The CO Motor Speech Lab, directed by Dr. Allison I Hilger, investigates how motor plans for speech production are executed, and how this process becomes impaired in neurological disorders.
We are currently conducting online studies. If you are interested in participating in our research email us at comotorspeech@gmail.com or fill out this form. We are recruiting:
- Adults proficient in ASL (for Impacts of Manual Parameters on American Sign Language Intelligibility study)
- Adults with cerebellar ataxia (for Perception of Phrasal Prosody in Dysarthria study)
Current Projects
Impacts of Manual American Sign Language Parameters on Intelligibility
We are conducting a study to research which manual American Sign Language parameter (handshape/movement/location/palm orientation)... Read more
Survey on Experiences with Speech Therapy from Individuals with Cerebellar Ataxia
We are conducting an online survey study to gather experiences with speech therapy from individuals... Read more
Perception of Phrasal Prosody in Dysarthria
The goal of this study is to collect perceptual observations of speech in dysarthria to... Read more
Acoustic Speech Characteristics of Aerosol Generation
This is an interdisciplinary collaboration between this lab, Dr. Shelly Miller and Dr. Jean Hertzberg... Read more
