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.

本REU网站：工程传感器，系统和信号处理的语音病理学在亚拉巴马塔斯卡卢萨大学将沉浸在工程/计算机科学和语音病理学的接口研究本科生的不同群体。 研究项目将应用工程原理开发技术，以改善受沟通，语音和吞咽障碍影响的人群的筛查，诊断和治疗。 这些经验将为学生提供一个机会，使他们能够为直接应用于改善社会的项目做出贡献，并提高学生对工程社会责任的认识。 学生将获得工程/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阴影将扩大学生的经验范围，为他们进行研究和了解患者和临床医生面临的关键问题做好准备。 建议的NSF REU网站的主要目标是：1）让来自科学/工程的本科生参与言语病理学实践，以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）发展沟通技能，以支持与专业人士，临床医生和更广泛的公众互动，4）增加STEM和研究有限机构中代表性不足群体的学生人数，（5）加强工程学的社会责任意识，提高学生攻读研究生的兴趣。 在临床实践中，临床医生利用一系列技术，包括音频记录/声学分析、肌电图和视频成像/分析。虽然有工具可供语音病理学家，他们的研究需要，需要特定于应用的传感器，系统和信号处理方法，往往是由于语音病理学和工程/计算机科学之间的脱节服务不足。 这个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，这些研究应用于调查听力评估，语音问题，吞咽问题，言语语言处理，儿科喂养和口吃事件。 此外，学生将在REU期间通过在言语和听力中心协调的阴影体验与临床医生和患者互动，向学生介绍这些专业人士的广泛实践。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估来支持。

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