The lab will soon be recruiting for two upcoming studies! One is on how technology measures language use in young children with Down syndrome. The other study is on language use in autistic girls and …
Fragile X Syndrome
Boys with fragile X syndrome + autism spectrum disorder and autistic boys show high rates of word omission during conversations
By Charlene N. Rivera-Bonet, Waisman Science Writer Note: The lab of Audra Sterling uses identity-first language in response to the majority preference of the autistic community. This story reflects that preference. Omission of words during …
New NIH grant to study language use as potential predictor of neurodegenerative disorder in FMR1 premutation carriers
By Charlene N. Rivera-Bonet, Waisman Science Writer A new study led by Nell Maltman, PhD, a research scientist in the lab of Audra Sterling, PhD, associate professor of communication sciences and disorders, will investigate if …
Machine learning can detect a genetic disorder from speech recordings
How much information can we extract from a five-minute recording of someone talking? Enough to tell whether that individual may be genetically predisposed to some health complications, according to researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s …