How do children learn to talk? If children or adults want to change the way they speak, how can we help them make a rapid and lasting change? We measure how speakers learn under different practice conditions. Our focus is on how speech changes when the learner receives enhanced feedback from a computer or other instrumentation.
Read more about our current projects:
Can technology-enhanced intervention eliminate therapy-resistant speech problems in children?
Developing an iOS app for biofeedback treatment delivery
Online and crowdsourced systems for speech sound rating
Can computer-based feedback influence listeners’ perception of trans women’s voices?
Ultrasound biofeedback treatment study
BITS Lab research is supported by funding from NIDCD and the American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation.