Kristin Uhler, PhD has a Specialty Certification in Pediatric Audiology. She has practiced as an audiologist since 2000, and works to refine the research tools in an effort to decrease the age at which speech perception can be assessed and how speech perception relates to later language development. Her research focuses on developing a biomarker of infant speech perception in infants with and without hearing loss. Clinically, she strives to standardize protocols to develop good clinical practices locally and nationally. She has successfully completed several research grants and project and is currently funded on a mentored K23 grant funded through the National Institute of Health/ National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders. She is the Chair of Audiology, Speech Pathology, and Learning Services; Kelley Family/Schlessman Family Scottish Rite Masons Chair in Childhood Language Disorders, and Co-Chair Bill Daniels Center for Children's Hearing at Children's Hospital Colorado. Her research focus on developing a biomarker of infant speech perception in infants with and without hearing loss. Dr. Uhler continues to refine the research tools she uses in an effort to decrease the age at which speech perception can be assessed and how speech perception relates to later language development.