Stepp Lab for Sensorimotor Rehabilitation Engineering @ Boston University #SpeechScience #VoiceDisorders #Rehab #DiversifyScience

Boston, MA
Based in United States
It's time for BU Giving Day 2025! ♥️ If you're interested in supporting the Stepp Lab this year, the link to donate is in our bio. We greatly appreciate any and all contributions, and we are immensely grateful for all of the support you all give us and our work year-round! ✨
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Participants will be asked to come in for up to 13 in-person visits over the first year of taking testosterone and will be compensated $30/hour. Anyone interested in participating can contact us at stepplab@gmail.com / 617-358-1395!
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The Stepp Lab is recruiting gender diverse adults (aged 18-50) to take part in a voice research study over their first year of taking testosterone. All individuals seeking testosterone hormone replacement therapy for the first time are encouraged to contact us!
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We also found that how people responded to pitch errors in running speech did not relate to their responses in sustained vowels (“aaaah”). This raises the question: do we truly capture speech motor learning as it occurs in meaningful speech by having people sustain vowels?
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We found that speakers responded similarly across these contexts, whether or not a pitch error disrupted the meaning of the sentence
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We tested this by shifting people’s pitch up & down in running speech—making emphasized words sound unemphasized or super-emphasized (& vice versa with unemphasized words)
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Katherine Marks, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, is presenting "So You Want to be a Voice- and Upper Airway-Specialized SLP?" in a 1-hour seminar
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Allison Aaron, CCC-SLP, is presenting "Considerations for Conducting Speech Research with Trans and Gender-Diverse Individuals" in a 1-hour seminar
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Taylor Feaster is presenting a poster titled "Nonmotor and Motor Involvement in the Speech of Persons with Parkinson's Disease"
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Kimberly Dahl, CCC-SLP, is presenting "Best practices for assessing intelligibility in speakers with dysarthria" in a 1-hour seminar
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Saul Frankford, Ph.D., is presenting "How Might Altered Auditory Feedback Studies Inform Clinical Practice for Speech Disorders?" in a 1-hour seminar
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Katherine Marks, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, is presenting "Updates in the Assessment and Treament Characterization in those with Laryngeal Dystonia & Vocal Tremor" in a 1-hour seminar
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Cara Stepp, Ph.D., is presenting “Current Research in Vocal Hyperfunction: Update from the Massachusetts General Hospital Clinical Research Center” in a 1-hour seminar
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Nicole Tomassi is presenting a poster titled “How Gender-Diverse Individuals Assigned-Female-at-Birth Adjust their Vocal Tract to Express their Gender: An MRI Study.” The poster is designed as an ASHA Convention Changemaker Session!
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Dilys Tan, MS-SLP, is presenting a poster titled “Impact of Speech Rate and Speaker-modulated Vocal Effort on Laryngeal Kinematics in Parkinson’s Disease”
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Nichole Houle, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, is presenting a poster titled “Examining the relationship between fundamental frequency and measures of vocal hyperfunction in cisgender speakers”
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This week the Stepp Lab is raising awareness about voice disorders like spasmodic dysphonia by participating in @dysphonia_intl’s annual Walk for Talk! To learn more about Dysphonia International, visit dysphonia.org 🗣❤️
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The Boston Speech Motor Control Working Group meets Oct 16 at 3:30p to hear about the latest research from @kimberlydahl of @SteppLab, @hilaryemiller of @GuentherLab, and Xiaofeng Liu of JW Lab. Reception sponsored by @BUSargent. See you at Sargent College, Room 101!
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Join us at the Michael J. Fox Foundation Run/Walk in Swampscott, MA on October 29th! The Michael J. Fox Foundation is a non-profit that connects people with Parkinson’s disease to researchers, and strives to eradicate Parkinson’s by funding countless research initiatives.
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📅 Save the date! The Boston Speech Motor Control Working Group will meet at Sargent College on Oct 16, 2023 to hear about the latest work by Boston-area researchers in the area of speech motor control. Reception sponsored by @BUSargent sites.bu.edu/stepplab/upcomi…
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This paper has been officially published in the Journal of Voice! Read the full paper here: sites.bu.edu/stepplab/files/…
#Zoom fatigue have you down? Want to keep your voice healthy on long days of telecommunication? Read on! So excited to share our collaborative new manuscript led by @NeurosciBU student @nicole_tomassi in @TVFPhiladelphia sites.bu.edu/stepplab/files/…
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Check out this interview with one of our PhD students @Allison_S_Aaron about her work on our trans and gender diverse voice study! @buslhs @BUSargent sites.bu.edu/sargent-graduat…
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Just published: Normative Values of Cepstral Peak Prominence Measures in Typical Speakers by Sex, Speech Stimuli, and Software Type Across the Life Span @ASHAJournals @buslhs sites.bu.edu/stepplab/files/…
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Boston Speech Motor Control Symposium 2023! Huge thank you to all of our presenters, sponsors, and attendees 🗣️🧠 #2023BSMCS
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The final fascinating talk of the day at #2023BSMCS comes from Daniel Lametti, Ph.D., about sensorimotor control in bilingual speech!
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More #2023BSMCS awesomeness with a great talk from Amanda Eads @A_R_Eads on Auditory Acuity and SimpleDIVA Modeling of Response to Altered Auditory Feedback in Children with and without Residual Speech Sound Disorder!
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Continuing #2023BSMCS with a talk from Jennifer Zuk @JenniferMZuk , Ph.D., CCC-SLP, about speech variability across neurodevelopmental disorders!
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Thank you to Dr. Edward Chang for his amazing keynote talk on the Speech Cortex and sharing with us some of his groundbreaking work at the Chang Lab! @ChangLabUcsf #2023BCS
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The Stepp lab members are loving #2023BSMCS ! We will see everyone after the lunch break at 1:30pm!
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Moving ahead, Kathryn Connaghan @KateConnaghan , Ph.D., CCC-SLP, is discussing the impact of dysarthria on communicative participation and social connectedness at #2023BSMCS
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Next up at #2023BSMCS we have the amazing Mara Kapsner-Smith, Ph.C., CCC-SLP, talking to us about Test-Retest Reliability of Behavioral Assays of Feedforward and Feedback Auditory-Motor Control of Voice and Articulation!
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We are back from the break! Starting with a talk by Dr. Ding-Ian Tang @DinglanTang1 titled “The Brain’s Sensitivity to Sensory Error Can be Modulated by Altering Perceived Speech Variability” #2023BSMCS
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Moving along, our next great speaker at #2023BSMCS is Dr. Adam Buchwald @adambuchwald speaking on Enhancing Speech Motor Learning With tDCS!
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Time for the first talk of the day at #2023BSMCS with Marisha Speights Atkins, Ph.D., CCC-SLP. “Looking Forward: Speech Analysis and Assessment Through an Equity Lens”
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Your in-person and virtual emcees are ready for #2023BSMCS to start! @Allison_S_Aaron @kimberlydahl @dariadragicevic
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Thank you to everyone leading and participating in these great roundtable conversations! Can’t wait to see everyone again tomorrow for more amazing conversations at #2023BSMCS !
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A big thank you to Dr. Christopher Moore @SARDeanBU for kicking off our pre-conference with a great talk on career planning in speech motor control!
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Super excited to be welcoming all of the trainees, invited speakers, and special guests to the #2023BSMCS pre-conference roundtable talk this evening!
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Happening today! Come hear about the latest research from Abigail Haenssler of @MGHInstitute, @jordan_manes of @GuentherLab, & Lauren Sullivan of @SMILeResearch! Talks followed by a reception sponsored by @BUSargent
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🚨 Registration closes May 15! No extensions! 🚨 Join us June 12 for the Boston Speech Motor Control Symposium. Trainee preconference tutorial on June 11.
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The Boston Speech Motor Control Working Group meets May 12, 2023 to hear about the latest research from Abigail Haenssler of @MGHInstitute, @jordan_manes of @GuentherLab, & Lauren Sullivan of @SMILeResearch. Talks followed by a reception, sponsored by @BUSargent
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🚨 Early registration ends today, April 17! Join us for the 2023 Boston Speech Motor Control Symposium for an exciting slate of speakers and poster presentations. #2023BSMCS sites.bu.edu/stepplab/collab…
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#2023BSMCS will host roundtable talks on career planning in speech motor control—grant-writing, clinical research, industry work, & more! Each table is led by our esteemed invited speakers & special guests. Trainees, don't miss this preconference event! tinyurl.com/2023bsmcs
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Did you miss @kimberlydahl presenting her poster on pitch control in linguistically meaningful speech @AqlConference? Find a copy of the poster here: kimberlydahl.com/research
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@dariadragicevic presenting her work @AqlConference on the effect of concurrent working memory task on #voice in people with #ParkinsonsDisease #AQL2023
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@Hasinirw presenting work on laryngeal kinematic measures in folks with hyperfunctional #voice disorders @AqlConference
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We are delighted to support and attend @FirstEventConf! Join our workshop on "Gender-Affirming Voice and Communication" this Thursday (1/26) at 11am, and visit us during the Vendor Fair Thursday through Saturday. Visit tcne.org/first-event/event-s… for more information.
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New publication led by @kimberlydahl 🗣️ This study looks at the effects of cognitive stress on voice acoustics in female speakers with and without hyperfunctional voice disorders. Scan the QR code or click the link below to read the full paper! sites.bu.edu/stepplab/files/…
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📢🗓️Join us at Michael J. Fox Foundation's Boston Run/Walk on Oct 30th as we work toward finding a cure for Parkinson's. We are excited to join as a community partner for the event. Visit our tent to know about PD research on voice! 🧠🗣️#OutrunPD 🎽👟mjffrunwalk.org
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📢🗓️Join us at Michael J. Fox Foundation's Boston Run/Walk on Oct 30th as we work toward finding a cure for Parkinson's. @SteppLab is excited to join as a community partner for the event. Visit our tent to know about PD research on voice! 🧠🗣️#OutrunPD 🎽👟mjffrunwalk.org
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Congratulations to our doctoral student @Hasinirw, who was awarded the ASHFoundation New Century Scholars Doctoral Scholarship! #ashfoundation 🗣️🦻🎙️🧠sites.bu.edu/stepplab/2022/1…
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