2023
Dr. Kim was recently appointed to serve as Associate Editor for Journal of Communication Disorders (2023-2026).
Austin successfully defended his dissertation, “A multidimensional study on articulation deficits in Parkinson’s disease”, on June 26! Congrats!
Dr. Kim is editing a special issue for Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. Please consider submitting your work to the topic, “Native Language, Dialect, and Foreign Accent in Dysarthria: Clinical and Research Considerations“.
Austin and the team published a paper in Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research! This study examined the relationship between several vowel acoustic measures and speech intelligibility!
A new pub in Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research with Dr. Ignatius Nip (San Diego State University)! This study examined the effects of deep brain stimulation (DBS) on speech motor control in people with Parkinson’s disease.
Dr. Kim recently received an NIH research grant developing and establishing a speech rehabilitation model for linguistically and culturally minor groups (NIH-NIDCD, R01DC020468, PI: Yunjung Kim, $932,094). Read more at News & Events at CCI.
2022
We are taking two presentations to New Orleans for ASHA 2022: (1) 3Ms: Management of Multilinguals with Motor speech Disorders (an invited session by the convention planning committee on motor speech disorders and other speech sound disorders in adults) and (2) Effects of deep brain stimulation on speech in Parkinson’s disease (selected as an ASHA Learning Pass session for CE credit)!
For the next two years, our lab work will be supported by Korea Health Industry Development Institute. Check it out more at News & Events at CCI.
A new pub about speech intelligibility estimation, titled, “The reliability and validity of speech-language pathologists’ estimations of speech intelligibility in dysarthria“.
A new pub with Dr. Hyunju Chung at Louisiana State University! This study examined acoustic and articulatory characteristics of semivowels /ɹ, l, w/ produced by L2 speakers of English. Read more at News & Events at CCI.
A new pub with Dr. Raymond Kent (University of Wisconsin-Madison) and Dr. Li-Mei Chen (National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan) is available! This JSLHR paper reviews studies on oral and laryngeal DDK in children and adults with and without a clinical diagnosis. If you are a listener rather than a reader, this is for you (Dr. Kent @ The Speech Link podcast).
Our lab is presenting three podium talks at Motor Speech Conference 2022 (Charleston, SC, Feb 16-20): (1) Dissociating dysarthria and dialect in the kinematics of connected speech, (2) An articulatory kinematic study on Parkinson’s disease in relation to acoustic and perceptual measures, and (3) Vowel acoustics as predictors of speech intelligibility in dysarthria!
2021
Austin successfully defended his prelims on November 30, 2021 and became a PhD Candidate. Congrats!
Enak successfully passed his thesis prospectus on November 22, 2021! The thesis is titled “Use of a single sensor to detect articulatory deficits in Parkinson’s disease: A feasibility study”. Congrats!
A new pub! Do you want to know how L2 speakers of English depart from /l/ of their own language and approximate /l/ of native speakers of English? Here‘s the acoustic findings.
We successfully presented two studies at ASHA 2021 (November 18-20): (1) Effects of face masks on speech acoustics and intelligibility, and (2) Speech language pathologists’ approximations of speech intelligibility in dysarthria.
Austin was recently awarded an NIH/NIDCD F31 predoctoral fellowship to study “A multidimensional study on articulation deficits in Parkinson’s disease “. Congratulations! Read his story at News & Events at CCI!
Dr. Kim received an award to study “Vowel impairments in people with Parkinson’s disease: Focusing on variability” from the Committee on Faculty Research Support (COFRS), FSU Council on Research Creativity (2021).
2020
Austin received a 2020 New Century Scholars Doctoral Scholarship from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation (ASHF). Check out News & Events at CCI!