New Stepp Lab Grant – Prosodic Control of Speech Synthesis for Assistive Communication in Severe Paralysis
The Stepp Lab has a new grant “Prosodic Control of Speech Synthesis for Assistive Communication in Severe Paralysis” from the National Science Foundation for collaborative work with Dr. Susan Fager at the Madonna Rehab Hospital.
New Stepp Lab Publication – Voice relative fundamental frequency via neck-skin acceleration
A new Stepp Lab publication entitled “Voice relative fundamental frequency via neck-skin acceleration in individuals with voice disorders” has been accepted for publication by the Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research.
Congrats Dr. Lien!
Congrats to Dr. Stephanie Lien who passed her dissertation defense “Optimization and automation of relative fundamental frequency for objective assessment of vocal hyper function”!
New Stepp Lab Publication – Individual Monitoring of Vocal Effort with Relative Fundamental Frequency
A Stepp Lab paper entitled “Individual Monitoring of Vocal Effort with Relative Fundamental Frequency: Relationships with Aerodynamics and Listener Perception” has been published by the Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. Check it out here!
New Stepp Lab Publication – Effects of adventitious acute vocal trauma
A Stepp Lab paper entitled “Effects of adventitious acute vocal trauma: Relative fundamental frequency and listener perception” has been published by the Journal of Voice. Check it out here!
Second Place in Best Poster Awards at Voice Foundation
A Stepp Lab poster entitled “Effects of a Cognitively Demanding Task on Spectral-Cepstral Acoustic Features of Voice in Healthy Young Adults” won second place in the Best Poster Awards at The Voice Foundation Annual Symposium.
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 […]
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.