Ming Lo, Research Fellow

Journal Papers

1. Lo, M., Lin, Y. -X., & Li, Y. -J. (2022). Cognitive workload in an auditory digit span task when memory span is in the neighborhood of seven items. Journal of Psychophysiology, 36(1), 49–64. https://doi.org/10.1027/0269-8803/a000282 

2. Lo, M., Lin, Y.-X., Chen, S.-Y., Chen, P.-H., & Lin, C.-Y. (2019). Auditory memory span in Mandarin-speaking preschoolers with congenital hearing loss: Impact of task structure, The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 33(S1), 75-95, https://doi.org/10.1080/13854046.2019.1624828

3. Lo, M & Chen, P.H. (2017). Working Memory Capacity as a Factor Influencing the Relationship between Language Outcome and Rehabilitation in Mandarin-Speaking Preschoolers with Congenital Hearing Impairment. Front. Psychol. 8:357.  https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00357

Conference Presentations

1. Lo, M., Lin,Y. X., Li, Y. J., & Chen, S. Y. (2022). Mental effort to retain verbal items in auditory working memory. Oral blitz with poster presented at The 2nd Taiwan Society for Neuroscience (TSfN) Meeting. Taoyuan, Taiwan.Abstract 
2. Lo, M., Li, Y. J., Lin, Y. X., Chen, S. Y., Chen, P. H., & Lin, C. Y. (2020, Dec.). Relationship between short-term memory error patterns and language performance in children with hearing loss. Paper presented at 2020 Annual Convention of Taiwan Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Abstract
3. Chang, S.-T., Hong, H.-M., Lo, M., Chang, Y., Lin, K.-J., & Lin, Y.-X. (2020, Nov.). The Information Needs of Hearing-Impaired Children’s Parents: Exploring the Similarities and Differences Before and After Enrolling in Auditory-Verbal Intervention Program. Poster presented at the 21th International Conference and Workshops of Early Intervention for Child Development, Taichung, Taiwan. Abstract
4. Lo, M., Lin, Y. X., Hue, C. W., Chen, P. H., & Lin, C. Y. (2019, August). Correlations Between the Results of a Vocabulary Competence Test with that of a Short-term Memory Capacity Test and a Non-verbal Reasoning Test: Data from Children with Hearing Loss. The 31st World Congress of the International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics (IALP). Taipei, Taiwan.Abstract
5. Lo, M., Lin, Y. X., Lin, G. S.-F., Ma, Y.-C J. & Yu, Y. C. (2018, November). Semantic content of mental lexicon of Mandarin-speaking toddlers with congenital and bilateral hearing loss. Paper presented at 2018 International Conference of Taiwan Education Research Association (TERA 2018). Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Abstract
6. Lo, M., Lin, Y. X., Chen, S. Y., Chen, P. H., & Lin, C. Y. (2018, October). Language performance and short-term memory span in Mandarin-speaking preschoolers with bilateral hearing impairment: A comparison between two approaches to memory span measurement. Paper presented at The 17th Conference on the Processing of East Asian Languages (ICPEAL17). Taipei, Taiwan. Abstract
7. Chen, P. H., Chang, H. W., Lo, M., Huang, W. C., & Liu, T. W. (2018, June). Applying item response theory to screen hearing using an adaptive mandarin word recognition test. Paper presented at The Hearing across Lifespan Conference (HeAL 2018). Como, Italy. Abstract
8. Chen, P. H., Chang, H. W., Huang, W. C., & Lo, M. (2018, October). Clinical validity and efficiency of an adaptive Mandarin word recognition test applied for hearing screening. Poster session presented at World Congress of Audiology 2018 (WCA). Cape Town, South Africa. Abstract
9. Lo, M., & Lin, Y.-X. (2017, December). Semantic growth in vocabulary learning of toddlers with hearing impairment. Paper presented at 2017 Annual Convention of Taiwan Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
10. Lo, M., & Lin, Y. X. (2017, September). Acquisition of Chinese Classifiers by Preschoolers with Congenital Hearing Impairment: Influences of Linguistic and Cognitive Factors. Paper presented at the 11th International Conference on Cognitive Science (ICCS 2017). Taipei, Taiwan.
11. Lo, M., Chen, P. H., Fu, J. T. & Lin, Y. X. (2016, November). Vocabulary Learning of Toddlers with Hearing Impairment: Concrete Words Are Not Acquired Equally. Paper presented at the 2016 International Conference of Asia-Pacific Educational Research Association & Taiwan Education Research Association (APERA-TERA 2016). Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Abstract
12. Lo, M., Chen, P. H., & Lin, Y. X. (2016, October). The Relationship between Working-Memory Span and Language Performance in Mandarin Children with Hearing Loss. Paper presented at The 55th Annual Convention of Taiwanese Psychological Association and International Psychological Conference. Tainan, Taiwan. Abstract

Non-academic articles

1. Lo, M. (2022, December). Effortful listening: Challenges and coping strategies for children with hearing loss. Children’s Hearing Foundation Biannual Journal, 42, 2-6. 
2. Lo, M. (2018, January). A brief review of bi-lateral cochlear implantation: Effectiveness and age of implantation. Children’s Hearing Foundation Biannual Journal, 32, 8-11.