Speech Production & Perception

The goal of my research is to understand the neural basis of voice and hearing disorders, including laryngeal dystonia, Parkinson's disease, and tinnitus, as well as the brain networks that govern typical speech production, how they change across ages and...

Practicing surgeon and scientist with a clinical appointment as staff Neurotologist at Boston Children's Hospital and a research appointment as Principal Investigator within the Eaton Peabody Laboratories at the Mass Eye and Ear. I treat pediatric and...

Speech is one of the most unique features of human existence and communication. The significance and power of speech production cannot be overestimated as it defines who we are, our intentions, hopes, and beliefs. As a result, the neural mechanisms of...

Dr. Shattuck-Hufnagel investigates the cognitive structures and processes involved in speech production planning, particularly at the level of speech sound sequencing. Her work with speech error patterns and with the acoustic analyses of prosody has...

Our work examines the processing interactions between different levels of representation (mostly phonetic and lexical) during the perception of spoken language.  The approach is strongly interdisciplinary, embracing theory and experimental paradigms...

A fundamental problem in psychiatry is that there are no biological markers for diagnosing mental illness or for indicating how best to treat it. Treatment decisions are based entirely on symptoms, and doctors and their patients will typically try one...