The Luke Lee Listening, Language & Learning Lab at Marshall University

The Luke Lee Listening, Language & Learning Lab at Marshall University Learn more at: https://thelatmu.com/ Since moving to Pittsburgh, their son Luke was born and diagnosed as profoundly deaf at 6 months old.

The Luke Lee Listening, Language & Learning Lab at Marshall University is a program for children who are deaf and hard of hearing and are using listening and spoken language to communicate. Charleston, West Virginia native Cherese Lee faced a road block when she and her husband prepared to move back to their home state after living in Pennsylvania for a few years. Cherese and her husband Brandon c

hose for Luke to learn to listen and speak so that he would have the same opportunities as his twin brother. Luke received a cochlear implant as a toddler. Cochlear implants are a surgically-placed device that sends electrical stimulation directly to the auditory nerve of a person’s brain. The brain turns the electronic signals into sounds that can eventually be understood or “heard” by the user. First, however, the person must be taught how to process the information, which is why auditory-oral programs are so vital. They enrolled Luke in a less-than-traditional deaf learning school in Pittsburgh, and he was excelling, but no such program existed in West Virginia. Rather than letting the lack of programming define her family’s future, Cherese did a lot of research, contacted leaders in the field and became the driving force behind creation of the state’s first auditory-oral learning preschool. After more than a year of hard work, the Luke Lee Listening, Language and Learning Lab, nicknamed “The L,” was established in 2006. Nearly 100 families have been served by programs at the L in its first 10 years, all thanks to one mom’s determination to let her son be heard.

07/27/2026
Congratulations to our founder Cherese Lee, MSN, CPNP-PC (Pediatric Nurse Practitioner) for passing her board certificat...
07/21/2026

Congratulations to our founder Cherese Lee, MSN, CPNP-PC (Pediatric Nurse Practitioner) for passing her board certification today! You have already touched so many lives and now more to come! Congrats Nurse Cherese! We love you! 💙💚

🎉 Welcome to the Team, Emmalee! 🎉Please join us in giving a warm welcome to Emmalee Moles Gue, M.S., CCC-SLP! Emmalee is...
07/20/2026

🎉 Welcome to the Team, Emmalee! 🎉

Please join us in giving a warm welcome to Emmalee Moles Gue, M.S., CCC-SLP!

Emmalee is a Clinical Assistant Professor with The Luke Lee Listening, Language and Learning Lab (The “L”) at Marshall University’s South Charleston campus. She earned both her Bachelor of Science (double major in Communication Disorders and Psychology) and Master of Science in Communication Disorders from Marshall University.

Through The L and West Virginia Birth to Three, Emmalee provides listening and spoken language services and early intervention to children who are deaf and hard of hearing and their families. She is also currently pursuing her Listening and Spoken Language Specialist (LSLS) certification.

In addition to her clinical work, Emmalee is a founding co-leader of the Huntington Family Chapter of the National Stuttering Association, demonstrating her passion for advocacy and community involvement.

✨ We’re so excited to have Emmalee on our team and can’t wait to see the positive impact she’ll continue to make for the children and families we serve. Welcome, Emmalee! 🌟

☀️Join the L Summer Preschool Program☀️
05/05/2026

☀️Join the L Summer Preschool Program☀️

So well deserved 💚💙 Congratulations Jodi Hartleben Cottrell
04/10/2026

So well deserved 💚💙 Congratulations Jodi Hartleben Cottrell

📣 Join Us at the Capitol for Deaf Awareness Day!February 25th is Deaf Awareness Day at the West Virginia Capitol, and we...
02/17/2026

📣 Join Us at the Capitol for Deaf Awareness Day!

February 25th is Deaf Awareness Day at the West Virginia Capitol, and we’re heading to Charleston to advocate for listening and spoken language services for children who are deaf and hard of hearing.

We’re calling our L families to join us and help show our lawmakers that deaf and hard of hearing children can listen and speak. We would love for you to be part of this important day.

Activities typically begin around 9:00 AM and wrap up in the early afternoon.

We hope to see you at the Capitol!

Marshall Day at the West Virginia State Capitol is always one of our favorite days — getting to advocate for Marshall Un...
02/16/2026

Marshall Day at the West Virginia State Capitol is always one of our favorite days — getting to advocate for Marshall University and teaching deaf and hard of hearing children to listen and talk. 💚

Marshall Day at the West Virginia State Capitol is always one of our favorite days — getting to advocate for Marshall Un...
02/16/2026

Marshall Day at the West Virginia State Capitol is always one of our favorite days — getting to advocate for Marshall University and teaching deaf and hard of hearing children to listen and talk. 💚 Marshall University

Are you passionate about helping deaf and hard of hearing children and their families learn to listen and speak? Join ou...
11/07/2025

Are you passionate about helping deaf and hard of hearing children and their families learn to listen and speak? Join our dedicated team and make a lasting impact through one of the most rewarding careers in the field of Listening and Spoken Language. Apply today to be part of our mission: https://marshall.peopleadmin.com/postings/30634

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One John Marshall Drive, Smith Hall Room 321
Huntington, WV
25755

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Tuesday 8am - 4pm
Wednesday 8am - 4pm
Thursday 8am - 4pm
Friday 8am - 4pm

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