RESEARCH
SCIENTIFIC FOUNDATION
of Sing and Speak 4 Kids
Sing and Speak 4 Kids is iQsonics’ flagship program founded upon the evidence-based research of Dr. Hayoung Lim, known as Developmental Speech Language Training through Music. Dr. Lim serves as iQsonics’ Director of Science, participating in the development and assessment of Sing and Speak 4 Kids and related programs. Learn more about our research team.
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ACHIEVEMENTS
Peer-Reviewed Journal Article
iQsonics’ Sing and Speak 4 Kids IES research study that supports our program as an evidence-based practice, is published in the peer-reviewed Child Language Teaching and Therapy – SAGE Journals.
VITAL Prize Challenge Award Recipient in 2024
In February 2024, we accepted the second place away in the Other Innovations in Translational Learning Technologies category of the VITAL Prize Challenge. This category is for advancing novel concepts and technologies for diverse communities of K-12 student learners and teachers, outside of assessment and mathematical literacy.
ASHA Convention Session Course
This course showcases our research that was funded by the U.S. Department of Education and the real life applications of our SS4Kids program. It is available until February 2029 to ASHA members for professional development and Continuing Education credits.
FOCUS GROUPS
Focus Group 2023 Final Report
Paraprofessionals
In early 2023, we held a paraprofessional Focus Group. We learned about our strengths and limitations and how to better our game for our members.
SS4Kids Focus Group 2022 Final Report
Parents, Caregivers, Clinicians, and Teachers
In March of 2022, we began our first ever Focus Group. It was an exciting time for us as we were able to learn about our strengths and limitations and how to better our game for our members.
FOUNDATIONAL RESEARCH
Developmental speech-language training through music for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: Theories and clinical application
The Effect of “Developmental Speech-Language Training through Music” on Speech Production in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
OUR RESEARCH TEAM
Our interdisciplinary research team is comprised of professionals who are experts in the fields of
- Autism
- Psychology
- Communication Disorders
- Early Childhood Development/Pediatrics
- Parent-mediated Intervention
- Music
- Music Education
- Educational Technology
This team collaboration reflects the goals of integrating and implementing this intervention in the clinical practice of speech-language pathology and special education.
Dr. Hayoung Lim
Director of Science
- CEO of ELim Music Therapy
- Professor of Music Therapy and Director of Music Therapy Clinic at Oral Roberts University
- Board-certified, neurologic music therapist (NMT Fellow)
- Member of the American Music Therapy Association (AMTA)
- Licensed Professional Music Therapist and Board Certified music therapist
- Specialized training in the Rational Scientific Mediating Model for research in music therapy
- Focus on the effect of music on children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and the effect of musical experiences on cognition, speech/language and physical rehabilitation
Bachelors in Cello Performance from the Catholic University of Korea
Masters in both Cello Performance and Music Therapy from the Illinois State University
Ph.D. in music education with an emphasis on music therapy from the University of Miami
Dr. Lim has been active throughout her clinical and teaching endeavors in promoting and educating the community regarding the benefits of music therapy, and has served as artistic director of the ORU Music Therapy Healing Concert Series.
- Music therapy internship at Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge, IL,
- Music therapist at the Cleveland Music School Settlement in Cleveland, OH.
- Music therapy director at Children’s Health & Education Management, Miami, FL – specialized in music therapy for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Joined ORU in 2014 and prior to her current appointment, worked as Director of Graduate Studies in Music Therapy at Sam Houston State University in Texas.
In addition, Dr. Lim has worked as a concert cellist, performing numerous solo recitals and chamber music concerts (as a member of K-Piano Trio) in Seoul, Korea and the U.S.
Major clinical populations include
- neurologic rehabilitation
- geriatrics
- psychiatrics and forensic psychiatrics
- special education and developmental disabilities
- neonatal and pediatric medicine
- intensive care
- hospice
- medical settings
A number of her manuscripts have been published in peer-reviewed journals, including Journal of Music Therapy and Music Therapy Perspectives
Research Article: Effect of Sing and Speak 4 Kids: An Online Music-Based Speech and Language Learning Game for Children in Early Intervention (2022)
BOOK: “Developmental Speech-language Training through Music for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders” (2012)
Published book chapter: “Communication and Language Development: Implications for Music Therapy and Autism Spectrum Disorders” in Early Childhood Music Therapy and Autism Spectrum Disorders (Kern & Humpal Eds., 2012)
Dr. Lim has won two Sam Houston State University faculty research grant awards and frequently presented her original research in national and international conferences and workshops. In March, 2014, Dr. Lim was invited as a keynote speaker to the International Conference on Developmental Disability at the University of Calcutta, India. In 2015, Dr. Lim accepted a research reviewer position for a European Marie-Curie Fellowship program in autism and intellectual disabilities called ASSISTID (www.assistid.eu).
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