Research

Participate in Our Research

Our success depends on your participation. Through the generous contribution of our research participants, we are able to discover, diagnose, evaluate, and invent. See below to learn more about participating in a study in a CSD-affiliated laboratory.

Extended high-frequency hearing and speech in noise performance 

Eligibility: Adults 18 to 35 and 35-55 years with normal hearing, fluent in English
Goal: Study the relationship between extended high frequency hearing sensitivity and speech in noise performance.
Contact Info: Auditory Neurosciences & Technology Lab; Email: ant-lab@usf.edu ; Phone: 813.974.4148; Mention the "BKB Study"

Neural Speech Tracking Electroencephalography (EEG)

Eligibility: Adults 18-37 years without hearing loss
Goal: Comparing electroencephalography attention responses of neural speech tracking with a traditional “wet-cap” EEG system and an open-sourced 3D printed dry EEG system created in lab.
Contact Info: Auditory Neurosciences & Technology Lab;Email: ant-lab@usf.edu ; Phone: 813.974.4148; Mention the "Neural speech tracking study."

Moving Speech Perception and EEG Study

Eligibility: Adults 18-37 years with normal hearing
Goal: Examining how the movement of a target talker and movement of the listener’s head affect speech understanding in complex listening environments. Electroencephalography (EEG) will also be used to investigate how the brain tracks and processes moving speech and how these neural responses relate to speech-understanding performance.
Contact Info: Auditory Neurosciences & Technology Lab; Email: ant-lab@usf.edu ; Phone: 813.974.4148; Mention the "Moving Speech Perception Study."

impact of speak out! 

Eligibility: Adults 45-90 years with a diagnosis of Parkinson's disease who have not received speech therapy within the last year
Goal: To determine the effectiveness of SPEAK OUT! therapy with or without expiratory muscle strength training (EMST) on respiratory and motor speech function outcomes
Contact Info: Kelli Gorajec, MA, CCC-SLP (email: kelligorajec@usf.edu ) or Charlotte King, SLPD, CCC-SLP, BC-ANCDS (email: cpurcell@usf.edu ). Speech-Language Clinic Phone: 813.974.9844; Mention the "SPEAK OUT! research study"

Indicators of Cognitive Change

Eligibility: Adults aged 60 and older
Goal:To identify early indicators of cognitive changes over time in older adults, with focus on hearing, speech/language, stress, sleep, mood, and personality.                                            
Contact Info: Neurophysiology of Aging Lab; Email: bcs-noalab@usf.edu ; Phone: 813.974.0802; Mention the "Cognition Study."

Voice and speech Perception [NIH R01]

Eligibility: Adults 18 years and older with normal hearing
Goal: To develop novel methods for quantifying voice and speech in patients with communication disorders
Contact Info: Speech Motor Systems Laboratory; Email: suprajaanand@usf.edu ; Phone: 813.974.3213. Mention the "Perception” Study

aphasia study 

Eligibility: Adults 18 - 75 years (with Aphasia and healthy adults; both English and Spanish speakers)
Goal: to determine whether individuals with aphasia can improve their language production by viewing their real-time neural activation during speech while also receiving playback of their previous errorful speech across multiple trials
Contact Info: David Ajayi; Email: ajayi20@usf.edu ; Phone: 813.399.6183. Mention the "Aphasia” Study