Yu-Chen Hung, Director / Research Fellow

Journal papers

1. Hung, Y.-C., Chang, Y., Chan, Y.-C., Lo, M., Chen, P.-C., Chang, S.-T., Liao, Y., & Hong, H.-M. (2026). KLiP: A neural network-based surveillance tool for early identification of listening difficulties in children aged 3–6 years. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, 201, 112700. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijporl.2025.112700 【SCIE】
2. Hung, Y.-C., Ho, P.-H., Chen, P.-H., Tsai, Y.-S., Li, Y.-J., & Lin, H.-C. (2024). Impact of Hearing Aids on Language Outcomes in Preschool Children With Mild Bilateral Hearing Loss. Trends in hearing, 28. https://doi.org/10.1177/23312165241256721【SCIE】
3. Hung, Y.-C., Lim, T. Z., Chen, P.-H., & Tsai, Y.-S. (2024). Hearing aid wear time and its impact on vocabulary in preschoolers with moderately severe to profound hearing loss. International journal of audiology, 1-9. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/14992027.2024.2313017【SCIE】
4. Hung, Y.-C., & Lin, C.-Y. (2023). Audiogram of Chinese Phonemes: Construction and Evaluation. Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1159/000526031【SSCI】
5. Hung, Y.-C., Chen, P.-H., Lin, T.-H., & Lim, T.-Z. (2022). Children With Unilateral Hearing Loss After Newborn Hearing Screening in Taiwan. American Journal of Audiology, 31(3), 646-655. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35728040/【SCI】
6. Lin, C.-Y, Hung, Y.-C., & Chang, H.-W. (2021). Development of the Mandarin Phoneme Detection Score Sheet as a Screening Tool. Journal of Audiology & Otology, 26(1). DOI: 10.7874/jao.2021.00276. PMID: 34748698.  https://doi.org/10.7874/jao.2021.00276【ESCI】
7. Hung, Y.-C. & Chan Y.-C. (2020). An Analysis of Oral Reading Rate and Reading Comprehension in First- and Second-Graders with Typical Hearing and with Hearing Loss. Journal of Special Education, (52), 29-48. (written in Chinese)
8. Hung, Y.-C., & Chan, Y.-C.(2020). Development, reliability, and validity of the oral reading assessment for Mandarin-speaking children with hearing loss.  Deafness & Education International, 22(3), 212-231. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14643154.2020.1718320【ESCI】
9. Lin, K.-J., Hung, Y.-C., & Huang, Y. S. (2019). The significance of the separation ear of hearing detection in monitoring of the hearing fluctuation of hearing impaired children. The Journal of Deaf Education, 18, 4-7. (written in Chinese)
10. Hung, Y.-C., Lin, K.-J., & Ma, Y.-C. J. (2018). The necessity and strategy for daily monitoring of hearing performance of children with hearing loss. Journal of Special Education Development, 66, 33-42. (written in Chinese)
11. Hung, Y.-C., Lee, Y.-J., & Tsia, L.-C. (2018). Validation of the Chinese Sound Test: Auditory Performance of Hearing Aid Users. American Journal of Audiology, 27(1). https://doi.org/10.1044/2017_AJA-17-0057【SCIE】
12. Hung, Y.-C., Lee, Y.-J., & Tsai, L.-C. (2017). Vowel production of Mandarin-speaking hearing aid users with different types of hearing loss. PLoS ONE, 12(6), e0178588. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0178588【SCIE】
13. Hung, Y.-C., Lin, C.-Y., Tsai, L.-C., & Lee, Y.-J. (2016). Multidimensional approach to the Development of a Mandarin Chinese-Oriented Speech Sound Test. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 59(2), 349-58. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27045325/【SSCI/SCIE】
14. Hung, Y.C. & Lin, K.J. (2015). Child-directed Speech for Children with Hearing Loss in Early Intervention Practice, Special Education Quarterly, 134, 21-30. (written in Chinese)
15. Tsai, L.-C. & Hung, Y.-C. (2015). Language performance of preschool children with bimodal hearing devices and bilateral hearing aids. Chinese Scientific Journal of Hearing and Speech Rehabilitation, 37, 458-461.

Book chapter

1. Hung, Y. C.(2022). Linguisticaspectsofchild-directedspeech; Impact ofchild-directedspeech on children, Lin, K.-J. (Ed). Getting started with learning language: An activity manual for promoting language development in preschoolers. Psychological Publishing.
2. Hung, Y.-C. (2019). Chinese Sound Test. In F. Y. Chiu (Ed.). Open the audio world: 30 compulsory lessons for parents of the hearing impaired children (pp. 59-62). Taipei, Taiwan: Children’s hearing foundation. (written in Chinese)
3. Hung, Y.C. (2014). Auditory-Verbal Therapy – Language. In: Family-centered early intervention for children with hearing impairments: Theory and practice of auditory-verbal therapy. pp. 137-178. Taipei: Psychological Publishing.

Conference presentations

1. Hung, Y.-C., & Chu, C.-Y. (2025, Jun.). Auditory-Verbal Practice for Chinese-Speaking Families. Oral presented at 2025 AG Bell Symposium, Global LSL Virtual Symposium (virtual).
   Chang, Y., Hung, Y.-C., Chang, S.-T., Liao, Y., Lo, M., Chan, Y.-C., Chen, P.-C., & Wang, Y.-C. (2025, Mar.). KLiP: An Innovative Online Tool for Screening Potential Hearing Loss in Children Aged 3 to 6. Poster presented at 2025 Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Conference, Pittsburgh, USA.
2. Liao, Y.-F., Chu, C.-Y., & Hung, Y.-C. (2024, Oct.). From Lexical Diversity to Latent Ability: Estimating Child Language Ability from Natural Speech Samples. Presented at 2024 Taiwan Psychology Association Annual Conference, Taipei, Taiwan.
3. Wang, Y.-C., Lo, M., Chen, S.-Y., Hung, Y.-C., Chang, Y., Chan, Y.-C., Chen, P.-C., Chang, S.-T., & Wang, T.-Y. (2024, Oct.). Deliberate Allocation of Cognitive Effort to Identification of Auditory Information in Children with Hearing Loss. Presented at 2024 Taiwan Psychology Association Annual Conference, Taipei, Taiwan.
4. Hung, Y.-C., Lo, M., Chang, Y., Chan, Y.-C., Chen, P.-C., Chang, S.-T., Fan, J.-S. (2024, June). Innovative approaches to timely detection: A quick listening performance checklist for recognizing preschool children with potential hearing loss. Presented at Hearing Across the Lifespan 2024, Cernobbio, Italy.
5. Chang, Y., Chan, Y.-C., Chen, P.-C., Hung, Y.-C., Fan, J.-S., Chang, S.-T., Lo., M., & Wang, T.-Y. (2024, March). Timely Detection of Late-Onset Hearing Loss in Taiwan: Risk Factor Follow-up. Presented at 2024 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference, Denver, CO.
6. Li, Y.-J., Hung, Y.-C., Tsai, Y.-S., & Chen, P.-H. (2023, Jun.). Device wear time: parent reports vs datalogs. Presented at 2023 AG Bell Global Listening and Spoken Language Symposium (virtual).
7. Hung, Y.-C. & Chang, Y.-M. (2023, Nov.). Visualize the limitations of hearing and the benefits of cochlear implantation: Audiogram of Chinese Sounds. Presented at the 14th Asia Pacific Symposium on Cochlear Implant and Related Sciences, Seoul, South Korea.
8. Lee, S.-R., Huang, C.-S., Su, P.-Y., Hung, Y.-C., Tsai, C.-L., Chen, B. F.-Y.  (2022, Dec.) Feasibility study of a pupil movement assistance for hearing assessment in infants. Poster presented at 2022 Global Conference on Biomedical Engineering (GCBME), Taipei, Taiwan.
9. Hung, Y.-C.,Chen, P.-H., Lim, T.-Z. (2022, Nov.). Different factors influence language development in preschoolers with minimal hearing loss and severe-to-profound hearing loss. Poster presented at 2022 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Conference (virtual conference).
10. Hung, Y.-C., Chen, P.-H., & Lim, T. Z. (2021, Nov.). Maximize the Benefits of Hearing Aids for Language Development of Children with Hearing Loss. Poster presented at 2021 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Conference, Online.
11. Lin, T.-H., Chen, P.-H., & Hung, Y.-C. (2021, Nov.). Sleep Duration of Children with Typical Hearing and Hearing Loss in Taiwan. Poster presented at 2021 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Conference, Online.
12. Lim, T. Z., Chen, P.-H., Hung, Y.-C,& Chu, C.-Y. (2021, Dec.). Smart listening test: the application and accuracy of adaptive mandarin monosyllable recognition test. Oral presentation at 2021 Conference of Taiwan Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Taichung, Taiwan.
13. Hung, Y. -C. & Lin, T. -H (June 2020). Rapid word learning of children with cochlear implants: Phonological structure and mutual exclusivity. Poster presented at Summer Neurolinguistics School 2020, Online.
14. Tsai, Y. -S., Wang, X. -J., Lin, T. -H., Lim, T. -Z., Chen, P. -H. & Hung, Y. -C. (Dec. 2020). Exploring the factors for consistent usage of hearing aids. Poster presented at 2020 Conference of Taiwan Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
15. Lim, T. -Z., Tsai, Y. -S., Wang, X. -J., Lin, T. -H., Chen, P. -H. & Hung, Y. -C. (Dec. 2020). Exploring the factors for consistent usage of hearing aids：A study of preschooler. Poster presented at 2020 Conference of Taiwan Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
16. Wang, X. -J., Lin, T. -H., Lim, T. -Z., Tsai, Y. -S., Chen, P. -H. & Hung, Y. -C. (Dec. 2020). Differences in duration of hearing aids usage between parental report and data logging. Poster presented at 2020 Conference of Taiwan Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
17. Hung , Y.-C. et al., (2019, July).Minimal hearing loss in children: Auditory-verbal Intervention. Concurrent session, The 2019 AG Bell Global Listening and Spoken Language Symposium. Madrid, Spain.
18. Hung, Y.-C., &Chan, Y.-C. (2019, Aug.).Prosodic performance of children with hearing loss: What matters? Poster presented at 31st World Congress of the International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics, Taipei, Taiwan.
19. Chan, Y.-C., & Hung, Y.-C. (2019, Aug.).The role of word segmentation in reading for understanding: A study on Mandarin-speaking children with hearing loss. Poster presented at 31st World Congress of the International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics, Taipei, Taiwan.
20. Chan, Y.-C., Hung, Y.-C., Yang, Y.-J., & Lee, Y.-J. (2018, November) Assessing hearing through speaking: A Mandarin oral reading assessment for children with hearing loss. Oral presentation at Hong Kong Speech and Hearing Symposium 2018, Hong Kong.
21. Lin, C.-Y., Hung, Y.-C., & Chang, H.-W.. (2018, November). Little tips might help: Typical aided performance of Mandarin phoneme and narrowband noise. Oral presentation at Hong Kong Speech and Hearing Symposium 2018, Hong Kong.
22. Hung, Y.-C., & Ma, Y.-C. J. (2018, May). Evidence-based strategy to monitor aided hearing performance. Oral presentation at 2018 Audiology Australia National Conference, Sydney.
23. Hu, J.-F., Luo Y.-H., & Hung, Y.-C. (2018, October). Comprehension of Chinese Classifiers in Preschool Normal Hearing and Cochlear Implanted Children. Presentation at 2018 at Asia-Pacific Babylab Constellation, Singapore.
24. Chan, Y.-C., Yang, Y.-J., Lee, Y.-J., & Hung, Y.-C. (2017, November). Chinese word recognition in children with hearing loss. Paper presented at the 16th International Congress of Early Intervention Professionals for Children with Developmental Delays, Taichung, Taiwan.
25. Hung, Y.-C., Lee, Y.-J., & Tsai, L.-C. (2017, September). Evaluation of Chinese Sound Test: The Auditory Performance of Hearing Aids Users. Oral Presentation at 10th Asia Pacific Conference on Speech, Language, and Hearing, Narita, Japan.
26. Hung, Y.-C., Lee, Y.-J., Tsai, L.-C., & Ma, Y.-C. J. (2017, September). Chinese Speech Banana: The Evaluation of Clinical Validity. Oral Presentation at 10th Asia Pacific Conference on Speech, Language, and Hearing, Narita, Japan.
27. Hung, Y.-C., & Lin, C.-Y. (2017, September). Cross-check Your Hearing Results: Relationship between Mandarin Phoneme Detection Thresholds and Pure-tone. Poster presented at 10th Asia Pacific Conference on Speech, Language, and Hearing, Narita, Japan.
28. Lin, C.-Y., Change, H.-W., & Hung, Y.-C. (2017, September). Is it good enough? Fitting Hearing Aids with Mandarin Phoneme Detection Index. Oral Presentation at 10th Asia Pacific Conference on Speech, Language, and Hearing, Narita, Japan.
29. Hung, Y.-C., Tsai, L.-C., & Lee, Y.-J. (2016, October). Vowel Production of Mandarin-speaking Hearing Aid Users with Different Types of Hearing Loss. Paper presented at The 55th Annual Convention of Taiwanese Psychological Association and International Psychological Conference, Tainan, Taiwan.
30. Hung, Y.-C., Hu, J.-F., & Tsai, L.-C. (2016, October). Eye Movements Reveal Word Learning Differences Between Children with Cochlear Implants. Paper presented at The 55th Annual Convention of Taiwanese Psychological Association and International Psychological Conference, Tainan, Taiwan.
31. Hung, Y.C., & Ma, Y.-C. J. (2015). Development of a Chinese Speech Banana. 10th Asia Pacific Symposium on Cochlear Implants and Related Sciences, Beijing, China.
32. Hung, Y.C., & Ma, Y.-C. J. (2015). Evaluating the performance of cochlear implants via the detection-distance index method. 10th Asia Pacific Symposium on Cochlear Implants and Related Sciences, Beijing, China.
33. Tsai, L.-C., Lee, Y.-J., & Hung, Y.-C. (2015). Errors, cues and a better understanding: Implications for the test results of Chinese corner vowels. 10th Asia Pacific Symposium on Cochlear Implants and Related Sciences, Beijing, China.
34. Lee, Y.-J., Tsai, L.-C., & Hung, Y.-C. (2015). Beyond the degree of hearing loss: Risk factors associated with poor speech intelligibility. 10th Asia Pacific Symposium on Cochlear Implants and Related Sciences, Beijing, China.
35. Hung, Y.-C., Hu, J.-F., Tsai, L.-C., Lee, Y.-J., & Wang, P.-L. (2014). The effects of phonological complexity on word learning in deaf children with cochlear implants. The 36^th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, Quebec City, Canada.
36. Lin, G.-S., Ma, Y.-C. J., & Hung, Y.-C. (2014). Development of the Chinese Speech Sound Test and its clinical application. 2014 Conference of Taiwan Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Taichung City, Taiwan.
37. Lee, C.-W, Lin, C.-Y., Wu, S.-J., & Hung, Y.-C. (2014). Development of assessment tool of reading skills in school-age children with hearing loss. 2014 Conference of Taiwan Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Taichung City, Taiwan.
38. Chang, Y., Lin, G.-S.,  & Hung, Y.-C. (2014). Feasible Daily Monitoring Strategies for Managing Fluctuating Hearing Loss in Children. XXXII World Congress of Audiology, Brisbane, Australia.
39. Hung, Y.-C., Tsai, Y.-C., & Lin, C.-Y. (2013). An Acoustic-Phonetic Approach to the Development of a Chinese-oriented Speech Hearing Test. 2013 The ASHA convention, Chicago, USA.
40. Hung, Y.-C., Tsai, Y.-C., & Lin, C.-Y. (2013). The six-sound test revisited: a Chinese-oriented approach. 9^th Asia Pacific Conference on Speech, Language and Hearing (APCSLH), Taichung City, Taiwan.

Others

1. Lin, K. -J., & Hung, Y.-C. (2017). Monitoring Children with Hearing Fluctuation. The Hearing Journal, 70(10), 14-16.
2. Hung, Y.-C. & Ma, Y.-C. J. (2016). Effective Use of the Six Sound Test. The Hearing Journal, 69(7), 16-17.