Is feeding the new play? Are all pacifiers created equal? Pediatric Feeding, Speech, and Language with Emily Zimmerman
Is feeding the new play? Are all pacifiers created equal? What are long-term speech and language outcomes for preterm infants? Pediatric Feeding, Speech, and Language with Emily Zimmerman
Emily Zimmerman, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Assistant Professor, Communication Sciences and Disorders; Director of the Speech and Neurodevelopment Lab, Northeastern University
Favorite Children’s Books:
- Roald Dahl
- Little Dracula’s First Christmas
Articles and Resources
- Emily's Lab website (Find all of Emily’s publications here!)
- Emily's Lab on Facebook
- X: @emzimmy
- Do Infants Born Very Premature and Who Have Very Low Birth Weight Catch Up With Their Full Term Peers in Their Language Abilities by Early School Age?
- Is Feeding the New Play?
- Kindergarten Classroom Functioning of Extremely Preterm/Extremely Low Birth Weight Children
- Feeding Matters
- Emily on ‘Down the Hatch’ podcast
News Stories about Emily’s work:
- https://www.adinstruments.com/heroes/dr-emily-zimmerman
- https://web.northeastern.edu/routes/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Vital-Signs_Summer-2017_Binkies-Do-More-than-Pacify.pdf
- https://news.northeastern.edu/2018/12/10/a-northeastern-professor-wants-premature-infants-to-thrive-in-the-hospital-this-simple-fix-might-help/
- https://news.northeastern.edu/2018/10/05/researchers-receive-13-2-million-to-continue-study-of-health-challenges-facing-women-children-in-puerto-rico/
