Elizabeth Walker, PhD, CCC-A/SLP is an assistant professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Iowa.  Her research focuses on aural habilitation, specifically examining malleable factors that relate to individual differences in listening, learning, and language outcomes for children who are deaf or hard of hearing.  Her research is supported by several federally funded research grants. She has co-authored a textbook on pediatric hearing assessment and intervention, and has written numerous peer-reviewed articles on pediatric audiology.