Ninja Game: Optimizing Neuroplasticity through Speech-driven Gameplay

SPRING 2015 RESEARCH INCUBATION AWARDEE 

Cara Stepp (Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering)

There are a host of speech disorders that can benefit from improved treatments, but limited understanding of what those treatments should look like. We know from basic neuroscience that more practice and more engaging practice is the key to motor learning. An engaging videogame platform to deliver speech treatments can provide both, which is where the Hariri Institute can help.

The aim of this project is to take a pilot version of a videogame for speech rehabilitation that we have developed and to use the tools and skills of the Hariri Institute to make it more functional.

This work is funded by a Hariri Research Award made in June, 2015.