The overall goal of this clinical research center is to advance our understanding and treatment of motor speech disorders. We are in the process of achieving this objective through an integrated series of investigations involving perceptual, acoustic, aerodynamic, electromyographic, movement and force analyses, in many cases conducted simultaneously and/or on the same subjects for critical comparative interpretations. Specifically, our research program involves four major areas of concurrent activity: (1) intelligiblity, acoustic and aerodynamic analyses of dysarthric speech, (2) the development of motor control impairment profiles for speech mechanism subsystems, (3) system physiology-based investigations directed at the neural substrates of speech motor function and dysfunction, and (4) development, evaluation, and refinement of improved techniques for rehabilitation of motor speech disorders.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Type
Research Program Projects (P01)
Project #
5P01NS013274-12
Application #
3099417
Study Section
Communicative Disorders Review Committee (CDR)
Project Start
1977-01-01
Project End
1990-03-31
Budget Start
1988-04-01
Budget End
1989-03-31
Support Year
12
Fiscal Year
1988
Total Cost
Indirect Cost
Name
University of Wisconsin Madison
Department
Type
Graduate Schools
DUNS #
161202122
City
Madison
State
WI
Country
United States
Zip Code
53715