Office Hours
By Appointment
Education
PhD, Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of South Carolina
MS, Speech-Language Pathology, Bowling Green State University
BA with Honors, Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of North Dakota
About Me
Anna Ehrhorn, Ph.D., CCC-SLP is an assistant professor in the Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences at Auburn University. Dr. Ehrhorn worked clinically with a focus in pediatrics within a variety of settings (children's hospital in-patient and outpatient, K-12 schools). These clinical experiences informed the pursuit of her Ph.D. leading to an expertise in early literacy strengths and deficits in children with speech sound disorder.
Lab(s)
SLLAC Lab
Areas of Expertise
Speech Sound Disorder (SSD) including phonological-based and motoric-based deficits; Developmental Language Disorder (e.g., language impairment in children); Literacy-based Deficits (e.g., Dyslexia, Poor Reading Comprehension)
Research Interests
Understanding early literacy strengths and deficits in children with speech sound disorder using behavioral and eye-tracking methodologies to optimize functional communication and academic achievement
Publications
Published
Baron, L.S., Ehrhorn, A.M., Shlanta, P., Ashby, J., Bell, B. & Adlof, S.M. (2024, August 12). Orthographic influences on phonological processing in children with and without reading difficulties: An eye-tracking study. Reading and Writing. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11145-024-10567-y
Ehrhorn, A.M. (2024, May 9). Learning from research: Thinking about why and how to support word reading in children with speech sound disorder. Invited for Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, SIG 1 Language Learning and Education, 9(4), 935-948. https://doi.org/10.1044/2024_PERSP-24-00024
Chan, J., Adlof, S. M., Duff, D., Mitchell, A., Ragunathan, M., & Ehrhorn, A. (2022, Feb 15). Examining the associations between parent concerns and school-age children’s language and reading abilities: A comparison of samples recruited in-school vs. online participation. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools. https://doi.org/10.1044/2021_LSHSS-21-00080
Ehrhorn, A.M., Adlof, S., Fogerty, D., & Laing, S. (2020, Dec 17). Probing Phonological Processing Differences in Nonword Repetition for Children with Separate or Co-occurring Dyslexia and Developmental Language Disorder. Scientific Studies of Reading, 25(6), 486-503. https://doi.org/10.1080/10888438.2020.1849223
In Review
Boyd, L., Ehrhorn, A.M., Plumb, A., & Plexico, L. (In review). The impact of stress, resilience, grit and intolerance of uncertainty on job satisfaction. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology.
Ehrhorn, A.M., Brooks, M., & Adlof, S.M. (In review). Measurement of foundational, literacy, and oral language skills in speech sound disorder research: A scoping review. Journal of Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools.
In Revision
Adlof, S.M., Duff, D.M., Bell, B.A., Mitchell, A., Berrier, T. B., Ehrhorn, A. M., & Ragunathan, M. (In revision). Effects of instructional context and exposure frequency on the spoken word learning of children with developmental language disorder. Journal of Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools.
Preprint
Cummings, A. E., & Ehrhorn, A. (2019, May 21). Identifying possible underlying mechanisms of developmental speech sound disorders with the Nonword Repetition Task. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/hs9xm
In Preparation
Ehrhorn, A.M., Werfel, K., Fitton, L., & Adlof, S. (In preparation). Orthographic knowledge in children with speech sound disorder. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research.
Ehrhorn, A.M., Werfel, K., Fitton, L., & Adlof, S. (In preparation). Influences of orthographic knowledge and language ability on phonological awareness performance in children with speech sound disorder. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research.
**Fisher, E., Fitton, L., Adlof, S.M., & Ehrhorn., A.M. (In preparation). Orthographic knowledge and phonological awareness in beginning readers. Journal of Child Language.
**Guillaume, S., Pope, L., Plumb, A., Sandage, M., & Ehrhorn, A.M. (In preparation). Development and Application of an Innovative Framework Improving Early Intervention Services: Systematic Pathway of early intervention Relational OUTcomes (SPROUT). Early Childhood Education Journal.
**Hundley, G.M. & Ehrhorn, A.M. (In preparation). Measuring Spelling in Children with Speech Sound Disorder. Reading and Writing.
**Garrott, A. & Ehrhorn, A.M. (In preparation). Predicting Word Reading and Spelling with Speech Sound Production Errors in Early School-Aged Children. Reading and Writing.
Ehrhorn, A.M., Thrower, E., Bumgarner, C., & Conway, A. (In preparation). Examining speech production in linguistically diverse individuals: The Speech Production of Accent and Dialect Differentiation (SPADD) development and application. Journal of Child Language.
* Co-first authorship **Mentored student project
Courses Taught
SLHS 3410: Articulatory Phonetics and Phonology
Required undergraduate and leveling course offered online.
SLHS 3410: Articulatory Phonetics and Phonology
Required undergraduate and leveling course offered in-person.
SLHS 7700: Clinical Problem Solving I
Required graduate course.
SLHS 7700: Clinical Problem Solving II
Required graduate course.
SLHS 7510: Advanced Articulation and Phonological Disorders
Required graduate course.
SLHS 4980: Undergraduate Research
Optional undergraduate course to gain research experience.
SLHS 4930: Independent Study
Optional undergraduate course.
SLHS 7590: Language Disorders in School-Aged Children
Required graduate course.