @oreganruth the Future Deaf Scientists program will be expanding to 4 new locations across the U.S. So excited to watch our program grow and expand opportunities for Deaf students. urmc.rochester.edu/news/stor…
Wilmot Science Training Program for Deaf High School Students Expands Across the U.S.

Wilmot Science Training Program for Deaf High School Students Expands Across the U.S.

For four years, the Wilmot Cancer Institute has run a summer internship program to expose Deaf high school students to cancer-related healthcare and research careers. Now, Wilmot is expanding that...

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Wyatte@wyattehall3 Sep 2024
Thrilled to have a new paper out with Dr. Julia Hecht in @TheLancet - one of the oldest and most respected medical journals. "Primary health care practices for deaf children should include early incorporation of a signed language" thelancet.com/journals/lance… Main points below 1/7
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So excited to start this project in California! Take a look at the article to see what the lab is up to. urmc.rochester.edu/clinical-…
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🌍 Today, on International Day of Families, we celebrate unity across borders. 95% of deaf children born to hearing families don't have access to sign language. The WFD launches a policy paper advocating for sign language rights ➡️ wfdeaf.org/news/resources/po…
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The one day Deaf mental health conference - Auslan Saved My Life! just completed very successfully with great presenters, audience and sponsors. Happy Auslan day for tomorrow 13th April! #deakin #IHT #auslanday #auslansavedmylife @wyattehall @DainiusPuras
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Wyatte@wyattehall22 Apr 2024
Deaf education and early intervention are the only fields of science that still view signed languages as “controversial” for healthy human development. Linguistics, brain imaging, psychology, and more eagerly research it to expand our understanding of what it means to be human.
Kristin Snoddon (@KristinSnoddon) profile pictureKristin Snoddon@KristinSnoddon22 Apr 2024
Language deprivation is still not accepted by many/most practitioners in deaf education and teacher education. It was a key point of contention for the expert witness for the school district in the Carter Churchill case.
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Look for the PLAY Lab table at Deaf Day (Saturday, April 13 from 10 am to 5 pm) at @museumofplay. See you there! museumofplay.org/event/deaf-…
Deaf Day of Play - The Strong National Museum of Play

Deaf Day of Play - The Strong National Museum of Play

Rochester Institute of Technology’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) and The Strong have partnered to celebrate National Deaf History Month with a Deaf Day of Play at the museum....

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We are proud to share that our very own Drs. @AileenAldalur and @kimvanorden alongside Dr. Wyatte Hall of @VLAAlab and researchers from @GallaudetU and @UMassChan were recently awarded the Quality Institute Healthcare Innovation Pilot Award from the @UR_Med Quality Institute.
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onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/… so proud of this Special Issue on the Acquisition of Sign Languages as Additional Languages! Check out the *signed* Accessible Summaries on OASIS. Kudos to the guest editors Russell Rosen and David Quinto-Pozos, and to LL lead editor Theres Gruter!
Language Learning | Language Learning Research Club Journal | Wiley Online Library

Language Learning | Language Learning Research Club Journal | Wiley Online Library

Click on the title to browse this issue

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Wyatte@wyattehall25 Oct 2023
Had the pleasure of watching @Innivee present today to @WilmotCancer leadership about their needs assessment of local deaf community cancer treatment and access. Highly informative and important work! @UR_Med
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Wyatte@wyattehall21 Oct 2023
Honored to be in good company with @jaivirdi in this article discussing gene-editing.
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@WIRED20 Oct 2023
Researchers have launched clinical trials to see if they can restore hearing to children with a rare type of genetic deafness. wired.trib.al/sTlPcfk
New Trials Aim to Restore Hearing in Deaf Children—With Gene Therapy

New Trials Aim to Restore Hearing in Deaf Children—With Gene Therapy

For the first time, researchers are testing an approach that involves replacing a mutated gene in the inner ears of children with severe hearing loss.

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Normally, we post our interviews on instagram, but we want this interview to be seen by a larger audience. We hope anyone who views this interview gains new insight into the world of research. VLAA Spotlight: Jon Henner youtu.be/Jjt1xDy3CMo?si=1F6d… via @YouTube
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Wyatte@wyattehall26 Sep 2023
This is a huge deal for all disabled communities, but especially for our deaf signing communities that have had to contend with limiting frameworks in NIH to date. Our intersectionality of sociocultural linguistics and disability is a great fit for @NIMHD!
Health Disparities (@NIMHD) profile pictureHealth Disparities@NIMHD26 Sep 2023
NIMHD Director designates people with disabilities as a population with #HealthDisparities and shares the Advisory Council’s final report. Learn more about this important designation and a new funding opportunity to advance disabilities research. bit.ly/3thn7gE
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ALT Professional photo of Dr. Eliseo Pérez-Stable sitting at his desk.

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Opportunities to learn Auslan from birth as standard for all deaf children in Australia would have prevented the language deprivation impacts here. Access to sign languages is a human right for all deaf children. @GlobLangRights abc.net.au/news/2023-08-21/s… via @ABCaustralia
National implications flagged in review into 'heartbreaking' SA cochlear implant bungle

National implications flagged in review into 'heartbreaking' SA cochlear implant bungle

A review which found long-standing systemic problems with the cochlear implant program at the Adelaide Women's and Children's Hospital has flagged there could be national implications for how...

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Bioethics in Film: From Screen to Seminar returns on September 19 @ 12pm ET with a discussion of The Silent Child. Featuring @drjosephjmurray; Susan Burch, PhD; and @wyattehall; moderated by @jaivirdi. ASL interpreters and live captioners will be present. ow.ly/xCBF50PyApG
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Welcome, interns! Medical students from backgrounds underrepresented in medicine are with us through @ASCO's summer internship program. Students from @RSDeaf are joining us to learn more about medicine & oncology. We celebrated them all with an ice cream social this week. 🍦
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Wyatte@wyattehall14 Jul 2023
Day 3! We start off with @skbn_scientist talking about translational science and working in the lab. She does a great job of contextualizing how COVID19 accelerated translational science with societal investments and participation. @WilmotCancer @RSDeaf @UR_Med @URochester_SMD
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Wyatte@wyattehall10 Jul 2023
Students today are learning about integrative oncology and the importance of exercise and wellness. Program leadership includes @oreganruth, @RSDSupt, @NicoleO60197047, @DrCarlaCasulo, Sarah Gordon, Susan Ogden, myself, @skbn_scientist and more
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Wyatte@wyattehall27 Jun 2023
New paper out "Associations of childhood hearing loss and adverse childhood experiences in deaf adults" with @GlobalHealthNow and @shazia_siddiqi Thread below with some thoughts behind this journals.plos.org/plosone/ar…
Associations of childhood hearing loss and adverse childhood experiences in deaf adults

Associations of childhood hearing loss and adverse childhood experiences in deaf adults

Childhood trauma and adverse childhood experiences have a strong relationship with health disparities across the lifespan. Despite experiencing approximately doubled rates of trauma, Adverse Childh...

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To be deaf is not the source of language deprivation. Lets focus on "and" instead of "or" when it comes to accessible language. watch.ripbs.org/video/langua…
Rhode Island PBS Weekly | Language Deprivation | Season 4 | Episode 14

Rhode Island PBS Weekly | Language Deprivation | Season 4 | Episode 14

An in-depth look at how language deprivation can cause deaf children to fall behind.

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