Karla K.
McGregor, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Board Certified Specialist-child language
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McGregor, K.K., Goffman, L., Plante, E., & Werfel, K. (under review). Developmental language disorder as a neurodevelopmental spectrum.
Doucet, G.E., Kruse, J., Eden, N.M., Goffman, L., & McGregor, K.K. (under review). Widespread altered functional network connectivity in children with developmental language disorder
Doucet, G. E., Kruse, J. A., Mertens, A., Goldsmith, C., Eden, N. M., Oleson, J., & McGregor, K. K. (2025). Subcortical brain iron and its link to verbal memory in children with developmental language disorder. Brain and Language, 261, 105531. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandl.2024.105531​​
Heibert, L., Weatherford, S., Curran, M., McGregor, K.K., Owen Van Horne, A. (2025). Learning science concepts alongside language goals: A telehealth replication of a randomized controlled trial examining whether children with developmental language disorder can learn vocabulary or grammar in combination with curricular science content. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1080/17549507.2024.2445155
​McGregor, K.K., Pomper, R., Eden, N., Appenzeller, M., Arbisi-Kelm, T., Polese, E., & Reed, D.K. (2024). Inferring word class and meaning from spoken and written texts: A comparison of children with and without developmental language disorder. Journal of Speech, Language, Hearing Research, 67(12), 4783-4798. https://doi.org/10.1044/2024_JSLHR-23-00743
Hearnshaw, S., Baker, E., Pomper, R., McGregor, K.K., Edwards, J., & Munro, N. (2024). Four cases of children with phonological impairment and precocious vocabulary: Making sense of a clinical conundrum. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 33(5), 2230-2248. https://doi.org/10.1044/2024_AJSLP-23-00370
Van Horne, A.O., Curran, M., Weatherford, S., McGregor, K.K. (2024). We have to talk about something: Why NOT talk about the curriculum? A guide to embedding language interventions in curricular content. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 55(3), 648-660. https://doi.org/10.1044/2024_LSHSS-23-00177
Wang, D-Y, Curran, M., McGregor, K.K., Owen Van Horne, A.J. (2024). Preparing student clinicians to provide recast therapy on complement clauses: A training program. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 33(2), 642-653. Preparing Student Clinicians to Provide Recast Therapy on Complement Clauses: A Training Program
Hearnshaw, S., Baker, E., Pomper, R., McGregor, K.K., Edwards, J., & Munro, N. (2023). I remembered the chorm! Word learning abilities of children with and without phonological impairment. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1111/1460-6984.12967
Hearnshaw, S.; Baker, E., Pomper, R., McGregor, K.K., Edwards, J., & Munro, N. (2023). The relationship between speech perception, speech production, and vocabulary abilities in children: Insights from by-group and continuous analyses. Journal of Speech, Language, Hearing Research, https://doi.org/10.1044/2022_JSLHR-22-00441
McGregor, K.K., Ohlmann, N., Eden, N., Arbisi-Kelm, T., & Young, A. (2023). Abilities and disabilities among children with developmental language disorder. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools. 1-25. https://doi.org/10.1044/2023_LSHSS-22-00070
Orrego, P.M., McGregor, K.K., & Reyes, S.M. (2023). A first-person account of developmental language disorder. American Journal of Speech Language Pathology, 32, (4), 1383-1396. https://doi.org/10.1044/2023_AJSLP-22-00247
Van Horne, A.O., Curran, M., Wagner Cook, S., Cole, R., McGregor, K.K., (2023). Teaching little kids big sentences: A randomized controlled trial showing that Children with DLD respond to complex syntax intervention embedded within the context of preschool/kindergarten science instruction. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders. 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1111/1460-6984.12882
Pomper, R., McGregor, K.K., Arbisi-Kelm, T., Eden, N., & Ohlmann, N. (2022). Direct instruction improves word learning for children with developmental language disorder. Journal of Speech, Language, Hearing Research.
Kulkarni, A., Chadd, K., Lambert, S., McKean, C., Hulme, C., McGregor, K.K., Pagnamenta, E., Joffe, V., Ebbels, S., & Norbury, C. (2022) Speaking up for Developmental Language Disorder: the top 10 priorities for research. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13592
McGregor, K.K., Smolack, E., Jones, M., Oleson, J., Eden, N., Arbisi-Kelm, T., & Pomper, R. (2022) What children with developmental language disorder teach us about cross-situational word learning. Cognitive Science, 46 (2), e13094, https://doi.org/10.1111/cogs.13094
McGregor, K.K., Pomper, R., Eden, N., Arbisi-Kelm, T., Ohlmann, N., Gajre, S., Smolak, E., (2021) Children's language abilities predict success in remote communication contexts. Language Development Research, DOI: https://doi.org/10.34758/rzsq-zd16
Yamasaki, B.L., McGregor, K.K., Booth, J.R. (2021) Early phonological neural specialization predicts later growth in word reading skills. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, section Cognitive Neuroscience. [PMCID: PMC8551603]
McGregor, K.K., Van Horne, A.J.O., Curran, M., Wagner-Cook, S., & Cole, R. (2021). The challenge of rich vocabulary instruction for children with developmental language disorder. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools. https://doi.org/10.1044/2020_LSHSS-20-00110 | [PDF]
Smolak, E., McGregor, K. K., Arbisi-Kelm, T., & Eden, N., (2020) Sustained attention in developmental language disorder and its relation to working memory and language. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 63, 4096-4108.Sustained Attention in Developmental Language Disorder and Its Relation to Working Memory and Language (nih.gov) [PMCID: PMC8608174]
Al-Salim, S., Moeller, M. P., & McGregor, K. K. (2020). Performance of children with hearing loss on an audiovisual version of a nonword repetition task. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 51(1), 42-54. https://doi.org/10.1044/2019_LSHSS-OCHL-19-0016 [PMCID: PMC7251587]. | [HTML] nih.gov
Al-Salim, S., Moeller, M.P., & McGregor, K.K. (2019). Performance of children with hearing loss on an audiovisual version of a nonword repetition task. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 51(1), 42-54. https://doi.org/10.1044/2019_LSHSS-OCHL-19-0016 [PMCID: PMC7251587].
Gordon, K. R., McGregor, K. K., & Arbisi-Kelm, T. (2020). Optimizing word learning in post-secondary students with developmental language disorder: the roles of retrieval difficulty and retrieval success during training. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 1-14. 10.1080/17549507.2020.1812719 PMCID: PMC8059919
McGregor, K. K. (2020). How we fail children with developmental language disorder. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 51(4), 981-992. https://doi.org/10.1044/2020_LSHSS-20-00003 | [HTML] asha.org
McGregor, K. K., Arbisi-Kelm, T., Eden, N., & Oleson, J. (2020). The word learning profile of adults with developmental language disorder. Autism & Developmental Language Impairments, 5, 2396941519899311. https://doi.org/10.1177/2396941519899311
McGregor, K. K., Eden, N., Arbisi-Kelm, T., & Oleson, J. (2020). The fast-mapping abilities of adults with developmental language disorder. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 63(9), 3117-3129. https://doi.org/10.1044/2020_JSLHR-19-00418
McGregor, K. K., Goffman, L., Van Horne, A. O., Hogan, T. P., & Finestack, L. H. (2020). Developmental language disorder: applications for advocacy, research, and clinical service. Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, 5(1), 38-46. https://doi.org/10.1044/2019_PERSP-19-00083 | [HTML] asha.org
McGregor, K.K., Marshall, B.A., Julian, S.K., & Oleson, J. (2019). Learning while playing: a randomized trial of serious games as a tool for word mastery. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 50(4), 596-608. https://doi.org/10.1044/2019_LSHSS-VOIA-18-0121
McGregor, K.K., Arbisi-Kelm, T., Perelmutter, B., & Oleson, J. (2019). Favorite words as a window onto the aesthetic function of language. American Speech: A Quarterly of Linguistic Usage, 94(3), 380-396. https://doi.org/10.1215/00031283-7603218
Alper, R.M., Hurtig, R.R., & McGregor, K.K. (2019). The role of maternal psychosocial perceptions in parent-training programs: A preliminary randomized controlled trial. Journal of Child Language, 47(2), 358-381. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0305000919000138
Hall, J.E., Van Horne, A.O., McGregor, K.K., & Farmer, T.A. (2019). Deficits in the use of verb bias information in real-time processing by college students with developmental language disorder. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 62, 337-355. JSL170267 337..355 (nih.gov) [PMCID: PMC6436890]. | [HTML] nih.gov
McGregor, K.K. & Hadden, R.R. (2018). Brief report: “um” fillers distinguish children with and without ASD. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 50, 1816-1821. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-018-3736-1 [PMCID: PMC6395582]
Hall, J., Owen Van Horne, A.J., McGregor, K.K., & Farmer, T.A. (2018) Individual and developmental difference in distributional learning. Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools. 49(3S): 694-709. https://doi.org/10.1044/2018_LSHSS-STLT1-17-0134 [PMCID: PMC6198911]. | [HTML] nih.gov
McGregor, K.K., Munro, N., Chen, S.M., Baker, E., & Oleson, J. (2018). Cultural influences on the developing semantic lexicon. Journal of Child Language, 45(6), 1309-1336. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0305000918000211
Chami, S., Munro, N., Docking, K., McGregor, K., Arciuli, J., Baker, E. & Heard, R. (2018). Changes in semantic fluency across childhood: normative data from Australian-English speakers. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 20(2), 262-273. https://doi.org/10.1080/17549507.2016.1276214
Hall, J., McGregor, K.K., Oleson, J. (2017). Weaknesses in lexical-semantic knowledge among college students with specific learning disabilities: Evidence from a semantic fluency task. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 60, 640-653. https://doi.org/10.1044/2016_JSLHR-L-15-0440 [PMCID: PMC5544191]. | [HTML] nih.gov
Hall, J., Van Horne, A.O., McGregor, K.K., Farmer, T. (2017). Distributional learning in college students with developmental language disorder. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Disorders, 60, 3270-3283. https://doi.org/10.1044/2017_JSLHR-L-17-0013 [PMCID: PMC5945081]. | [HTML] nih.gov
Hodges, R., Baker, E., Munro, N., & McGregor, K. (2017). Responses made by late talkers and typically developing toddlers during verbal assessments. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 19, 587-600, https://doi.org/10.1080/17549507.2016.1221452
McGregor, K.K., Arbisi-Kelm, T., Eden, N. (2017). The encoding of word forms into memory may be challenging for college students with developmental language impairment. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 19, 43-57. https://doi.org/10.3109/17549507.2016.1159337 [PMCID: PMC5471608]. | [HTML] nih.gov
McGregor, K.K., Gordon, K., Eden, N., Arbisi-Kelm, T., Oleson, J. (2017). Encoding deficits impede word learning and memory in adults with developmental language disorders. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Disorders, 60, 2891-2905. https://doi.org/10.1044/2017_JSLHR-L-17-0031 [PMCID: PMC5945064]. | [HTML] nih.gov
Perelmutter, B., McGregor, K. K., & Gordon, K. R. (2017). Assistive technology interventions for adolescents and adults with learning disabilities: An evidence-based systematic review and meta-analysis. Computers & Education, 114, 139-163. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2017.06.005 [PMCID: PMC5736156].
Bean, E.A. & McGregor, K.K. (2016). Children with ASD can use gaze to map new words. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 51, 212-218. https://doi.org/10.1111/1460-6984.12192 | [HTML] nih.gov
Becker, T.C., & McGregor, K.K. (2016). Learning by listening to lectures is a challenge for college students with developmental language impairment. Journal of Communication Disorders, 64, 32-44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcomdis.2016.09.001 [PMCID: PMC6540751]. | [HTML] nih.gov
Gordon, K.R., McGregor, K.K., Waldier, B., Curran, M., Gomez, R.L., & Samuelson, L.K. (2016). Preschool children’s memory for word forms remains stable over several days, but gradually decreases after six months. Frontiers in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01439 | [HTML] frontiersin.org
Hodges, R., Munro, N., Baker, E., McGregor, K., & Heard, R. (2016). The monosyllable imitation test for toddlers: Influence of stimulus characteristics on imitation, compliance and diagnostic accuracy. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1111/1460-6984.12249
Hodges, R., Munro, N., Baker, E., McGregor, K., Docking, K., & Arciuli, J. (2016). The role of elicited verbal imitation in toddlers’ word learning. J. Child Lang. 43(2), 457-471. [PMID: 26041106, Public Access Compliance – N/A, Not NIH-funded]
McGregor, K.K., Langenfeld, N., Van Horne, S., Oleson, J., Anson, M., & Jacobson, W. (2016). The university experiences of students with learning disabilities. Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 31, 90-102. https://doi.org/10.1111/ldrp.12102 [PMCID: PMC5033508]. | [HTML] nih.gov
Alper, R. M., & McGregor, K. K. (2015). Agency as a construct for guiding the establishment of communication-friendly classrooms. Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 31(3), 337-346. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265659015589120
Hodges, R., Munro, N., Baker, E. & McGregor, K.K. (2015). The role of elicited verbal imitation in toddlers’ word learning. Journal of Child Language, 43, 457-471. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0305000915000240
McGregor, K.K. & Alper, R.M. (2015). Sleep disorders as a risk to language learning and use. EBP Briefs, 10, 1-21. [PMCID: PMC4672866]. | [HTML] nih.gov
Guo, L., McGregor, K., & Spencer, L. (2015). Are young children with cochlear implants sensitive to the statistics of words in the ambient spoken language? Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 58, 987-1000. https://doi.org/10.1044/2015_JSLHR-H-14-0135 [PMCID: PMC4490103]. | [HTML] nih.gov
Sheng, L., Byrd, C.T., McGregor, K.K., Zimmerman, H., & Bludau, K. (2015). List memory in young adults with language learning disability. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 58, 336-344. https://doi.org/10.1044/2015_JSLHR-L-13-0143 [PMCID: PMC4675122]. | [HTML] nih.gov
Whipple, C.S., Gfeller, K., Driscoll, V., Oleson, J., & McGregor, K. (2015). Do communication disorders extend to musical messages? An answer from children with hearing loss or autism spectrum disorders. Journal of Music Therapy, 52, 78-116. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmt/thu039 [PMCID: PMC4414659]. | [HTML] nih.gov
Gordon, K.G., & McGregor, K.K. (2014). A spatially-supported forced-choice recognition test reveals children’s long-term memory for newly learned word forms. Frontiers in Language Sciences, 5, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00164 | [HTML] fontiersin.org
McGregor, K.K. (2014). What a difference a day makes: Change in memory for newly learned word forms over 24 hours, Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 57, 1842-1850. https://doi.org/10.1044/2014_JSLHR-L-13-0273 [PMCID: PMC4232218].
McGregor, K.K., Licandro, U., Arenas, R., Eden, N., Stiles, D., Bean, A., & Walker, E. (2013). Why words are hard for adults with developmental language impairments. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 56(6), 1845-1856. https://doi.org/10.1044/1092-4388(2013/12-0233) [PMCID: PMC3951710]. | [HTML] nih.gov
McGregor, K.K., Oleson, J., Bahnsen, A., & Duff, D. (2013). Children with developmental language impairment have vocabulary deficits characterized by limited breadth and depth. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 48, 307-319. https://doi.org/10.1111/1460-6984.12008 [PMCID: PMC3648877]. | [HTML] nih.gov
McGregor, K.K., Rost, G., Arenas, R., Farris-Trimble, A., & Stiles, D. (2013). Children with ASD can use gaze in support of word recognition and learning. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 54, 745-753. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.12073 [PMCID: PMC4232219].
Nachtigäller, K., Rohlfing, K.J., & McGregor, K.K. (2013). A story about a word: does narrative presentation promote learning of a spatial preposition in German Two-year-olds? Journal of Child Language, 40, 900-917. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0305000912000311
Walker, E.A., & McGregor, K.K. (2013). Word learning processes in children with cochlear implants. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 56, 375-387. https://doi.org/10.1044/1092-4388(2012/11-0343) [PMCID: PMC3578980]. | [HTML] nih.gov
McGregor, K.K. & Bean, A. (2012). How children with autism extend new words. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 55, 70-83. https://doi.org/10.1044/1092-4388(2011/11-0024) [PMCID: PMC3327362]. | [HTML] nih.gov
Munro, N., Baker, E., McGregor, K.K., Docking, K., & Arciuli, J. (2012). Why word learning is not fast. Frontiers in Developmental Psychology, 3, 41, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00041
Riley, K.G., & McGregor, K.K. (2012). Noise hampers children's expressive word learning. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 43, 325-337. https://doi.org/10.1044/0161-1461(2012/11-0053) [PMCID: PMC3641792]. | [HTML] nih.gov
Rost, G.C. & McGregor, K.K. (2012). Miranda rights comprehension in young adults with Specific Language Impairment. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 21, 101-108. https://doi.org/10.1044/1058-0360(2011/10-0094) [PMCID: PMC3609432]. | [HTML] nih.gov
Stiles, D., Bentler, R.A. & McGregor, K.K. (2012). The speech intelligibility index and the pure tone average as predictors of lexical ability in children fit with hearing aids. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 55, 764-778. https://doi.org/10.1044/1092-4388(2011/10-0264)
Stiles, D., McGregor, K.K., & Bentler, R.A. (2012). Vocabulary and working memory in children fit with hearing aids. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 55, 154-167. https://doi.org/10.1044/1092-4388(2011/11-0021)
Stiles, D., McGregor, K.K., & Bentler, R.A. (2012). Wordlikeness and word learning in children with hearing loss. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-6984.2012.00199.x
McGregor, K. K., Berns, A., Owen, A.J., Michels, S., Duff, D., Bahnsen, A.J., & Lloyd, M. (2011). Associations between syntax and the lexicon among children with or without ASD and language impairment. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorder. 42, 35-47. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-011-1210-4 [PMCID: PMC3177980].
McGregor, K.K., Rost, G.C., Guo, L.Y., & Sheng, L. (2010). What compounds mean to children with SLI. Applied Psycholinguistics, 31, 463–487. https://doi.org/10.1017/S014271641000007X [PMCID: PMC3354768]. | [HTML] nih.gov
Sheng, L., & McGregor, K.K. (2010). Lexical-semantic organization in children with specific language impairment. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. 53. 146-159. https://doi.org/10.1044/1092-4388(2009/08-0160) [PMCID: PMC3328209]. | [HTML] nih.gov
Sheng, L., & McGregor, K.K. (2010). Object and action naming in children with specific language impairment. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 53, 1704-1719. https://doi.org/10.1044/1092-4388(2010/09-0180 [PMCID: PMC3370825]. | [HTML] nih.gov
McGregor, K.K., Rohlfing, K., Bean, A., & Marschner, E. (2009). Gesture as a support for word learning: The case of under. Journal of Child Language, 36, 807-828. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0305000908009173 [PMCID: PMC3328788]. | [HTML] nih.gov
Booth, A.E., McGregor, K.K. & Rohlfing, K.J. (2008). Socio-pragmatics and attention: Contributions to gesturally guided word learning in toddlers. Language Learning and Development, 4, 179-202. https://doi.org/10.1080/15475440802143091
McGregor, K.K., Sheng, L., & Ball, T. (2007). Complexities of expressive word learning over time. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 38, 353-364. https://doi.org/10.1044/0161-1461(2007/037) [PMCID: PMC2139986]. | [HTML] nih.gov
Hashimoto, N., McGregor, K.K., & Graham, A. (2007). Conceptual organization at six and eight: Evidence from the semantic priming of object decisions. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 50, 161-176. https://doi.org/10.1044/1092-4388(2007/014) [PMCID: PMC2139982]. | [HTML] nih.gov
Smith, B., McGregor, K.K., & DeMille, D. (2006). Phonological development in lexically precocious two-year-olds. Applied Psycholinguistics, 27, 355-375. https://doi.org/10.1017.S0142716406060310
Newman, R.M., & McGregor, K.K. (2006). Teachers and laypersons discern quality differences in narratives produced by children with or without SLI. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 49, 1022-1036. https://doi.org/10.1044/1092-4388(2006/073)
Sheng, L., McGregor, K.K., & Marian, V. (2006). Lexical-semantic organization in bilingual children: Evidence from a repeated word association task. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 49, 572-587. https://doi.org/10.1044/1092-4388(2006/041) [PMCID: PMC1894819]. | [HTML] nih.gov
Capone, N., & McGregor, K.K. (2005). The effect of semantic representation on toddlers’ word retrieval. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 48, 1468-1480. https://doi.org/10.1044/1092-4388(2005/102)
McGregor, K.K., Sheng, L., & Smith, B. (2005). The precocious two-year-old: Status of the lexicon and links to the grammar. Journal of Child Language, 32, 563-585. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0305000905006926
Capone, N.C., & McGregor, K.K. (2004). Gesture development: A review for clinicians and researchers. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 47, 173-186. https://doi.org/10.1044/1092-4388(2004/015)
McGregor, K.K., & Capone, N.C. (2004). Genetic and environment interactions in determining the early lexicon: Evidence from a set of tri-zygotic quadruplets. Journal of Child Language, 31, 311-337. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0305000904006026
Sheng, L., McGregor, K.K., & Xu, Y. (2003). Prosodic and lexical-syntactic aspects of the therapeutic register. Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics, 17, 355-363. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699200310000079985
Eyer, J.A., Leonard, L.B., Bedore, L.M., McGregor, K.K., Anderson, B., & Viescas, R. (2002). Fast mapping of verbs by children with specific language impairment. Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics, 16, 59-77. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699200110102269
McGregor, K.K., & Appel, A. (2002). On the relation between mental representation and naming in a child with specific language impairment. Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics, 16, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699200110085034
McGregor, K.K., Friedman, R.M., Reilly, R.M., & Newman, R.M. (2002). Semantic representation and naming in young children. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 45, 332-346. https://doi.org/10.1044/1092-4388(2002/026)
McGregor, K.K., Newman, R.M., Reilly, R.M., & Capone, N. (2002). Semantic representation and naming in children with specific language impairment. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 45, 998-1014. https://doi.org/10.1044/1092-4388(2002/081)
Kim, M., McGregor, K.K., & Thompson, C.K. (2000). Early lexical development in English- and Korean-speaking children: Language-general and language-specific patterns. Journal of Child Language, 27, 225-254. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0305000900004104
McGregor, K.K. (2000). The development and enhancement of narrative skills in a preschool classroom: Toward a solution to clinician-client mismatch. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 9, 55-71. https://doi.org/10.1044/1058-0360.0901.55
Gerken, L., & McGregor, K.K. (1998). An overview of prosody and its role in normal and disordered child language. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 7, 38-48. https://doi.org/10.1044/1058-0360.0702.38
McGregor, K.K., & Waxman, S.R. (1998). Object naming at multiple hierarchical levels: A comparison of preschoolers with and without word-finding deficits. Journal of Child Language, 25, 419-430. https://doi.org/10.1017/S030500099800347X
McGregor, K.K. (1997). The nature of word-finding errors of preschoolers with and without word-finding deficits. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 40, 1232-1244. https://doi.org/10.1044/jslhr.4006.1232
McGregor, K.K., & Johnson, A.C. (1997). Trochaic template use in early words and phrases. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 40, 1220-1231. https://doi.org/10.1044/jslhr.4006.1220
McGregor, K.K., Williams, D., Hearst, S., & Johnson, A.C. (1997). The use of contrastive analysis in distinguishing difference from disorder: A tutorial. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 6, 45-56. https://doi.org/10.1044/1058-0360.0603.45
Stark, R.E., & McGregor, K.K. (1997). Follow-up study of a right- and a left-hemispherectomized child: Implications for developmental language disorder. Brain and Language, 60, 222-242. https://doi.org/10.1006/brln.1997.1800
McGregor, K.K., & Windsor, J. (1996). Effects of priming on the naming accuracy of preschoolers with word finding deficits. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 39, 1048-1058. https://doi.org/10.1044/jshr.3905.1048
McGregor, K.K. (1994). Article use in the spontaneous samples of children with specific language impairment: The importance of considering syntactic contexts. Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics, 8, 153-160. https://doi.org/10.3109/02699209408985303
McGregor, K.K. (1994). Use of phonological information in a word-finding treatment for children. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 37, 1381-1393. https://doi.org/1044/jshr.3706.1381
McGregor, K.K., & Leonard, L.B. (1994). Subject pronoun and article omissions in the speech of children with specific language impairment: A phonological interpretation. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 37, 171-181. https://doi.org/10.1044/jshr.3701.171
Le Normand, M.T., Leonard, L.B., & McGregor, K.K. (1993). A cross-linguistic study of article use by children with specific language impairment. European Journal of Disorders of Communication, 28, 153-163. https://doi.org/10.3109/13682829309041463
Leonard, L.B., McGregor, K.K., & Allen, G.D. (1992). Grammatical morphology and speech perception in children with specific language impairment. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 35, 1076-1085. https://doi.org/10.1044/jshr.3505.1076
McGregor, K.K., & Schwartz, R.G. (1992). Converging evidence for underlying phonological representation in a child who misarticulates. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 35, 596-603. https://doi.org/10.1044/jshr.3503.596
Leonard, L.B., & McGregor, K.K. (1991). Unusual phonological patterns and their underlying representations: A case study. Journal of Child Language, 18, 261-271. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0305000900011053
McGregor, K.K., & Leonard, L.B. (1989). Facilitating word-finding skills of language-impaired children. Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 54, 141-147. https://doi.org/10.1044/jshd.5402.141
Professional and Academic Positions:
Director, Center for Childhood Deafness, Language, and Learning, Boys Town National Research Hospital, 2018-
Senior Research Scientist, Center for Childhood Deafness, Language, and Learning, Boys Town National Research Hospital, 2017-
Professor, Dept. of Communication Sciences & Disorders, University of Iowa, 2008-2017
Associate Professor, Dept. of Speech Pathology & Audiology, University of Iowa, 2005-2008
Visiting Academic, Dept. of Psychology, University of Oxford, June 2003-December 2003
Associate Professor, Dept. of Communication Sciences & Disorders, Northwestern University, 1998-2004
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Communication Sciences & Disorders, Northwestern University, 1992-1998
Speech-Language Pathologist, 1987-1988, Bill Wilkerson Center, Vanderbilt University
Education:
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 1988-1992, Speech-Language Pathology, Ph.D. 1992
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 1984-1987, Speech-Language Pathology, M.S. 1987
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 1982-1984, English, B.A. 1984
Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, NC, 1980-1982
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