Sarah Lynn Neiling, PHD, CCC-SLP

Sarah Lynn Neiling, PhD, CCC-SLP, is an Assistant Professor-Educator in the department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Cincinnati. She primarily teaches and mentors students in the SLP-D program, supporting their clinically focused research and their implementation of evidence-based practice in their specialty areas. Her research focus has been on bilingual language development and disorders, public health, and implementation science.

Bachelor's Degree: Indiana University Bloomington, IN, 2014 (Speech & Hearing Sciences)

Master's Degree: Indiana University Bloomington, IN, 2016 (Speech-Language Pathology)

Doctoral Degree: University of Arizona Tucson, Arizona, 2024 (Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences)

Bilingual language development and disorders, Culturally and linguistically responsive practice, Public health

Peer Reviewed Publications

Neiling, Sarah Lynn; Alt, Mary; Kapa, Leah L  (2026). Statistical Learning in Dynamic Assessment to Identify Developmental Language Disorder in Spanish-English-Speaking Preschoolers: A Feasibility Study. Language, speech, and hearing services in schools, 57 (3) , 760-789More Information

Neiling, Sarah Lynn; Hokama, Megan M; Cheng, Katherine C; Cutshaw, Christina A; Cimetta, Adriana  (2026). Speech-language service utilization by families with young children: The role of social determinants of health. Journal of communication disorders, 122, 106649More Information

Neiling, Sarah Lynn; Alt, Mary; Cretcher, Sarah R; Leon, Kimberly Estefania  (2026). The feasibility of using a train-the-trainer model for vocabulary intervention for Spanish-exposed late talkers: A single-subject experimental design. International journal of speech-language pathology, 1-24More Information

Alt, Mary; Hunter, DeAnne R Paulino; Levy, Roy; Neiling, Sarah Lynn; Leon, Kimberly; Arizmendi, Genesis D; Cowan, Nelson; Gray, Shelley  (2025). Working Memory Structure in Young Spanish-English Bilingual Children. Bilingualism (Cambridge, England), 28 (2) , 469-483More Information

Neiling, Sarah Lynn; Cutshaw, Christina A  (2023). In Support of a Public Health Approach to Late Talking. American journal of speech-language pathology, 32 (3) , 1376-1382More Information

Mettler, Heidi M; Neiling, Sarah Lynn; Figueroa, Cecilia R; Evans-Reitz, Nora; Alt, Mary  (2023). Vocabulary Acquisition and Usage for Late Talkers: The Feasibility of a Caregiver-Implemented Telehealth Model. Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR, 66 (1) , 257-275More Information

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