Sneha Bharadwaj, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Associate Professor
Communication Sciences and Oral Health
Contact
sbharadwaj@twu.edu
940-898-4034
MCL 847
Biography
Sneha Bharadwaj works as an associate professor at Texas Woman's University. She obtained her doctoral degree from the University of Texas at Dallas - Callier Center for Communication Disorders. Her research interests include (a) examining speech, language, and literacy outcomes in children with hearing loss who use hearing aids, cochlear implants and auditory brainstem implants; (b) assessing the effects of auditory deprivation on sensory and cognitive functions; (c) exploring predictors of literacy outcomes in children with hearing loss; and (d) investigating the efficacy of interventions to improve literacy outcomes in children with hearing loss. She teaches undergraduate and graduate classes that are offered in the on-campus and in the distance venues. She has served on the undergraduate curriculum and PRC committee at the department level; and on the undergraduate and graduate councils at the university levels. She serves as an Ad- Hoc reviewer for many national and international journals. She also serves her profession as well as the community by being an active participant on committees associated with organizations such as American Speech-Language Hearing Association and the Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing School.
Education
Ph.D., Communication Sciences, University of Texas System : Dallas, Richardson, TX, 2002
M.S., Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of Mysore, Mysore, India, 1994
B.S., Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of Mysore, Mysore, India, 1992
Research Interests
Hearing loss; Children; Adults; Cochlear Implants; Hearing Aids; Speech Production; Language; Literacy; Cognition; Memory; Assessment; Intervention; Basic Science Research; Translational Research
Latest Articles
Comprehension monitoring strategy intervention in children with hearing loss: A single case design study
Deafness & Education International (2018)
Sneha V. Bharadwaj, E. Lund
An exploratory study of visual sequential processing in children with cochlear implants.
International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology (2016)
Sneha Bharadwaj, Jyutika Mehta
Working memory, short-term memory and reading proficiency in school-age children with cochlear implants.
International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology (2015)
Sneha V. Bharadwaj, D. Maricle, L. Green, L. Allmann
Chapters
Developmental aspects of vowel inherent spectral change
in Vowel inherent spectral change | Springer-Verlag (2013)
P F Assmann, T Nearey, S V Bharadwaj
Current Projects
My current research work evolves around:
1. Speech production outcomes in children with Auditory Brainstem Implants
2. Interventions to improve literacy outcomes in children with hearing loss
Internally Funded Projects
Woodcock Institute Research Grant
$10,000.00 | 2015
Research Grant
Professional Affiliations
- Member, American Cochlear Implant Alliance
- Member, American Speech-Language Hearing Association