Stepp lab members attend 7th International Conference on Speech Motor Control!
Stepp lab members Gabriel Cler, Elizabeth Heller Murray, and Dr. Cara Stepp had an awesome trip to 7th International Conference on Speech Motor Control (http://www.slp-nijmegen.nl/smc2017/) held in the Netherlands! Gabriel Cler presented a talk titled “Multivariate Analyses for Large Articulography Datasets of Speech and Induced Speech Errors.” Elizabether Heller Murray and Dr. Cara Stepp presented a […]
2017 Boston Speech Motor Control Mini-Symposium
Stepp lab members presented posters at the Boston Speech Motor Control Mini-Symposium. This event was sponsored by Boston University’s Center for Research in Sensory Communication and Emerging Neural Technology (CRESCENT) and included invited talks and a poster session on speech motor control.
Undergraduate researchers receive Summer 2017 UROP Awards!
Congratulations to Nadia Oleinik, Jake Noordzij, and Nicole Enos for receiving Summer 2017 UROP awards!
Jennifer Vojtech awarded 2017 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Congratulations to PhD Candidate Jennifer Vojtech who was selected for the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP). The GRFP recognizes outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported STEM disciplines!
Dr. Cara Stepp and Victoria McKenna present at the 5th Occupational Voice Symposium in London
Victoria presented a talk on “Neck-Surface Acceleration as an Estimate of Subglottal Pressure during Modulated Vocal Effort and Intensity in Healthy Speakers.” Dr. Stepp presented a keynote lecture on “Objective Assessment of Vocal Hyperfunction” as well as a talk on “Auditory-Motor Impairments as a Potential Risk Factor for Hyperfunctional Voice Disorders.”
Richard Fu presents at UROP symposium
Congratulations to Richard Fu for his successful presentation at the recent UROP symposium. His project was entitled “The Relationship Between Relative Fundamental Frequency and the Presence of Vocal Nodules in Children” .
Nicole Enos receives UROP award
Congratulations to Nicole Enos on her Fall 2016 UROP Award! Her research project is titled “A comprehensive study of auditory perturbation on voice and speech motor control.”
Victoria McKenna, Elizabeth Heller Murray, Stephanie Lien and Dr. Cara Stepp win first place for Best Poster at the Annual Voice Foundation Symposium
Congratulations to lab members Victoria McKenna, Elizabeth Heller Murray, Stephanie Lien and Dr. Cara Stepp for receiving the first place award for the Annual Symposium Best Poster at the 45th Annual Voice Foundation Symposium! Their poster was titled “The Relationship between Relative Fundamental Frequency and a Kinematic Estimate of Laryngeal Stiffness in Healthy Adults.”