REU Site: Engineering Sensors Systems and Signal Processing for Speech Pathology

REU 网站：言语病理学的工程传感器系统和信号处理

• 批准号: 1852161
• 负责人: Todd Freeborn
• 金额: $ 35.2万
• 依托单位: University of Alabama Tuscaloosa
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-03-15 至 2024-02-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1852161&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Engineering; Sensors; Systems

This REU Site: Engineering Sensors, Systems, and Signal Processing for Speech Pathology at the University of Alabama Tuscaloosa will immerse a diverse cohort of undergraduate students in research at the interface of engineering/computer science and speech pathology. Research projects will apply engineering principles to develop technologies to improve screening, diagnosis, and therapy for populations impacted by communication, voice, and swallowing disorders. These experiences will provide an opportunity for students to contribute to projects that have direct applications to improve society and increase student's awareness of social responsibility in engineering. Students will receive technical and clinical mentorship from faculty in both engineering/computer science and speech pathology, providing truly interdisciplinary research experiences. Additionally, professional development training and clinical shadowing will expand the range of student experiences to prepare them for conducting research and understanding the critical issues faced by patients and clinicians. The primary goals of the proposed NSF REU site are to: 1) engage undergraduate students from science/engineering in speech pathology practice to understand critical issues faced by patients and clinicians, 2) integrate the experiences and information from these groups to apply engineering principles to develop technologies to improve screening, diagnosis, and therapy in speech pathology research, 3) develop communication skills to support interactions with professionals, clinicians, and the wider-public, 4) increase the number of students from under-represented groups in STEM and research-limited institutions participating in research, and 5) increase awareness of social responsibility in engineering and raise student interest in pursuing graduate studies. During clinical practice, clinicians utilize a range of technologies including audio recording/acoustic analysis, electromyography, and video imaging/analysis. While there are tools available for speech pathologists, their research needs that require application-specific sensors, systems, and signal-processing methods are often under-served as a result of disconnects between speech pathology and engineering/computer science. This REU Site aims to bridge that disconnect by introducing undergraduate students to interdisciplinary research requiring image analysis, sensor design, algorithm development, and information processing applied to research investigating hearing assessment, voice problems, swallowing problems, speech language processing, pediatric feeding, and stuttering events. Additionally, students will interact with clinicians and patients during the REU through shadowing experiences coordinated at the Speech and Hearing Center to introduce students to the wide range of practice of these professionals.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

这个REU网站：塔斯卡卢萨阿拉巴马大学语言病理学的工程传感器，系统和信号处理将使不同的本科生沉浸在工程/计算机科学和语言病理学的界面研究中。研究项目将应用工程原理来开发技术，以改善受沟通、声音和吞咽障碍影响的人群的筛查、诊断和治疗。这些经历将为学生提供一个机会，为有直接应用的项目做出贡献，以改善社会，提高学生在工程领域的社会责任意识。学生将接受来自工程/计算机科学和语言病理学教师的技术和临床指导，提供真正的跨学科研究经验。此外，专业发展培训和临床实习将扩大学生的经验范围，为他们进行研究和理解患者和临床医生面临的关键问题做好准备。拟议的NSF REU站点的主要目标是：1)让理工科本科学生参与言语病理学实践，了解患者和临床医生面临的关键问题；2)整合这些群体的经验和信息，应用工程原理开发技术，以改善言语病理学研究中的筛查、诊断和治疗；3)培养沟通技巧，以支持与专业人员、临床医生和广大公众的互动。4)增加STEM和研究有限机构中代表性不足群体的学生参与研究的人数；5)提高工程领域的社会责任意识，提高学生攻读研究生的兴趣。在临床实践中，临床医生使用一系列技术，包括录音/声学分析、肌电图和视频成像/分析。虽然有语言病理学家可用的工具，但由于语言病理学和工程/计算机科学之间的脱节，他们的研究需要特定应用的传感器、系统和信号处理方法，因此往往得不到充分的服务。本REU网站旨在通过向本科生介绍跨学科研究来弥合这种脱节，这些研究需要图像分析、传感器设计、算法开发和信息处理，用于调查听力评估、声音问题、吞咽问题、语音语言处理、儿科喂养和口吃事件。此外，在REU期间，学生将通过在言语和听力中心协调的影子经验与临床医生和患者互动，向学生介绍这些专业人员的广泛实践。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

项目成果

Analysis of localized bioimpedance from healthy young adults during activities of the vocal folds using Cole-impedance model representation

使用科尔阻抗模型表示分析健康年轻人声带活动期间的局部生物阻抗

• DOI: 10.1016/j.bspc.2021.102665
• 发表时间: 2021
• 期刊: Biomedical Signal Processing and Control
• 影响因子: 5.1
• 作者: Freeborn, Todd J.;Gosa, Memorie
• 通讯作者: Gosa, Memorie

Student Satisfaction and Perceptions of Summer REU Experience in an Engineering/Communicative Disorders Focused Site at Program Midpoint

学生对暑期 REU 工程/沟通障碍中心体验的满意度和看法

• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: ASEE annual conference proceedings
• 作者: Freeborn, Todd J.;Gosa, Memorie M.;McCallum, Debra;Steele, Erika
• 通讯作者: Steele, Erika

Work-in-Progress: Social and Cultural Activities Integrated into an REU Site in the U.S. South

正在进行中的工作：将社会和文化活动融入美国南部 REU 场地

• 发表时间: 2021
• 期刊: 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference
• 作者: Freeborn, T.J.;Gosa, M.M.
• 通讯作者: Gosa, M.M.

Evaluation of a 3-year research experiences for undergraduates site focused on engineering solutions in support of communicative disorders

对本科生网站 3 年研究经验的评估，重点是支持沟通障碍的工程解决方案

• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: ASEE annual conference exposition proceedings
• 作者: Freeborn, Todd J.;Gosa, Memorie M.;McCallum, Debra M.
• 通讯作者: McCallum, Debra M.

Speech Pathology Clinical Shadowing and Research Experiences for Undergraduate Engineers & Computer Scientists

本科工程师言语病理学临床见习和研究经验

• 发表时间: 2020
• 期刊: 2020 ASEE Southeastern Section Conference
• 作者: Freeborn, Todd J;Gosa, Memorie;McCallum, Debra;Steele, Erika
• 通讯作者: Steele, Erika