Cynthia Core
Cynthia Core
Department Chair, Associate Professor
Full-time
Contact:
2115 G Street NW
Washington DC 20052
Cynthia Core is an Associate Professor of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences at the George Washington University. Her research focuses on speech and language development in bilingual children, children with cochlear implants, and children with speech and language disabilities. She is a licensed SLP and Early Intervention Provider.
Research
- Patterns of bilingual development and their environmental correlates (with Erika Hoff, Florida Atlantic University)
- Speech production and perception skills of children using cochlear implants (with James Mahshie, GWU)
- Phonological memory and language in young monolingual and bilingual children (with Erika Hoff, FAU)
Grants
- Patterns of bilingual development and their environmental correlates (Co-PI with Erika Hoff, Florida Atlantic University) Funded by NIH, NICHD.
- Speech production and perception skills of children using cochlear implants (Co-PI with Jim Mahshie, GWU). Funded by DOE, NIDRR.
Selected Publications
Core, C., Pfister, J., Rumiche, R., & Hoff, E. (2025). Parent language proficiency is a source of variance in CDI scores for bilingual children. International Journal of Behavioral Development 49(1), 49–55. https://doi.org/10.1177/
Mahshie, J., Core, C., & Larsen, M. D. (2024). Factors affecting consonant production accuracy in children with cochlear implants: Expressive vocabulary and maternal education. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 59(6), 2312–2332. https://doi.org/10.1111/1460-
Giguere, D., Tulloch, M. K., Core, C., & Hoff, E. (2024). Early skills that predict English reading ability: A longitudinal study of bilingual children from 5 to 10 years. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 246, 105993. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.
Hoff, E., Tulloch, M.K. and Core, C. (2021). Profiles of minority-majority language proficiency in 5-Year-Olds. Child Dev, 92: 1801-1816. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.
Lauro, J., Hoff, E., & Core, C. (2020). Explaining individual differences in trajectories of simultaneous bilingual development: Contributions of child and environmental factors. Child Development. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.
Hoff, E., Core, C., & Shanks, K. F. (2020). The quality of child-directed speech depends on the speaker’s language proficiency. Journal of child language, 47(1), 132-145.
Hoff, E., & Core, C. (2015, May). What clinicians need to know about bilingual development. In Seminars in speech and language (Vol. 36, No. 02, pp. 089-099). Thieme Medical Publishers.
Core, C., Hoff, E., Rumiche, R., & Señor, M. (2013). Total and conceptual vocabulary in Spanish–English bilinguals from 22 to 30 months: implications for assessment. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research.
Hoff, E., Core, C., Place, S., Rumiche, R., Señor, M., & Parra, M. (2012). Dual language exposure and early bilingual development. Journal of child language, 39(1), 1-27.
- Bilingual Language Development
- Speech Development
- Phonology
- Phonology and Literacy
SLHS 4118W - Senior Research Seminar in Communication Science and Disorders
SLHS 6220 - Disorders of Articulation and Phonology
SLHS6291 - Bilingualism
SLHS 6291 - International Collaboration
Ph.D., Speech-Language Pathology, University of Florida, 2004