The short-term goal of our research is to better understand the development of speech and feeding skills in individuals with specific developmental disabilities and in typically-developing children.
The long-term goal of our work is to develop improved therapeutic interventions for children with speech and/or feeding difficulties. We make use of a 3-dimensional motion capture system (Vicon) which allows us to non-invasively track motion of the face, lips, and jaw during speech and feeding simply by placing tiny hypoallergenic stickers on the faces on infant, child, adolescent, and adult participants. For more information click on the links to the left or feel free to contact us:
speechandchewing@waisman.wisc.edu
(608)263-7273
