(Dr. E.M. Frank)

Work in the Adult Neurological Disorders Laboratory is directed toward a better understanding of the neural limitations resulting from Huntington’s Disease and the relationship between these limitations and language impairment.
 

Work in the Aphasia Laboratory seeks to clarify the relationships between brain damage resulting from stroke and language impairment. Both advanced neuroimaging and behavioral techniques are employed.

Research by the Child Language Research Group focuses on the identification of early predictors of language impairment in young children and the later academic consequences of such delays.

Work in the Neuroimaging Laboratory involves advanced neuroimaging techniques to clarify brain-behavior relationships.

The Speech Perception Laboratory investigates how listeners understand speech under adverse listening conditions.  Particular focus is given to how age, hearing loss, and cognitive function influence a listener’s ability to use different speech properties.

Experiments in this laboratory are aimed at clarifying the nature of speech perception and the integration of visual and auditory information in this process.
 

Work in the Voice Disorders Laboratory seeks to elucidate disorders of the speaking voice.