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Stepp Lab for Sensorimotor Rehabilitation Engineering @ Boston University #SpeechScience #VoiceDisorders #Rehab #DiversifyScience

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Stepp Lab@SteppLab
6 Jan 2023
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Stepp Lab@SteppLab
31 Mar 2025
It's time for BU Giving Day 2025! ♥️ If you're interested in supporting the Stepp Lab this year, the link to donate is in our bio. We greatly appreciate any and all contributions, and we are immensely grateful for all of the support you all give us and our work year-round! ✨
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Stepp Lab@SteppLab
27 Jul 2024
We can’t wait to have you here!
Micah Hirsch, Ph.D.@MicahEHirsch
24 Jul 2024
With my graduation about a week away, I figured it was time to reveal what my plans are after FSU. I’m so excited to announce that I am heading to Boston! I will be joining the @SteppLab at Boston University as a postdoc! I cannot wait!
A photo of Micah standing in front of a brick wall. They are wearing a grey t-shirt with “Boston University” written on the front.

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Micah Hirsch, Ph.D.@MicahEHirsch
24 Jul 2024
With my graduation about a week away, I figured it was time to reveal what my plans are after FSU. I’m so excited to announce that I am heading to Boston! I will be joining the @SteppLab at Boston University as a postdoc! I cannot wait!
A photo of Micah standing in front of a brick wall. They are wearing a grey t-shirt with “Boston University” written on the front.

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Stepp Lab@SteppLab
11 Jun 2024
If you are interested in joining us (or another awesome BU lab!) as a PhD student next cycle, this is a great way to find out more!
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Stepp Lab@SteppLab
10 Apr 2024
The Stepp Lab is recruiting gender diverse adults (aged 18-50) to take part in a voice research study over their first year of taking testosterone. All individuals seeking testosterone hormone replacement therapy for the first time are encouraged to contact us!
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Stepp Lab@SteppLab
10 Apr 2024
Participants will be asked to come in for up to 13 in-person visits over the first year of taking testosterone and will be compensated $30/hour. Anyone interested in participating can contact us at stepplab@gmail.com / 617-358-1395!
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Stepp Lab@SteppLab
10 Apr 2024
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Sargent College, Boston University@BUSargent
14 Mar 2024
🌟Meet our @buslhs PhD students 🌟 First up, @dariadragicevic, a student in our @SteppLab is interested in understanding longitudinal speech changes in people with Parkinson’s disease ➡️ sites.bu.edu/stepplab/daria-…
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Sargent College, Boston University@BUSargent
20 Mar 2024
🌟Meet our @buslhs PhD students 🌟 Kimberly Dahl, a student in our @SteppLab, is researching voice perception, speech motor control, and voice and gender ➡️ sites.bu.edu/stepplab/kimber…
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Stepp Lab@SteppLab
31 Jan 2024
New work in @ASHAJournals by @stepplab @buslhs doc candidate Kimberly Dahl, with coauthors M Díaz Cádiz, @jennifermzuk, @guentherlab, & @carastepp, finds that speakers correct pitch errors, even when those errors do not disrupt the meaning of a sentence bit.ly/DahlEtal2024

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Stepp Lab@SteppLab
31 Jan 2024
We found that speakers responded similarly across these contexts, whether or not a pitch error disrupted the meaning of the sentence
Figure of pitch responses during study conditions. Full description is available in published article on the website of the Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research.

ALT Figure of pitch responses during study conditions. Full description is available in published article on the website of the Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research.

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Stepp Lab@SteppLab
31 Jan 2024
We also found that how people responded to pitch errors in running speech did not relate to their responses in sustained vowels (“aaaah”). This raises the question: do we truly capture speech motor learning as it occurs in meaningful speech by having people sustain vowels?
Scatterplot showing relationship between pitch responses during an emphasized word in a sentence and during a sustained vowel. The data points are oriented in a cloud with slight clustering toward the upper right quadrant. The p value is .996.

ALT Scatterplot showing relationship between pitch responses during an emphasized word in a sentence and during a sustained vowel. The data points are oriented in a cloud with slight clustering toward the upper right quadrant. The p value is .996.
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Sargent College, Boston University@BUSargent
22 Jan 2024
#ICYMI @buslhs Professor Cara Stepp has established a connection between hearing impairment and vocal hyperfunction. Read more 👀⬇️ bu.edu/sargent/about-us/our-…
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Stepp Lab@SteppLab
15 Dec 2023
❗️New publication alert! ❗️Here’s a brief summary of a new article by Stepp Lab alumni Rachel Norotsky on implicit racial bias in auditory-perceptual evaluations of dysphonic voices 🗣🧠
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Stepp Lab@SteppLab
15 Dec 2023
These findings suggest a minimizing bias in dysphonia evaluation of Black patients with voice disorders and contribute to the understanding of how a patient’s race may impact their visit with a clinician
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Stepp Lab@SteppLab
15 Dec 2023
Read the whole article here: sites.bu.edu/stepplab/files/… Congratulations Rachel!
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