Steven G. Zecker
The Roxelyn and Richard Pepper Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
Associate Professor
zecker@northwestern.edu
Frances Searle Building
2240 Campus Drive, Room 2-331
Evanston, IL 60208-2952
847-491-2477
Graduate Programs: Communication Sciences and Disorders
Steven Zecker's work focuses on the role of attention and auditory processing skills in learning. Many individuals with learning problems experience significant impairments in one or both of these areas.
Lab Affiliation
Attention and Auditory Processing Lab
Education
| PhD | Cognitive Psychology, Wayne State University |
| MA | Cognitive Psychology, Wayne State University |
| BA | Psychology and Sociology, The University of Michigan |
Publications
Bowen, R.W., Wright, B.A. & Zecker, S.G. (2001). Pattern masking deficits associated with dyslexia: An analysis of psychometric functions. Vision Science and Its Applications, OSA Technical Digest (Optical Society of America Washington, D.: 60-63.
Cunningham, J., Nicol, T., Zecker, S.G., Bradlow, A. & Kraus, N. (2001). Neurobiologic responses-to speech in noise in children with learning problems: Deficits and strategies for improvement. Clinical Neurophysiology 112: 758-767.
Wright, B.A., Bowen, R.W. & Zecker, S.G. (2000). Nonlinguistic perceptual deficits associated with reading and language disorders. Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 10: 482-486.
Courses
| CSD 404-2 | Advanced Statistics Experimental Design in Communicative Disorders |
| CSD 444 | Development and Disorders of Mathematics |
| CSD 488 | Psychoeducational Assessment and Testing Principles |
| CSD 388 | Attention Deficit Disorder and Related Behavior Disorders |
| CSD 466 | Nature and Measurement of Intelligence |


