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Wyatte C. Hall, MA, PhD

Wyatte C. Hall, MA, PhD

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About Me

Faculty Appointments

Assistant Professor - Department of Public Health Sciences (SMD)

Assistant Professor - Center for Community Health and Prevention - Joint

Assistant Professor - Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (SMD) - Joint

Assistant Professor - Department of Pediatrics (SMD) - Joint

Credentials

Post-doctoral Training & Residency

Research Fellowship, University of Rochester Medical Center 2015 - 2018

Clinical Fellowship, University of Massachusetts Medical School 2014 - 2015

Education

PhD | Gallaudet University. Clinical Psychology. 2014

MA | Gallaudet University. Clinical Psychology. 2011

BS | Rochester Institute of Technology. Psychology. 2008

Awards

Dr. David Satcher Community Health Improvement Award. 2025

National Champion Award. 2025

Best Community Engagement Project Award. 2025

Research

Publications

Journal Articles

Primary health-care practices for deaf children should include early incorporation of a signed language.

Hall WC, Hecht JL

Lancet.. 2025 December 21404 (10471):2498-2500. Epub 08/28/2024.

Layered revelations: Contextualizing the narratives of listening and spoken language in deaf education and early intervention

Hill, C.S.; Hall, W.C.

2025; .

Population-based ascertainment of social-ecological circumstances of Dominican Republic's deaf community

Sanchez, J.J.; Taveras, P.; Siddiqi, S.; Jesurum, A.; Rosario, I.G.; Varner, H.; Flores, S.; Ventura, I.M.; Batista, E.; Trinidad, D.N.O.; Ramos, E.G.; Moreno, K.; Cedeno de Jesus, S., Reyes, C.M., de Jesus Morillo, D.; Santana, G.D.; Tavarez, J.J.; Feliz, L.M.; Betemit, C.; Li, D.; Feng, C.; Hall, W.C.; Dye, T.D.V.

2025; .

Preliminary development of the deaf childhood experiences scale

Hall, W.C.; Henner, J.; Dye, T.D.V.

Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education. 2025; .

Understanding the context of mental health in deaf populations is important

Hall, W.C.; Guardino, D.L.; Henner, J.; Holmes-Hlibok, T.; Pezzarossi, C.K.; Humphries T.

Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education. 2025; .

Challenging the "norm": a critical look at deaf-hearing comparison studies in research.

Holcomb L, Hall WC, Gardiner-Walsh SJ, Scott J

Journal of deaf studies and deaf education.. 2024 December 2030 (1):2-16. Epub 1900 01 01.

Early entry in a bilingual educational environment leads to age-expected American Sign Language skills and academic outcomes for deaf children with hearing parents

Finton, E.; Hall, W.C.; Berke, M.; Bye, R.; Ikeda, S.; Caselli, N.

Journal of Special Education. 2024; .

From principles to practice: Creating language equity for Deaf professionals

Hall, W.C.; Brick, K.; Millios, W.

Journal of Interpretation. 2024; 32(1): 1-17.

Creating the High School Pipeline for Future Deaf Scientists in Academic Medicine.

Hall WC, O'Dell N, Gordon S, Ogden S, McLetchie AAL, O'Regan RM

Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges.. 2023 November 198 (11):1235. Epub 08/04/2023.

Characterization of sleep among deaf individuals.

Carr M, Yoo A, Guardino D, Hall WC, McIntosh S, Pigeon WR

Sleep health.. 2023 April 9 (2):177-180. Epub 12/07/2022.

COVID-19 Vaccine Equity and Access: Case Study for Health Care Chatbots.

Perez-Ramos JG, Leon-Thomas M, Smith SL, Silverman L, Perez-Torres C, Hall WC, Iadarola SJ

JMIR formative research.. 2023 January 257 :e39045. Epub 01/25/2023.

In Reply to Meeks and McKee.

Aldalur A, Hall WC, DeAndrea-Lazarus IA

Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges.. 2023 January 198 (1):7-8. Epub 12/22/2022.

Supporting ASL communication between hearing parents and deaf children

Hossain, E.; Bao, A.; Newman, K.S.; Mann, M.; Wang, H.; Kurumada, C.; Hall, W.C.; Bai, Z.

ASSETS '23: Proceedings of the 25th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility. 2023; 61: 1-5.

Associations of childhood hearing loss and adverse childhood experiences in deaf adults.

Hall WC, Dye TDV, Siddiqi S

PloS one.. 2023 18 (6):e0287024. Epub 06/21/2023.

From Vicious Circles to Virtuous Cycles: Vygotskian-Inspired Conclusions for Biomedicine and Deaf Education.

Willicheva K, Hall WC

American annals of the deaf.. 2023 168 (1):162-176. Epub 1900 01 01.

No Taxation Without Representation: Addressing the "Deaf Tax" in Academic Medicine.

Aldalur A, Hall WC, DeAndrea-Lazarus IA

Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges.. 2022 August 197 (8):1123-1127. Epub 07/21/2022.

"Characterization of Sleep Among Deaf Individuals."

Carr M, Yoo A, Guardino D, Hall W, McIntosh S, Pigeon W.

Sleep Health. 2022; .

American Sign Language Interpreters in Public Schools: An Illusion of Inclusion that Perpetuates Language Deprivation.

Caselli NK, Hall WC, Henner J

Maternal and child health journal.. 2020 November 24 (11):1323-1329. Epub 1900 01 01.

The importance of signed languages for deaf children and their families

Murray, J.J.; Hall, W.C.; Snoddon, K.

The Hearing Journal. 2020; 97(10): 711-716.

Education and health of children with hearing loss: the necessity of signed languages.

Murray JJ, Hall WC, Snoddon K

Bulletin of the World Health Organization.. 2019 October 197 (10):711-716. Epub 08/20/2019.

Designated Interpreters: A Model to Promote the Diversity and Inclusion of Deaf Professionals in Academic Medicine.

Hall WC, Elliott M, Cullen JP

Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges.. 2019 May 94 (5):697-700. Epub 1900 01 01.

Deaf children need language, not (just) speech

Hall, M.L.; Hall, W.C.; Caselli, N.K.

First Language. 2019; 39(4): 367-395.

Influence of Hearing Loss on Child Behavioral and Home Experiences.

Hall WC, Li D, Dye TDV

American journal of public health.. 2018 August 108 (8):1079-1081. Epub 06/21/2018.

Considering parental hearing status as a social determinant of deaf population health: Insights from experiences of the "dinner table syndrome".

Hall WC, Smith SR, Sutter EJ, DeWindt LA, Dye TDV

PloS one.. 2018 13 (9):e0202169. Epub 09/05/2018.

Operationalization and Measurement of Sign Language.

Caselli NK, Hall WC, Lillo-Martin D

Pediatrics.. 2017 November 140 (5)Epub 1900 01 01.

Language deprivation syndrome: a possible neurodevelopmental disorder with sociocultural origins.

Hall WC, Levin LL, Anderson ML

Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology.. 2017 June 52 (6):761-776. Epub 02/16/2017.

What You Don't Know Can Hurt You: The Risk of Language Deprivation by Impairing Sign Language Development in Deaf Children.

Hall WC

Maternal and child health journal.. 2017 May 21 (5):961-965. Epub 1900 01 01.

A Pilot Study of Deaf Trauma Survivors' Experiences: Early Traumas Unique to Being Deaf in a Hearing World.

Anderson ML, Wolf Craig KS, Hall WC, Ziedonis DM

Journal of child & adolescent trauma.. 2016 December 9 (4):353-358. Epub 06/24/2016.

Using popular education with the oppressor class: Suggestions for sign language interpreter education

Hall, W.C.; Holcomb, T.K.; Elliott, M.

Critical Education. 2016; 7(13): 1-19.

Creating deaf hearts: Using popular education with interpreting students

Hall, W.C.; Elliott, M.

2014 Conference of Interpreter Trainers Conference Proceedings. 2014; .

Signing while driving: An investigation of divided attention resources among deaf drivers

Zodda, J.J.; Nelson Schmitt, S.S.; Crisologo, A.E.; Plotkin, R.; Yates, M.; Witkin, G.A.; Hall, W.C.

Journal of the American Deafness and Rehabilitation Association. 2012; 45(3): 314.

Short form of the mental rotation test with deaf participants

Halper, E.B.; Hall, W.C.; Morere, D.A.

Clinical Neuropsychologist. 2011; 25(4): 536-537.

Books

Deaf People and Mental Health – Research to Lived Experience (2025)

Chapter: Language acquisition and language deprivation

Multilingual Approaches to Deaf Education (2025)

Chapter: The confounding of deaf education: What language deprivation reveals about the past and future

Special Issue in Honor of Dr. Jon Henner (2025)

Global Cochlear Implant (2025)

Chapter: Mapping expectations: Productivity, language acquisition, and the myth-making of the cochlear implant

Deaf child health in an international context: Special issue (2020)

Language Deprivation and Deaf Mental Health (2018)

Deaf Eyes on Interpreting (2018)

Chapter: On resolving cultural conflicts and the meaning of Deaf-centered interpreting

Deaf Eyes on Interpreting (2018)

Chapter: American Sign Language interpreting in a mainstreamed college setting: Performance quality and its impact on classroom equity

Measuring Literacy and its Neurocognitive Predictors among Deaf Individuals: An Assessment Toolkit (2012)

Chapter: Measures of visuospatial ability