Wayne State University

Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders

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Heather Balog Title Assistant Professor CCC-SLP Office# 202.1 RACK Research Area Child Language Disorders Phone (313) 577-6288 E-Mail av3735@wayne.edu Web Site www.clas.wayne.edu/faculty/balog

Education

• University of Northern Iowa B.A. 1994 Communication Disorders
• University of Northern Iowas M.A. 1996 Speech-Language Pathology
• Purdue University Ph.D. 2004 Speech-Language Pathology

Professional Positions

• 2005-Present Assistant Professor, Wayne State University, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders and the Merrill-Palmer-Skillman Institute
• 2004-2005 Assistant Professor, Wayne State University, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
• 1998-2004 Research/Teaching Assistant, Purdue University
• 1996-1998 Speech-Language Pathologist, Rogers City Rehabilitation Hospital, Rogers City, MI

Awards and Honors

• 2008 Professor of the Year, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Wayne State University
• 2007 CLAS Teaching Award
• 2006 ASHA ACE Award for continuing education
• 2006 Professor of the Year, Department of Audiology and Speech Language Pathology, Wayne State University
• ASHA Student Travel Award for student presentation at the 2002 ASHA Convention, Atlanta, GA ($500.00)
• Graduate Student Association Travel Grant, Fall 2001, Purdue University ($200.00)
• Outstanding Teaching Assistant for 2000-2001 Audiology and Speech Sciences, April 2001, Department of Audiology and Speech Sciences, Purdue University
• Purdue University Graduate Student Award for Outstanding Teaching, April 2001, Purdue University

Research

Areas of interest

• Developmental prosody
• Phonological disorders
• Phonological awareness and literacy

Publications

1. Snow, D., & Balog, H. L. (2002). Do children produce the melody before the words? A review of developmental intonation research. Lingua, 112, 1025-1058.
   
   
2. Balog, H. L., & Roberts, F. D. (2004). Perception of utterance relatedness during the first-word-period. Journal of Child Language, 31, 837-854.
   
   
3. Balog, H. L., & Snow, D. (2007). The adaptation and application of relational and independent analyses for intonation production in young children. Journal of Phonetics, 35, 118-133.
   
   
4. Balog, H. L., & Brentari, D. (2008). The relationship between early gesture and intonation. First Language, 28, 141-163.
   
   
5. Razgunas, R. M., Balog, H. L., & O’Leary, K. S. (submitted). Levels of Abstraction in Shared Book-Reading with Head Start Preschoolers with Speech-Language Impairment.
   
   
6. Balog, H. L., Roberts, F. D., & Snow, D. (submitted). Discourse and intonation development in the first-word period.