Merlin Taylor, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Assistant Professor

The CMDS program at Truman was happy to welcome Dr. Merlin Taylor fall, 2009. Dr. Taylor has extensive clinical experience with children and adults in a wide variety of medical and educational settings around the country. His special interests include language development, autism, and neurogenics.

Dr. Taylor received his B.A. degree from St. Mary's College of Maryland and both his master's and doctorate from the University of Memphis. Dr. Taylor  was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Center for Childhood Deafness (CCD), Boys Town National Research Hospital. He is a former recipient of the prestigious Kala Singh Memorial Scholarship from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation.

Selected presentations:

Taylor, M. & Randolph, H. (2005). Lifelong language acquisition: Principles, processes and patterns.

            Seminar, NBASLH Convention, Richmond, VA, April 2005.

Taylor, M. (2005). Qualitative unit analysis--Why, what and how. Seminar, NBASLH Convention,

            Richmond, VA, April 2005.

Taylor, M. (2005). Epileptiform cognitive/linguistic dysfunction. Short course, NBASLH Convention,

            Richmond, VA, April 2005.

Taylor, M. (2004). Triangulating the clinical problem of acquired epileptiform aphasia: 47 years of the

            literature and of one atypical case. Poster Session, SRCLD, Madison, WI, June 2004.

Taylor, M. & Nance, E. (2004). Decision tree meets Ockham's razor: Problem solving in the differential

            diagnosis of acquired epileptiform aphasia (AEA). Poster Session, CAC, Park City, UT, May

            2004.

Taylor, M., Anderson, E. & Patil-Hoffman, P. (2004). Clinical applications of vibrotactile stimulation:

            Theoretical bases, therapeutic techniques, and clinical findings. Poster Session, Conference On