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Research

Research

Yu-Chen Hung, Research Fellow


Vice Director: Yu-Chen Hung
Ph.D., Linguistics, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz (Germany)
Research interests: Neuro-/psycholinguistics, experimental linguistics, hearing and language development, hearing and learning 
Journal papers

  1. Hung, Y. C., & Lin, C. Y. (2022). Audiogram of Chinese Phonemes: Construction and Evaluation. Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica, 1-9. 【SCIE/ SSCI】 
  2. Hung, Y.-C.,Chen, P.-H., Lin, T.-H., & Lim, T.-Z. (2022). Children With Unilateral Hearing Loss After Newborn Hearing Screening in Taiwan. American Journal of Audiology, 31(3), 646-655. 【SCI】
  3. Lin, C.-Y, Hung, Y.-C., & Chang, H.-W. (2021). Development of the Mandarin Phoneme Detection Score Sheet as a Screening Tool. Journal of Audiology & Otology. DOI: 10.7874/jao.2021.00276. PMID: 34748698.  https://doi.org/10.7874/jao.2021.00276
  4. Hung, Y.-C. & Chan Y.-C. (2020). An Analysis of Oral Reading Rate and Reading Comprehension in First- and Second-Graders with Typical Hearing and with Hearing Loss. Journal of Special Education (52), 29-48 
  5. Hung, Y.-C.& Chan, Y.-C. (2020). Development, reliability, and validity of the oral reading assessment for Mandarin-speaking children with hearing loss, Deafness & Education International, DOI: 10.1080/14643154.2020.1718320。Abstract
  6. Lin, K. J., Hung, Y. C., & Huang, Y. S. (2019). The significance of the separation ear of hearing detection in monitoring of the hearing fluctuation of hearing impaired children. The Journal of Deaf Education, 18. (written in Chinese)
  7. Hung, Y. C., Lin, K. J., & Ma, Y. J. (2018). The necessity and strategy for daily monitoring of hearing performance of children with hearing loss.Journal of Special Education Development, 66, 33-42. (written in Chinese)
  8. Hung, Y.-C., Lee, Y.-J., & Tsia, L.-C. (2018). Validation of the Chinese Sound Test: Auditory Performance of Hearing Aid Users. American Journal of Audiology. 27(1). https://doi.org/10.1044/2017_AJA-17-0057  Abstract
  9. Hung, Y.C., Lee, Y.J., Tsai, L.C. (2017). Vowel production of Mandarin-speaking hearing aid users with different types of hearing loss. PLoS ONE. 12(6): e0178588. Abstract
  10. Hung, Y.C., Lin, C.Y., Tsai, L.C., Lee, Y.J. (2016). Multidimensional approach to the Development of a Mandarin Chinese-Oriented Speech Sound Test. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 1:59(2), 349-58. doi: 10.1044/2015_JSLHR-H-15-0026
  11. Hung, Y.C. & Lin, K.J.(2015). Child-directed Speech for Children with Hearing Loss in Early Intervention Practice, Special Education Quarterly, 134, 21-30 Abstract
  12. Tsai, L.C. & Hung, Y.C. (2015). Language performance of preschool children with bimodal hearing devices and bilateral hearing aids.Chinese Scientific Journal of Hearing and Speech Rehabilitation, 37, 458-461


Book chapter

  1. Hung, Y. C.(2022).Linguisticaspectsofchild-directedspeech; Impact ofchild-directedspeech on children, Lin, K.-J. (Ed). Getting started with learning language: An activity manual for promoting language development in preschoolers. Psychological Publishing.   
  2. Hung, Y.-C. (2019). Chinese Sound Test. In F. Y. Chiu (Ed.), Open the audio world: 30 compulsory lessons for parents of the hearing impaired children (pp. 59-62). Taipei, Taiwan: Children’s hearing foundation. (written in Chinese)
  3. Hung, Y.C. (2014). Auditory-Verbal Therapy – Language. In: Family-centered early intervention for children with hearing impairments: Theory and practice of auditory-verbal therapy. pp. 137-178. Taipei: Psychological Publishing


C
onference proceedings 

  1. Hung, Y. -C. & Lin, T. -H. (2021, Jan.). Rapid word learning of children with cochlear implants: Phonological structure and mutual exclusivity. Oral presentation on International Symposium on Chinese Spoken Language Processing 2021, Online. Abstract


Conference presentations

  1. Lee, S.-R., Huang, C.-S., Su, P.-Y., Hung, Y.-C., Tsai, C.-L., Chen, B. F.-Y.  (2022, Dec.) Feasibility study of a pupil movement assistance for hearing assessment in infants. Poster presented at 2022 Global Conference on Biomedical Engineering (GCBME), Taipei, Taiwan.
  2. Hung, Y.-C.,Chen, P.-H., Lim, T.-Z. (2022, Nov.). Different factors influence language development in preschoolers with minimal hearing loss and severe-to-profound hearing loss. Poster presented at 2022 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Conference (virtual conference).
  3. Hung, Y.-C., Chen, P.-H., & Lim, T. Z. (2021, Nov.). Maximize the Benefits of Hearing Aids for Language Development of Children with Hearing Loss. Poster presented at 2021 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Conference, Online. Abstract
  4. Lin, T.-H., Chen, P.-H., & Hung, Y.-C. (2021, Nov.). Sleep Duration of Children with Typical Hearing and Hearing Loss in Taiwan. Poster presented at 2021 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Conference, Online. Abstract
  5. Lim, T. Z., Chen, P.-H., Hung, Y.-C,& Chu, C.-Y. (2021, Dec.). Smart listening test: the application and accuracy of adaptive mandarin monosyllable recognition test. Oral presentation at 2021 Conference of Taiwan Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Taichung, Taiwan. Abstract
  6. Hung, Y. -C. & Lin, T. -H (June 2020). Rapid word learning of children with cochlear implants: Phonological structure and mutual exclusivity. Poster presented at Summer Neurolinguistics School 2020, Online. Abstract 
  7. Tsai, Y. -S., Wang, X. -J., Lin, T. -H., Lim, T. -Z., Chen, P. -H. & Hung, Y. -C. (Dec. 2020). Exploring the factors for consistent usage of hearing aids. Poster presented at 2020 Conference of Taiwan Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Abstract
  8. Lim, T. -Z., Tsai, Y. -S., Wang, X. -J., Lin, T. -H., Chen, P. -H. & Hung, Y. -C. (Dec. 2020). Exploring the factors for consistent usage of hearing aids:A study of preschooler. Poster presented at 2020 Conference of Taiwan Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Abstract 
  9. Wang, X. -J., Lin, T. -H., Lim, T. -Z., Tsai, Y. -S., Chen, P. -H. & Hung, Y. -C. (Dec. 2020). Differences in duration of hearing aids usage between parental report and data logging. Poster presented at 2020 Conference of Taiwan Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Abstract
  10. Hung , Y.-C. et al., (2019, July).Minimal hearing loss in children: Auditory-verbal Intervention. Concurrent session, The 2019 AG Bell Global Listening and Spoken Language Symposium, Madrid, Spain. Abstract
  11. Hung, Y.-C., &Chan, Y.-C. (2019, Aug.).Prosodic performance of children with hearing loss: What matters? Poster presented at 31st World Congress of the International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics, Taipei, Taiwan. Abstract
  12. Chan, Y.-C., & Hung, Y.-C. (2019, Aug.).The role of word segmentation in reading for understanding: A study on Mandarin-speaking children with hearing loss. Poster presented at 31st World Congress of the International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics, Taipei, Taiwan. Abstract
  13. Chan, Y.-C., Hung, Y.-C., Yang, Y.-J., & Lee, Y.-J. (2018, November) Assessing hearing through speaking: A Mandarin oral reading assessment for children with hearing loss. Oral presentation at Hong Kong Speech and Hearing Symposium 2018, Hong Kong.  Abstract
  14. Lin, C.-Y., Hung, Y.-C., & Chang, H.-W.. (2018, November). Little tips might help: Typical aided performance of Mandarin phoneme and narrowband noise. Oral presentation at Hong Kong Speech and Hearing Symposium 2018, Hong Kong  Abstract
  15. Hung, Y.-C., & Ma, J. (2018, May). Evidence-based strategy to monitor aided hearing performance. Oral presentation at 2018 Audiology Australia National Conference, Sydney  Abstract
  16. Hu, J.-F., Luo Y.-H., & Hung, Y.-C. (2018, October). Comprehension of Chinese Classifiers in Preschool Normal Hearing and Cochlear Implanted Children. Presentation at 2018 at Asia-Pacific Babylab Constellation, Singapore  Abstract
    Chan, Y.-C., Yang, Y.-J., Lee, Y.-J., & Hung, Y.-C.(2017, November)。Chinese word recognition in children with hearing loss. Paper presented at the 16th International Congress of Early Intervention Professionals for Children with Developmental Delays, Taichung, Taiwan.
  17. Hung, Y.C., Lee, Y.J., & Tsai, L.C. (2017, September). Evaluation of Chinese Sound Test: The Auditory Performance of Hearing Aids Users. Oral Presentation at 10th Asia Pacific Conference on Speech, Language, and Hearing. Narita, Japan.
  18. Hung, Y.C., Lee, Y.J., Tsai, L.C., & Ma, Y.C.J. (2017, September). Chinese Speech Banana: The Evaluation of Clinical Validity. Oral Presentation at 10th Asia Pacific Conference on Speech, Language, and Hearing. Narita, Japan.
  19. Hung, Y.C., & Lin, C.Y. (2017, September). Cross-check Your Hearing Results: Relationship between Mandarin Phoneme Detection Thresholds and Pure-tone. Poster presented at 10th Asia Pacific Conference on Speech, Language, and Hearing. Narita, Japan.
  20. Lin, C.Y., Change, H.W., & Hung, Y.C. (2017, September). Is it good enough? Fitting Hearing Aids with Mandarin Phoneme Detection Index. Oral Presentation at 10th Asia Pacific Conference on Speech, Language, and Hearing. Narita, Japan.
  21. Hung, Y.C., Tsai, L.C., & Lee, Y.J. (2016, October). Vowel Production of Mandarin-speaking Hearing Aid Users with Different Types of Hearing Loss. Paper presented at The 55th Annual Convention of Taiwanese Psychological Association and International Psychological Conference. Tainan, Taiwan.
  22. Hung, Y.C., Hu, J.F., & Tsai, L.C. (2016, October). Eye Movements Reveal Word Learning Differences Between Children with Cochlear Implants. Paper presented at The 55th Annual Convention of Taiwanese Psychological Association and International Psychological Conference. Tainan, Taiwan.
  23. Hung, Y.C. & Ma, Y.C. (2015). Development of a Chinese Speech Banana. 10th Asia Pacific Symposium on Cochlear Implants and Related Sciences. Beijing, China.
  24. Hung, Y.C. & Ma, Y.C. (2015). Evaluating the performance of cochlear implants via the detection-distance index method. 10th Asia Pacific Symposium on Cochlear Implants and Related Sciences. Beijing, China.
  25. Tsai, L.C., Lee, Y.J., & Hung, Y.C. (2015). Errors, cues and a better understanding: Implications for the test results of Chinese corner vowels. 10th Asia Pacific Symposium on Cochlear Implants and Related Sciences. Beijing, China.
  26. Lee, Y.J., Tsai, L.C., & Hung, Y.C. (2015). Beyond the degree of hearing loss: Risk factors associated with poor speech intelligibility. 10th Asia Pacific Symposium on Cochlear Implants and Related Sciences. Beijing, China.
  27. Hung, Y.C., Hu, J.F., Tsai, L.C., Lee, Y.J., & Wang, P.L. (2014). The effects of phonological complexity on word learning in deaf children with cochlear implants. The 36th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, Quebec City, Canada. Abstract
  28. Lin, G.S., Ma, J.Y.C., & Hung, Y.C. (2014). Development of the Chinese Speech Sound Test and its clinical application. 2014 Conference of Taiwan Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Taichung City, Taiwan.
  29. Lee, C.W, Lin, C.Y., Wu, S.J., & Hung, Y.C. (2014). Development of assessment tool of reading skills in school-age children with hearing loss. 2014 Conference of Taiwan Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Taichung City, Taiwan
  30. Chang, Y. P., Lin, G. S.,  & Hung, Y. C. (2014). Feasible Daily Monitoring Strategies for Managing Fluctuating Hearing Loss in Children. XXXII World Congress of Audiology, Brisbane, Australia. Abstract
  31. Hung, Y. C., Tsai, Y. C., & Lin, C. Y. (2013). An Acoustic-Phonetic Approach to the Development of a Chinese-oriented Speech Hearing Test. 2013 The ASHA convention, Chicago, USA. Abstract
  32. Hung, Y. C., Tsai, Y. C., & Lin, C. Y. (2013). The six-sound test revisited: a Chinese-oriented approach. 9th Asia Pacific Conference on Speech, Language and Hearing (APCSLH), Taichung City, Taiwan. Abstract


Others

  1. Lin, K. J., & Hung, Y. C. (2017). Monitoring Children with Hearing Fluctuation. The Hearing Journal, 70(10), 14-16
  2. Hung, Y.C. & Ma, Y.C. J (2016) Effective Use of the Six Sound Test. The Hearing Journal. 69(7), 16-17.