Dr. Andrea Warner-Czyz, PhD., CCC-A, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing in the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences at The University of Texas at Dallas. Her research centers on how children who are deaf and hard of hearing 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.