Boston Speech Motor Control Mini-Symposium

March 31, 2017

Welcome and Introductions: Cara Stepp and Barbara Shinn-Cunningham

Boston University Keynote Speaker: Julie Liss, Arizona State University; Cross-linguistic considerations in speech intelligibility and dysarthria

Invited Speaker: Jason Bohland, Boston University; The role of auditory feedback in serial speech

Invited Speaker: Jennell Vick, Case Western Reserve University and the Cleveland Hearing and Speech Center; Avatars for communication: Emergent technologies for speech remediation and sign language interpreting

Invited Speaker: Jenn Segawa, Boston University; Language phenotypes and white matter connectivity in Autism Spectrum Disorder

Invited Speaker: Soo-Eun Chang, University of Michigan and Michigan State University; Brain structural and functional connectivity differences in children who stutter

Invited Speaker: Jordan Green, MGH Institute of Health Professions; Assessment and management of bulbar motor involvement due to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Forum: open questions in motor control Q & A; moderated by Cara Stepp and Elizabeth Heller Murray