{"id":2474,"date":"2015-01-13T14:55:00","date_gmt":"2015-01-13T19:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/earandhearing\/directory\/erin-thompson\/"},"modified":"2025-07-28T14:20:45","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T18:20:45","slug":"erin-thompson","status":"publish","type":"directory","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/earandhearing\/directory\/erin-thompson\/","title":{"rendered":"Erin Thompson, MS, CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert.AVT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- title_affiliation --><\/p>\n<p>Assistant Professor<br \/>\nPediatric Speech &amp; Language Pathologist<br \/>\nThe Children&#8217;s Cochlear Implant Center at UNC<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\" \"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Specialty:<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #808080\">Listening and spoken language development in children who are deaf or hard of hearing<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\" \"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000\">Education:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>BS, Communication Disorders, Appalachian State University, 2001<\/li>\n<li>MS, Speech &amp; 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