Interdisciplinary Research Training in Speech-Language Disorders

描述(由申请人提供)：传播科学和疾病(CSD)领域的新博士严重短缺。这笔培训补助金旨在解决这一短缺问题，为儿童和成人言语语言障碍领域的研究人员和学者在该国最高级别的部门之一做好准备。这一竞争延续要求支持五名博士后学生和一名博士后学生参加一个跨学科培训计划，该计划利用沟通障碍、教育心理学、语言学、心理学、第二语言习得、神经学和耳鼻喉科的教员和资源。威斯曼大学麦迪逊分校可能是独一无二的，因为这些不同项目的教职员工之间高度合作，韦斯曼中心的存在促进了互动，韦斯曼中心是一个支持人类发育、发育障碍和神经退行性疾病研究的跨学科中心。因此，威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校非常适合为言语和语言障碍领域的学生提供职业培训，因为该领域的研究和实践必须借鉴不同领域的专业知识。拟议的培训补助金的目的是让学生在跨学科培训计划中为言语和语言障碍领域的学术生涯做好准备。该项目的学生将被要求完成至少两次实验轮换。学员将能够从多个研究项目中选择轮换，包括语言发展、语言障碍、语言和识字、成人语言处理、儿童和成人的言语感知和产生以及神经源性言语障碍。受训者可以使用的实验方法包括声学语音分析、X射线微束、事件相关电位、功能磁共振、眼球跟踪以及许多其他行为测量。培训活动还包括系内外的正式课程工作；参加每周的实验室会议、系内专题研讨会和期刊俱乐部；完成第一年的研究项目；以及参与项目评估。据估计，在美国，每10个人中就有一个人患有某种类型的沟通障碍(言语、语言或听力障碍)。这笔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.