# CENTER FOR PERCEPTION AND COMMUNICATION IN CHILDREN

> **NIH NIH P20** · FATHER FLANAGAN'S BOYS' HOME · 2022 · $2,309,539

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT
OVERALL: CENTER FOR PERCEPTION AND COMMUNICATION IN CHILDREN
 The goal of Phase II of the Center for Perception and Communication in Children (CPCC), our Center of
Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) at the Boys Town National Research Hospital (BTNRH) in Omaha,
Nebraska, is to expand the range of the current research program by providing a unique environment for the
development of junior faculty who have an interest in identifying mechanisms and factors that influence
children’s auditory and visual perception and communicative development. This focus reflects a critical need
for translational, multi-disciplinary research investigating outcomes for children with communication disorders.
Our goal is to continue to expand the scope of our research programs, ultimately becoming the national leader
for research on speech, language, hearing, and cognitive development in children with communication
disorders. Our approach for achieving this goal is to build and support independent, yet complementary,
research programs that address (1) factors that influence speech, language, hearing, and cognitive
development, (2) the impact of childhood hearing loss and developmental language disorders on speech,
language, hearing, and cognitive functions in real-world environments, and (3) strategies to improve children’s
speech, language, hearing, and cognitive outcomes. We will do this by developing and supporting a critical
mass of NIH-funded research programs focused on issues related to perception and communication in children.
We will also strengthen the research infrastructure available to Core Leads in Phase II, and extend the user
base of these resources to include established CPCC investigators.
 The four initial projects in Phase II will investigate issues related to (1) cognitive mechanisms that facilitate
speech understanding for listeners with cochlear implants, (2) differential diagnosis and outcomes for children
with otitis media, (3) age effects in the perceptual and linguistic mechanisms that underlie auditory-visual
speech enhancement, and (4) individual differences in the rehearsal strategies used by children to overcome
working memory limitations. Research on these topics will be facilitated by three cores. Core A, the an
Administrative Core, will coordinate interaction with an External Advisory Committee, an Administrative
Advisory Committee, an internal Executive Committee, and research mentors. Core B, the Technology Core,
will provide support for hardware and software development, data analysis, and room-acoustics issues. Core C,
the Human Subjects Core, will collect clinical data, implement quality assurance procedures, and assist with
selection and interpretation of clinical measures and recruitment of participants for research studies. The
CPCC will continue to benefit from the combined research experience of the senior faculty who will serve as
Core Leads and mentors, and from the unique patient resources and tr...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10399994
- **Project number:** 5P20GM109023-09
- **Recipient organization:** FATHER FLANAGAN'S BOYS' HOME
- **Principal Investigator:** Lori J. Leibold
- **Activity code:** P20 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $2,309,539
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2014-05-15 → 2024-03-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10399994

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10399994, CENTER FOR PERCEPTION AND COMMUNICATION IN CHILDREN (5P20GM109023-09). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10399994. Licensed CC0.

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