Holly Lind-Combs

Research

Dr. Lind-Combs investigates the factors influencing pragmatic language development in deaf/hard of hearing children who use spoken language.

Certification and Licensure

ASHA CCC-SLP: License to practice speech-language pathology in MD and OH.

Selected Publications

• Bent, T., Henry, M., Holt, R. F., & Lind-Combs, H. C. (under review). Relating pronunciation distance metrics to intelligibility across English accents. Journal of Phonetics. 
• Lind-Combs, H. C., Bent, T., Holt, R. F., Clopper, C. G., & Brown, E. (2023). Comparing Levenshtein distance and dynamic time warping in predicting listeners’ judgments of accent distance. Speech Communication. 
• Bowdrie, K., Lind-Combs, H. C., Blank, A., & Holt, R. F. (2023). The influence of caregiver language on the association between child temperament and spoken language in children who are deaf and hard-of-hearing. Ear and Hearing. 
• Bent, T., Lind-Combs, H. C., Holt, R. F. & Clopper, C. G. (2023). Perception of regional and nonnative accents: A comparison of museum laboratory and online data collection. Linguistics Vanguard. 
• Lind-Combs, H. C., & Holt, R. F. (2022). Associations between parent mental state language and child inhibitory control in children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 65(8), 3129-3145. 

Recent Presentations

• Lind-Combs, H.C., & Holt, R. F. (2024, February). Visual social attention and pragmatics in adolescents who are deaf/hard-of-hearing. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Auditory Society, Scottsdale, AZ.  
• Lind-Combs, H.C., & Holt, R. F. (2023, December). Visual social attention and pragmatics in children with cochlear implants and hearing aids: Results from an eye-tracking study. Poster presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association convention, Boston, MA. 
• Lind-Combs, H. C. (2023, March). Age-related differences in visual social attention: Results from a pilot study. Poster presented at the Buckeye Language Network Symposium, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.  
• Holt, R. F., Lind-Combs, H. C., Bowdrie, K, & Jamsek, I. A. (2022, November). Promoting resiliency in children who are deaf and hard-of-hearing: The essential role of families. Technical presentation at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association convention, New Orleans, LA. 
• Lind-Combs, H. C., Bent, T., Holt, R. F., & Clopper, C. G. (2021, December). Comparing Levenshtein distance and dynamic time warping in predicting listeners’ judgements of accent distance. Poster presented at the fall meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Seattle, WA.   
• Lind-Combs, H. C., Shrivastava, S., & Holt, R. F. (2021, November). The effect of parent mental state language on inhibitory control in children with hearing loss. Poster presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) convention, Washington, D.C. 
• Lind-Combs, H. C., O’Malley, C., Heath, A., Shrivastava, S., & Holt, R. F. (2021, April 28-May 1). Parental stress influences parents' sensitivity to DHH child language needs. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Cochlear Implant Alliance, Virtual Meeting. 

Membership/Affiliations

• America Speech-Language Hearing Association
• American Auditory Society

Professional Service

• Ad Hoc Reviewer: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research; American Journal of Speech-language Pathology; International Journal of Speech-language Pathology