Interdisciplinary Research Training in Speech-Language Disorders

描述（由申请人提供）：传播科学与疾病（CSD）领域的新博士学位严重短缺。这项培训补助金的目的是通过在国内排名靠前的部门之一培养儿童和成人语言障碍领域的研究学者来解决这一短缺问题。这一竞争继续要求支持五名博士生和一名博士后参加一个跨学科培训项目，该项目利用了交流障碍、教育心理学、语言学、心理学、第二语言习得、神经病学和耳鼻喉科等部门的教师和资源。威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校在这些不同项目的教师之间的高水平合作方面可能是独一无二的，魏斯曼中心的存在促进了互动，魏斯曼中心是一个跨学科中心，支持人类发展，发育障碍和神经退行性疾病的研究。因此，威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校非常适合培养学生从事言语和语言障碍方面的职业，因为该领域的研究和实践必须借鉴来自各个领域的专业知识。拟议培训补助金的目的是在跨学科培训计划中为学生在言语和语言障碍领域的学术生涯做好准备。该计划的学生将被要求完成至少两次实验室轮换。学员将能够从许多研究项目中选择轮岗，包括语言发展、语言障碍、语言和识字、成人语言处理、儿童和成人的语言感知和产生，以及神经源性语言障碍。可供学员使用的实验方法包括声学语音分析、x射线微束、ERP、功能磁共振成像、眼球追踪以及许多其他行为测量。培训活动还包括部门内外的正式课程；参加每周的实验室会议、部门研讨会和期刊俱乐部；完成第一年的研究项目；参与项目评估。据估计，美国有十分之一的人有某种类型的沟通障碍（言语、语言或听力困难）。这项培训赠款将使传播科学和疾病领域的研究人员和教育工作者做好准备，以解决这一重大的公共卫生问题。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): 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.