Projects

This long-term project aims to better understand how social and linguistic experiences affect the social and emotional well-being of young people with hearing loss. 

This project examines the first impressions listeners make about deaf cochlear implant users' after hearing their voices for the first time. 

How do Oklahomans sound? 

In some parts of the country, "egg" often rhymes with "vague," and some people say "bag" the same way, too.  

When the Covid-19 pandemic put a halt to in-person data collection, researchers shifted to collecting speech recordings through smartphones and video call apps like Zoom or Skype.  This project tested the suitability of such recordings for linguistic research. We've since expanded to organizing workshops and panels on various remote data collection methods. 

How can we improve understanding and attitudes between students and their international TAs and instructors?

What's the best way to get used to dysarthric speech so it's easier to understand? 

How does the perceived gender of a speaker's voice interact with the gender associated with words? 

How has the Covid-19 pandemic affected people with communication disorders, their families, and speech therapists in Oklahoma? Several OSU CDIS faculty have teamed up to investigate.

What does it mean to call someone/thing "country"?  Record yourself discussing with friends over Zoom -- safe for social distancing!    

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