Education

• University of Iowa, Ph.D., Speech & Hearing Science, 2006
  • Thesis title: An examination of the effect of talker familiarity on the sentence recognition skills of cochlear-implant users
• University of Iowa, M.A., Cognitive Psychology, 1999
• Louisiana State University, B.S., Psychology, English minor, 1997

Employment

• Assistant Professor, Louisiana State University, Department of Communications Sciences & Disorders, 2007-present
• Researcher, University of Iowa, Department of Otolaryngology, 1999-2006
• Instructor, University of Iowa, Department of Speech Pathology & Audiology, Fall 2004
• Instructor, University of Iowa, Department of Psychology, Summer 1999
• Research Assistant/Lab Manager, University of Iowa, Department of Psychology, 1997-1999
• Teaching Assistant, University of Iowa, Department of Psychology, 1997-1998
• Research Assistant, Louisiana State University, Department of Psychology, 1993-1997

Awards & Honors

• Faculty International Travel Grant, LSU’s Office of Research & Economic Development, 2012
• Faculty Travel Grant, LSU’s Office of Research & Economic Development, 2011
• Flagship Faculty Member, LSU Today, 2011
• 6th Annual Communication Across the Curriculum (CxC) Summer Institute Fellow, LSU’s CxC Program, 2010
• Faculty Travel Grant, LSU’s Office of Research & Economic Development, 2009
• Students Preparing for Academic & Research Careers (SPARC) Mentor, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 2008
• Lessons for Success Invited Fellow, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 2008
• Faculty Travel Grant, LSU’s Office of Research & Economic Development, 2008
• Faculty Travel Grant, LSU’s Office of Research & Economic Development, 2007
• Educator of Excellence, University of Iowa, 2004
• Professor of the Month (November), University of Iowa, 2004
• Graduate Student Research Travel Award, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 2003
• Children's Miracle Network Funding, University of Iowa, 2000
• Phi Beta Kappa, National Phi Beta Kappa Chapter, 1997

Grants

• Primary Investigator, National Institutes of Health—Pediatric Research Loan Repayment Competitive Renewal Grant. $35,000, 08.01.10-07.31.12.
• Primary Investigator, Talker-specific speech perception in Louisiana’s toddlers with and without hearing loss, Louisiana Board of Regents Support Fund’s Research Competitiveness Subprogram. $105,000, 06.30.10-06.01.13.
• Primary Investigator, The effect of listening training in children with Central Auditory Processing Disorder, Louisiana State University’s Council on Research’s Faculty Research Grant. $10,000, 07.01.08-06.31.09.
• Primary Investigator, National Institutes of Health—Pediatric Loan Repayment Grant, $50,000, 08.01.07-07.31.09
• Primary Investigator, Understanding talker-specific speech perception to facilitate spoken language learning in young children with hearing loss, Louisiana State University's Council on Research, $5,000, 07.01.07-07.30.07

Referred Works

Articles

• Barker, B. A., & Mosely, C. (in press). The influence of multiple narrators on adults’ listening comprehension. Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics.
• Barker, B. A., Kenworthy, M. H., & Walker, E. A., (2011). How we do it: Employment of listening-development criteria during assessment of infants who use cochlear implants. Cochlear Implants International, 12,57-59. doi 10.1179/146701010X486543.
• Tomblin, J. B., Barker, B. A., & Hubbs, S. (2007). Developmental constraints on language development in children with cochlear implants. International Journal of Audiology, 46, 512-523.
• Tomblin, J. B., Barker, B. A., Spencer, L. J., Zhang, X., & Gantz, B. J. (2005). The effect of age at cochlear implant stimulation on expressive language growth in infants and toddlers. Journal of Speech, Language, & Hearing Research, 48, 853-867.
• Barker, B. A., & Newman, R. S. (2004). Listen to your mother! The role of talker familiarity in infant streaming. Cognition, 94, B45-B53.
• Barker, B. A., & Bass-Ringdahl, S. M. (2004). The effect of audibility on audio-visual speech perception in very young cochlear implant recipients. In R. T. Miyamoto (Ed.), Cochlear Implants: Proceedings of the VIII International Cochlear Implant Conference: International Congress Series, Vol. 1273 (pp. 316-319) San Diego: Elsevier Inc (pp. 316 319). San Diego: Elsevier Inc.
• Barker, B. A., & Tomblin, J. B. (2004). Comparing bimodal perception skills in infant hearing-aid and cochlear implant users. Archives of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, 130, 582-586.
• Spencer, L. J., Barker, B. A., & Tomblin, J. B. (2003). Exploring literacy skills of pediatric cochlear implant users. Ear & Hearing, 24, 236-247.
• Barker, B. A., & Newman, R. S. (2000). The cocktail party effect in infants: Following one's mother's voice. In S. C. Howell, S. A. Fish, & T. Keith-Lucas (Eds.), Proceedings of the 24th Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development (pp. 92-103). Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Press.

Posters & Presentations

• Barker, B. A., & Mosely, C. (2013, June).The influence of multiple narrators on adults’ listening comprehension. Poster presented at the 21st International Congress on Acoustics, Montreal, Quebec, CA.
• Barker, B. A., Donovan, N. J., Schubert, A., & Walker, E. A. (2013, March). An examination of the validity and reliability of the Infant-Toddler Meaningful Auditory Integration Scales. Poster presented at the American Auditory Society Annual Meeting, Scottsdale, AZ.
• Barker, B. A., & Meyer Turner, L. (2012, March). Foreign accent’s affect on toddlers’ word recognition and story comprehension. Poster presented at the American Auditory Society Annual Meeting, Scottsdale, AZ.
• Dilday, M.-E. D., & Barker, B. A. (2012, March). The effect of talker familiarity on word recognition in toddlers. Poster presented at the American Auditory Society Annual Meeting, Scottsdale, AZ.
• Barker, B. A., Mosely, C. & Baiamonte, L. (2011, November). Is story comprehension in adult listeners affected by multiple narrators? Paper presented at the Annual American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, San Diego, CA.
• Barker, B. A., & Meyer, L. E. (2011, July). The effect of talker familiarity on spoken word recognition in toddlers with and without CIs. Paper accepted for presented at the 13th Symposium on Cochlear Implants in Children, Chicago, IL.
• Barker, B. A., & Meyer, L. E. (2009, November). Foreign accent’s affect on toddlers’ story comprehension and word recognition. Paper presented at the Annual American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, New Orleans, LA.
• Gary, C. & Barker, B. A. (2009, November). Mothers’ speech to infants with and without Down’s Syndrome. Paper presented at the Annual American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, New Orleans, LA.
• Barker, B. A., & Meyer, L. E. (2009, May). The effect of accent on toddlers’ story comprehension and word recognition. Poster presented at the 2nd Acoustical Society of America Workshop on Speech: Cross-Language Speech Perception and Variations in Linguistic Experience, Portland, OR.
• Lalonde, K., Barker, B. A., & Jumonville, W. J. (2008, November). Effect of Dichotic Interaural Intensity Difference Training on children's (C)APD. Paper presented at the Annual American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Chicago, IL.
• Marino, A. & Barker, B. A. (2008, November). Episodic encoding of spoken words in older adults. Poster accepted for presentation at the Annual American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Chicago, IL.
• Meyer, L. E. & Barker, B. A. (2008, November). The effect of accent variation on story comprehension in toddlers. Paper presented at the Annual American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Chicago, IL.
• Barker, B. A., Walker, E. A., & Kenworthy, M. H. (2008, April). Do you hear me now? Listening-development criteria for infant cochlear implant users. Poster presented at the 10th International Cochlear Implant Conference, San Diego, CA.
• Walker, E. A., Barker, B. A., Galle, M., McMurray, B., Tomblin, J. B. (2008, April). Do pediatric CI users show preferences for the rhythm patterns on English? Poster presented at the 10th International Cochlear Implant Conference, San Diego, CA.
• Galle, M., Walker, E. A., McMurray, B., Barker, B. A., Tomblin, J. B. (2008, April). Discrimination of native and non-native phonemes contrasts in pediatric cochlear implant users. Poster presented at the 10th International Cochlear Implant Conference, San Diego, CA.
• Walker, E. A., Galle, M., McMurray, B., Barker, B. A., Tomblin, J. B. (2008, April). Preferences for infant-directed speech versus adult-directed speech in pediatric cochlear implant users. Poster presented at the 10th International Cochlear Implant Conference, San Diego, CA.
• Barker, B. A., & Walker, E. A. (2007, April). Exploring expressive and receptive language patterns in children with cochlear implants. Paper presented at the 11th Symposium on Cochlear Implants in Children, Raliegh, NC.
• Barker, B. A. (2006, June). Talker familiarity's affect on cochlear-implant users' sentence recognition. Poster presented at the 9th International Cochlear Implant Conference, Vienna, Austria.
• Tomblin, J. B., Spencer, L. J., Barker, B. A., & Hubbs, S. (2005, July). Age of implantation and growth of language. Paper presented at the Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders in Children, Madison, WI.
• Barker, B. A., Tomblin, J. B., & Klein, V. C. (2005, March). Further examination of audio-visual perception skills in infant, cochlear-implant users. Paper presented at the 10th Symposium on Cochlear Implants in Children, Dallas, TX.
• Barker, B. A., & Bass-Ringdahl, S. M. (2004, May). The effect of audibility on audio-visual speech perception in very young cochlear implant recipients. Poster presented at the 8th International Cochlear Implant Conference, Indianapolis, IN.
• Barker, B. A., & Tomblin, J. B. (2003, November). Comparing bimodal perception skills in infant hearing aid and cochlear-implant users. Paper presented at the Annual American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Chicago, IL.
• Barker, B. A., & Tomblin, J. B. (2003, April). Comparing bimodal perception skills in infant hearing-aid and cochlear-implant users. Paper presented at the 9th Symposium on Cochlear Implants in Children, Washington, D.C.
• Barker, B. A., & Tomblin, J. B. (2002, September). Assessing speech perception skills in pediatric cochlear implant users via the Split-Screen Preferential Looking Procedure. Poster session presented at the 7th International Cochlear Implant Conference, Manchester, England.
• Tomblin, J. B., Spencer, L. J., & Barker, B. A. (2002, September). The effect of age of cochlear implantation on language growth in infants and toddlers. Paper presented at the 7th International Cochlear Implant Conference, Manchester, England.
• Tomblin, J. B., Spencer, L. J., & Barker, B. A. (2002, July). The effect of age of cochlear implantation on language growth in infants and toddlers. Poster session presented at the 23rd Annual Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, Madison, WI.
• Barker, B. A., & Newman, R. S (2001, April). Listen to your mother! The roles of talker familiarity and infant) directed speech in infant streaming. Poster session presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Minneapolis, MN.
• Barker, B. A., & Newman, R. S. (1999, November). The cocktail party effect in infants: Following one's mother's voice. Paper presented at 24th Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development, Boston, MA.

Articles In Progress and Under Review

• Barker, B. A., & Meyer Turner, L. Influences of Foreign Accent on Preschoolers' Word Recognition and Story Comprehension
• Lalonde, K. E., & Barker, B. A. Effects of Dichotic Interaural Intensity Difference training in children with auditory processing deficits: A multiple, single subject approach
• Barker, B. A. A comparison of unilateral cochlear-implant and normal-hearing listeners’ identification and perceptual scaling of voices
• Barker, B. A., & Mosely, C. Is story comprehension in adult listeners affected by multiple narrators?
• Barker, B. A., Elliott, E. M., & Briganti, A. The role of talker familiarity on the irrelevant speech effect
• Barker, B. A., Donovan, N. J., Schubert, A. D. & Walker, E. A. An examination of the validity and reliability of the Infant-Toddler Meaningful Auditory Integration Scales
• Barker, B. A., & Gary, C. Mothers’ speech to infants with and without Down Syndrome
• Barker, B. A., The fragility of talker familiarity’s affect on sentence recognition
• Barker, B. A., & Dilday, M.-E. D. The effect of talker familiarity on word recognition in preschoolers.
• Barker, B. A., & Dilday, M.-E. D. Influences of multiple talkers on preschoolers’ word recognition and story comprehension.
• Barker, B. A., Schubert, A. D., & Walker, E. A. The effect of multiple talkers on preschoolers’ word learning.

Invited Work
Articles & Presentations

• Barker, B. A. (2012, Spring). Editor’s Corner: Focus on early identification and intervention in deaf children with cochlear implants. LSHA News, 16, 1-2.
• Barker, B. A. (2012, February). Deaf culture’s affect on interior design. Invited paper presented at the Department of Interior Design, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA.
• Barker, B. A., Elliott, E. M., & Brigianti, A. (2012, January). The influence of talker familiarity on the irrelevant speech effect. Invited paper presented at the Department of Psychology’s Cognitive Brown Bag Series, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA.
• Barker, B. A., & Elliot, E. M., & Brigianti, A. (2010, March). The influence of talker familiarity on the irrelevant speech effect. Invited paper presented at the Department of Communication Sciences & Disorder’s Brown Bag Series, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA.
• Barker, B. A., & Meyer, L. E. (2009, February). The effect of narrator accent on toddlers’ story comprehension. Invited paper presented at the Department of Psychology’s Cognitive Brown Bag Series, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA.
• Barker, B. A. (2007, December). Working toward an understanding of performance variability in people who use cochlear implants. Invited paper presented at University of Texas, Austin, TX.
• Barker, B. A. (2007 & 2008 April). Perceptual roots of spoken language acquisition. Invited paper presented at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA.
• Barker, B. A. (2006, October). Documenting spoken language growth in a child with bilateral cochlear implants. Invited paper presented at the University of Iowa’s Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine’s Medical Center Council Meeting, Iowa City, IA.
• Barker, B. A. (2006, August). An examination of the effect of talker familiarity on the sentence recognition skills of cochlear-implant users. Invited paper presented at DeVault Otologic Research Laboratory, Indianapolis, IN.
• Barker, B. A., Van Voorst, T. & Kenworthy, M. H. (2006, July). Pediatric cochlear implantation. Invited paper presented at the University of Iowa's Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine's basic science lecture series, Iowa City, IA.
• Spencer, L. J. & Barker, B. A. (2005, August). Speech and Language Development in Children with Cochlear Implants. Invited paper presented at the Grantwood Area Education Agency's Cochlear Implants: Auditory Development and Educational Considerations, Iowa City, IA.
• Kenworthy, M. H. & Barker, B. A. (2005, July). Pediatric Cochlear Implantation. Invited paper presented at the University of Iowa's Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine's basic science lecture series, Iowa City, IA.
• Barker, B. A. (2005, January). Language development and integrating therapy into the home. Invited paper presented at Social and Educational Resources for Children with Cochlear Implants, Iowa City, IA.
• Barker, B. A., & Newman, R. S. (2005). When mother speaks...Infants to Adolescents: Research Update, 6, 3.
• Barker, B. A. (2004, April). Understanding and facilitating speech and language development in infants and toddlers. Invited paper presented at the monthly meeting of The Family Network, Iowa City, IA.
• Spencer, L. J.,Barker, B. A., & Tomblin, J. B. (2003). Children with cochlear implants reach critical literacy milestone. NECCI News, 13, 1-3.
• Barker, B. A., & Spencer, L. J. (2003, October). Speech production and language development in pediatric cochlear implant users from the University of Iowa's Children's Cochlear Implant Program. Invited paper presented at the Heartland Area Education Agency's Pediatric Cochlear Implant In-service, Des Moines, IA.
• Barker, B. A., & Spencer, L. J. (2001, November). Enhancing your child's communication. Invited paper presented at the Annual Wendell Johnson Speech and Hearing Clinic's Aural Rehabilitation Weekend, Iowa City, IA.
• Barker, B. A. (2001, March). "Do you hear what I hear?" Understanding and facilitating speech perception in infants and toddlers. Invited paper presented at the Semi-annual Parents' Meeting of the University of Iowa's Children's Cochlear Implant Program, Iowa City, IA.

Teaching

• Research Design, Spring 2012 -
• Undergraduate Seminar on Speech Perception (a communication-intensive certified course), Spring 2008 -
• Spoken Language Processing, Fall 2007 -
• Cochlear Implants in Children, Fall 2007 -
• Aural Rehabilitation in Children (a communication-intensive certified course), Spring 2007-
• Introduction to Language, Summer 2009
• Language Development, Fall 2004
• Cognitive Development of Children, Summer 1999
• Elementary Psychology: Discussion Sections, Fall 1997 - Spring 1998