News
Liz Heller Murray awarded ASHFoundation New Century Scholars Doctoral Scholarship
Congratulations to lab member Liz Heller Murray for winning the ASHFoundation New Century Scholars Doctoral Scholarship! This scholarship is awarded to strong doctoral candidates who are pursuing teacher-investigator careers in the academic environment. Liz will use this scholarship to help further her research on voice disorders in adult and pediatric populations.
What Nasal Endoscopy Can Tell Us About Voice Health
Dr. Cara Stepp and Elizabeth Heller Murray, M.S., CFY-SLP present a brief lecture and demonstration of nasal endoscopy, reviewing the physiology of the vocal mechanism for the Sargent virtual conference Health Matters.
Michener Wins ASHA SPARC Award
Congratulations to Carolyn Michener for winning an ASHA SPARC Award!
Dr. Stepp Talks About Vocal Fry in the Workplace
Find out how the way you speak can affect you at work. Dr. Stepp talks to BCDwire here about vocal fry.
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.