Dr. JungMoon Hyun

JungMoon Hyun, PhD
Assistant Professor

Phone: 212 481 4777
Email: JungMoon Hyun

Education

• M.S. Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
• Ph.D. Graduate Center, City University of New York, NY
• Post-Doctoral Fellowship. Mesulam Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer’s Disease Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL

Research Interests:
Language and cognitive function changes in adults with neurological impairments and healthy elderly; Structural and functional brain involvement in normal and abnormal language production; Developing screening and diagnostic tools with eye tracking methods; Effects of speech and language intervention combined with TMS/tDCS and behavioral therapies; Bilingual speech perception and processing

Courses Taught:
Neurological speech and language disorders and intervention (Aphasia, Dysarthrias, Apraxia of Speech, Parkinson’s disease, Dementia, Voice Disorders);  Typical and Atypical Speech Development and Production (e.g., Fluency Disorders, Speech Sound Disorders); Bilingualism/Speech perception and production in contrasting languages.

Dr. JungMoon Hyun is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Speech-Language Pathology at Hunter College. She has been working with cognitively normal elderly and people with neuro-degenerative diseases. Her clinical and research interests include aging and neuroimaging, being the author of a number of articles and national presentations on language, imaging and bilingualism in adults.

Dr. Hyun's professional activities include membership in local, state, and national professional organizations.