| Speech Technologies | Craniofacial Anomalies | Hearing Loss | Balance Disorders |
Areas of Research
Speech Technologies
- Improving Speech Synthesis for Communication
- Automating Functional Hearing Evaluation
- Pediatric Aural Rehabilitation
Craniofacial Anomalies
- Early Assessment of Velopharyngeal Function Following Palate Repair
- Phenotypes and familiality in speech disorders
This is a collaborative study with the University of North Carolina to explore the use of a novel and non-invasive assessment procedure to determine adequacy of velopharyngeal function in infants/toddlers soon after cleft palate surgery.
The goal of this project is to examine the familiality of acoustical and anatomical measures n developmental phonological disorders.
Hearing loss
- Subjective and objective balance disorders in pediatric patients with Chiari Type I malfunction
- Assessment of hearing loss in children undergoing platinum based chemotherapy
- Vestibular Deficits and related impairments in children with otitis media with effusion
- Auditory, Speech and Vestibular Abilities in Friedreich Ataxia
This study is a prospective, non-randomized evaluation of the subjective and objective vestibular/balance disorders in patients with Chiari Type I malformation whose symptoms have justified surgical decompression.
This is a prospective pilot study to evaluate the time course and degree of ototoxicity of platinum based chemotherapy in pediatric patients.
The purpose of this study is to examine whether otitis media disrupts the function of the inner ear and to examine the efficacy of tympanostomy tube placement in relieving such disruption.
The long-term goal of this study is to examine if measures of auditory, speech and vestibular abilities could be used as potential appropriate scale for future trials.
Balance and Vestibular Disorders
- Subjective and objective balance disorders in pediatric patients with Chiari Type I malfunction
- Vestibular Deficits and related impairments in children with otitis media with effusion
This study is a prospective, non-randomized evaluation of the subjective and objective vestibular/balance disorders in patients with Chiari Type I malformation whose symptoms have justified surgical decompression.
The purpose of this study is to examine whether otitis media disrupts the function of the inner ear and to examine the efficacy of tympanostomy tube placement in relieving such disruption.