Her research centers on how young children with hearing loss who wear cochlear implants develop, from speech and language to perception to quality of life. She focuses on early markers of performance and employs a multifactorial approach incorporating both audiological and non-audiological factors to identify pediatric cochlear implant recipients at risk for poorer outcomes in communication or quality of life. She has received several funding from various sources to examine these three areas of research, including the Texas Speech, Language, and Hearing Foundation, the American Academy of Audiology Foundation, the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation, and the North and Central Texas Clinical Science and Translational Initiative.