25th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium
Stepp lab undergraduate Courtney Dunsmuir ’24 recently presented her summer research conducted through the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) at BU’s 25th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium, held at Boston University on October 21, 2022.
Courtney’s research explored the differential contributions of auditory and somatosensory feedback control mechanisms of laryngeal and articulatory speech subsystems in persons with Parkinson’s disease.
We would like to congratulate Courtney for her wonderful presentation and continued contribution to research conducted under Stepp Lab! She is also a recipient of Fall UROP 2022 funding.
Courtney Dunsmuir and her poster titled “Investigation of Auditory and Somatosensory Feedback in Vocal and Articulatory Motor Control Function for Individuals with Parkinson’s Disease”.
New Stepp Lab Publication – Listener perception of monopitch, naturalness and intelligibility for speakers with Parkinson’s disease
A Stepp Lab paper entitled "Listener perception of monopitch, naturalness and intelligibility for speakers with Parkinson's disease" has been accepted for publication by the Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research.
Congratulations 2015 graduates!
The Stepp Lab is very proud of our spring graduates! Alexandra Martinson, Carolyn Calabrese, and Kerri Downing all finished their master's degrees in speech-language pathology and are headed out for their clinical fellowships. Joseph Mendoza has graduated with his bachelor's in biomedical engineering and has accepted a position as an analyst at Accenture. Congratulations, we will miss you!
Ali Martinson, M.S. |
Carolyn Calabrese, M.S. |
Kerri Downing, M.S. |
Joe Mendoza, B.S. |
Student Achievement Awards to Cler and Smith
Congratulations to Meredith Cler and Dante Smith for winning Henry I. Russek Student Achievement Awards!
Cara Stepp receives appointment at BU School of Medicine
Dr. Cara Stepp has been appointed as Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology at Boston University School of Medicine.
Carolyn Calabrese Passes Master’s Thesis Defense
Carolyn Calabrese, B.S., successfully defended her Master’s thesis, “Differential Specificity of Acoustic Measures to Listener Perception of Voice Quality”. Congratulations, Carolyn!
Stepp Lab will present at NeuroHAM
Stepp Lab members will present posters at NeuroHAM, a three-day conference on neural processing in humans, animals, and machines (June 10–12, 2015 at Boston University).
Posters:
- Meredith Cler, "Speech synthesis via surface electromyographic control: Training effects"
- Stephanie Lien, "Utilizing nasal acceleration for the assessment of audible nasal emissions"
- Dante Smith, " Effects of attention on evoked potentials for brain-computer interface control"
Meredith Cler’s F31 Funded
Meredith Cler's F31 application entitled "Optimization and prediction for fast and robust AAC" has been selected for funding by the NIH/NIDCD.
Kerri Downing Passes Master’s Thesis Defense
Kerri Downing, B.A., has successfully defended her Master's thesis, "Perceptual Judgment of Hypernasality and Audible Nasal Emission in Cleft Palate Speakers". Congratulations, Kerri!
Stepp Lab Presents at AQL
Dr. Cara Stepp presented "Automated algorithms for estimation of relative fundamental frequency in individuals with and without voice disorders" at the 2015 Advances in Quantitative Laryngology, Voice and Speech Research Conference in London this week.
Dr. Stepp Receives NSF CAREER Award
Assistant Professor Cara Stepp (SAR, BME) has received the National Science Foundation’s prestigious Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award in recognition of her outstanding research and teaching capabilities. Read more