Hilal Ozdemir
ozdemir.hilal@metu.edu.tr
Office No: 0 312 210 17 57
About me
I obtained my undergraduate degree from METU Psychology Program in 2023. Now, I am continuing at METU as a master's student in the field of Developmental Psychology. My research interests lie in the Sign Language Acquisition of Deaf Children. My fascination with Developmental Psychology was ignited in 2021 when I worked as a field researcher in Prof. Dr. Sibel Kazak Berument's project, exploring the impact of parenting attitudes and parent-child communication on child and adolescent development. My commitment to the Project continued as a TÜBİTAK STAR Scholar. Also, I continue to work as the Project Coordinator in the My Sign Project carried out at the Multimodal Language and Cognitive Development Laboratory, which I started in October 2023. Beyond academics, I'm passionate about Taekwon-do and Pilates.
Publications & Presentations
Talks
Özdemir, H.*, Ayar, M., & Karadöller, D. Z. (2026). An intervention program: Helping deaf children with hearing parents in acquiring Turkish Sign Language. Oral presentation at 16th International METU ELT Convention, Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, Turkey.
Poster Presentations
Özdemir, H., Ayar, M., & Karadöller, D. Z. (2026, June). Iconicity as a compensatory scaffold in late sign language acquisition: Evidence from Turkish Sign Language [Poster session]. Linguistics Prague 2026, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
Özdemir, H.*, Ayar, M., & Karadöller, D. Z. (2026). Iconicity as a compensatory scaffold in late sign language acquisition: Evidence from Turkish Sign Language. Poster presentation at 16th International METU ELT Convention, Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, Turkey.
Özdemir, H.*, Ayar, M., & Karadöller, D. Z. (2026). An intervention program: Helping deaf children with hearing parents in acquiring Turkish Sign Language. Poster presentation at 12th International Symposium on Brain and Cognitive Science (ISBCS 2026), TED University, Ankara, Turkey.
Özdemir, H.*, Ayar, M., & Karadöller, D. Z. (2026). Iconicity as a compensatory scaffold in late sign language acquisition: Evidence from Turkish Sign Language. Poster presentation at 12th International Symposium on Brain and Cognitive Science (ISBCS 2026), TED University, Ankara, Turkey.
Özdemir, H., Ayar, M., & Karadöller, D. Z. (2025, July). An Intervention Program: Helping Deaf Children with Hearing Parents in Acquiring Turkish Sign Language. 47th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. San Francisco, USA.
Özdemir, H., Ayar, M., & Karadöller, D. Z. (2025, May). An Intervention Program: Helping Deaf Children with Hearing Parents in Acquiring Turkish Sign Language. Jean Piaget Society Meeting. Belgrade, Serbia.
Özdemir, H., Ayar, M., & Karadöller, D. Z. (2025). An Intervention Program: Helping Deaf Children with Hearing Parents in Acquiring Turkish Sign Language. Multimodal Language: Theoretical Perspectives and Research Methods workshop, Scilla, Italy.
Özdemi̇r, H., Ayar, M. & Karadöller, D. Z. (2024, Eylül). Türk i̇şaret dilini geç edinen i̇şitme engelli çocukların kelime dağarcığı gelişimi. 4. Gelişim Psikolojisi Sempozyumu, Bi̇lkent Üni̇versi̇tesi̇, Ankara, Türkiye.