Associate Professor,
Communication Sciences & Adjunct Professor, Pediatrics
Ph.D,
Communication Sciences 1987
Case
Western Reserve University
Barbara
A. Lewis, Ph.D., CCC-SLP is an Associate Professor in the Department
of Communication Sciences and an Adjunct Professor in Pediatrics, School of Medicine. Her interests
include the etiological bases of child language disorders with
a focus on genetic, medical and neurological conditions that
impact speech and language development. For the past 17 years,
Dr. Lewis has been the principal investigator on an NIH funded
project investigating the genetic basis of speech sound disorders,
the most common type of communication disorder in early childhood.
She is also a co-investigator on a longitudinal project examining
speech, language, academic and social outcomes of children exposed
to cocaine prenatally. On another longitudinal project, Dr.
Lewis is a co-investigator examining developmental outcomes
of very low birth weight children and associated medical conditions
such as bronchopulmonary dysplasia. Finally, Dr. Lewis has had
a long-standing interest in specific syndromes associated with
communication disorders such as Prader Willi Syndrome. Dr. Lewis
has taught Research Methods.
barbara.lewis@case.edu
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