Interdisciplinary Research Training in Speech-Language Disorders

在传播科学和疾病(CSD)领域，新的博士学位严重短缺。 这笔培训补助金旨在通过准备以下领域的研究人员-学者来解决这一短缺问题 美国最高级别部门之一的儿童和成人言语语言障碍。这 竞争继续申请支持5名博士后和1名博士后 参加一个跨学科的培训计划，利用各部门的师资和资源 交际障碍，教育心理学，语言学，心理学，第二语言习得， 神经学和耳鼻喉科。威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校在以下方面可能是独一无二的： 这些不同项目的教职员工，韦斯曼中心的存在促进了互动， 一个跨学科的中心，支持关于人类发展、发育障碍和 神经退行性疾病。因此，威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校非常适合培养学生从事演讲职业。 以及语言障碍，因为这一领域的研究和实践必须借鉴各种不同的专业知识 在田野里。拟议的培训补助金的目的是为学生在该领域的学术生涯做准备。 在跨学科培训计划中对言语和语言障碍进行培训。参加该计划的学生将 必须完成至少两次实验室轮换。学员将能够从以下几个选项中选择轮换 研究方案，包括关于语言发展、语言障碍、语言和识字的方案， 成人语言加工、儿童和成人的言语知觉和产生，以及神经性言语 精神错乱。为学员提供的实验方法包括声学语音分析、X射线 微束、事件相关电位、功能核磁共振、眼球跟踪以及许多其他行为测量。培训活动也 包括系内外的正式课程；参加每周的实验室会议， 部门研讨会和期刊俱乐部；完成一项第一年的研究项目；以及 参与项目评估。 据估计，在美国，每10人中就有1人患有某种类型的沟通障碍(言语、 语言或听力困难)。这笔培训赠款将为以下领域的研究人员和教育工作者提供准备 传播科学和疾病，以解决这一重大的公共卫生问题。

There is a critical shortage of new PhD's in the field of Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD). This training grant is designed to address this shortage by preparing researcher-scholars in the field of speech-language disorders in children and adults at one of the top-ranked departments in the country. This competing continuation requests support for five predoctoral students and one postdoctoral student to participate in an interdisciplinary training program that draws on faculty and resources in the departments of Communicative Disorders, Educational Psychology, Linguistics, Psychology, Second Language Acquisition, Neurology, and Otolaryngology. UW-Madison is perhaps unique in the high level of collaboration among faculty in these different programs, interactions that are facilitated by the existence of the Waisman Center, an inter-disciplinary center that supports research on human development, developmental disabilities, and neurodegenerative diseases. Thus, UW-Madison is ideally suited for training students for careers in speech and language disorders, given that research and practice in this field must draw on expertise from a variety of fields. The purpose of the proposed training grant is to prepare students for academic careers in the field of speech and language disorders within an inter-disciplinary training program. Students in the program will be required to complete at least two lab rotations. Trainees will be able to select rotations from a number of research programs, including ones in language development, language disorders, language and literacy, adult language processing, speech perception and production in children and adults, and neurogenic speech disorders. Experimental methodologies that are available to trainees include acoustic speech analysis, X-ray microbeam, ERP's, fMRI, eye-tracking, as well as many other behavioral measures. Training activities also include formal coursework both inside and outside the department; participation in weekly lab meetings, departmental proseminars, and journal clubs; the completion of a first year research project; and participation in program evaluation. It is estimated that 1 in 10 people in the US have some type of communication disorder (speech, language, or hearing difficulty). This training grant will prepare researchers and educators in the field of Communication Sciences and Disorders to address this significant public health concern.