Research Training in Speech and Hearing Sciences

描述(摘自申请者摘要)：演讲高级培训， 语言和听力科学在其短暂的历史中正处于一个关键时刻。 尽管国家对服务的需求和对研究生培训的需求 稳步增加的语音、语言和听力科学方面的博士培训 已经不足以跟上这些需求。预计教职员工 退休和部门增长超过了博士毕业生的产量 大约50%。口语、语言和听力方面的博士培训 华盛顿大学的科学在以下方面发挥了重要作用 满足这一日益增长的需求。华盛顿大学毕业生始终如一 竞争国内最好的教职员工和研究岗位。培训 华盛顿大学培训导师提供的经验包括积极的研究计划 专业：临床听力学、助听器设计与评估、新生儿听力 筛选，心理语言学，音系学，听觉电生理学， 沟通的多文化方面，心理声学，生物声学，社会 交流、言语感知、言语生理学、言语声学、运动 言语障碍、神经性言语语言障碍、内毛细胞 再生，运动协调和生物力学，歌曲发展 鸣禽、人工耳蜗、神经成像和认知神经科学。计划 受训者接触到了广泛的演讲、语言和 听证，精通这些学科并能够进行 在技术和理论上雄心勃勃的研究计划。 独立的预测和观察产生了共同的结论：(1) 言语、语言和听力科学领域对卫生保健专业人员的需求 在接下来的几十年里将急剧上升。研究工作将需要 相应地上升。(2)新专业人士的供应仍然受限于 研究生课程的数量。现有计划必须保持或增加其 培训方面的努力。(3)培训项目的增长受到缺乏的限制 合格的教授级研究人员。(4)研究机构代表 培训项目所占比例相对较小。这项拟议的研究- 培训计划通过提供高度丰富的 为博士后学生提供教育环境。这些学生将成为 接触到广泛的跨学科研究，并接受指导 在更狭隘的范围内发展成为独立的调查人员 为学术生涯做准备的研究包括研究和 教书。

DESCRIPTION (from applicant's abstract): Advanced training in the speech, language, and hearing sciences is at a critical point in its short history. Although the national need for services and the demand for graduate training are steadily increasing, doctoral training in speech, language, and hearing sciences has been insufficient in keeping up with these needs. Projected faculty retirement and departmental growth outstrip production of doctoral graduates by approximately 50%. Doctoral training in the speech, language, and hearing sciences at the University of Washington has played a significant role in addressing this growing need. University of Washington graduates consistently compete for the best faculty and research positions in the country. Training experiences afforded by the UW training mentors include active research programs in: clinical audiology, hearing aid design and evaluation, neonatal hearing screening, psycholinguistics, phonology, auditory electrophysiology, multicultural aspects of communication, psychoacoustics, bioacoustics, social communication, speech perception, speech physiology, speech acoustics, motor speech disorders, neurogenic speech-language disorders, inner hair cell regeneration, oromotor coorination and biomechanics, song development in songbirds, cochlear implants, neuroimaging, and cognitive neuroscience. Program trainees are exposed to a wide range of research in speech, language, and hearing, emerging well versed in these disciplines and able to conduct technologically and theoretically ambitious programs of research. Independent projections and observations yield the common conclusions that: (1) The need for health care professionals in speech, language, and hearing sciences will rise steeply over the next several decades. Research efforts will need to rise commensurately. (2) The supply of new professionals remains limited by the number of graduate programs. Existing programs must maintain or increase their training efforts. (3) Growth in training programs is limited by a lack of qualified professor-ial research faculty. (4) Research institutions represent a compara-tively small proportion of training programs. This proposed research- training program addresses these needs by providing a highly enriched educational environment for predoctoral students. These students will be exposed to a broad range of interdisciplinary research as well as being mentored to develop as independent investigators within their more narrowly defined scope of research in preparation for academic careers encompassing both research and teaching.