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Martine Coene is a Full Professor in the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, focusing on Language, Literature, and Communication. Her research is centered on child language acquisition from a theoretical linguistic perspective, examining the differences and similarities in acquiring native and foreign languages. In collaboration with Larisa Avram from the University of Bucharest, she has documented the acquisition processes of Romanian as a native and foreign language through various publications. Coene's work also explores the intersection of language, cognition, and hearing, investigating the subtle differences in spoken grammar development among children with hearing impairments and language development disorders. With support from national and European research grants, her investigations have expanded into the development of linguistic testing materials poised for use in audiological practice, aimed at assessing the functional hearing of children and adults with hearing problems.
Administered under the Department of Clinical Psychology for Master's in Clinical and Developmental Psychopathology.