Diane Ogiela, PhD, CCC-SLP

Associate Professor, Child Language Development and Disorders 

Research Interests

Child language development and disorders; Clinical practices in speech-language pathology.

Sample Publications

Ogiela, D.A. and Montzka, J. (2021). Norm-referenced language test selection practices for elementary school children with suspected developmental language disorder. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools. 52, 288-303.

Schneider, J.M., Abel, A.D., Ogiela, D.A., Middleton, A. & Maguire, M.J. (2016). Developmental differences in beta and theta power during sentence processing. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 19, 19-30.

Bio

Dr. Ogiela’s research focuses on examining the underlying mechanisms of morphosyntactic processing in children with Specific Language Impairment (SLI), a disorder that is characterized by significant language difficulties in the absence sensory or general cognitive disabilities. She uses electroencephalography (EEG) to record and analyze brain activity during various language tasks in order to better understand how children with SLI process language in comparison to children and adults with typical language. She also conducts research focused on evaluating language assessment practices with school-age children in order to provide adequate access to language intervention for children with SLI.

Dr. Ogiela’s work has highlighted the need for language assessment practices that are more in-depth than standardized testing and has raised awareness of Specific Language Impairment in children, which is and under-identified disorder with considerable educational and vocational impact.

Dr. Ogiela holds a Doctor of Philosophy from Michigan State University in Audiology and Speech Sciences/Speech-Language Pathology with an interdepartmental specialization in Cognitive Science. She also earned a Master of Science in Speech Sciences/Speech-Language Pathology from Purdue University and a Master of Arts in Linguistic Studies from Syracuse University.