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 Cara E. Stepp, PhD
 

 

       
Assistant Professor
Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
Biomedical Engineering
Boston University 		 
Email: cstepp@bu.edu
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  Research Interests
Dr. Stepp is the director of the STEPP LAB for Sensorimotor Rehabilitation Engineering at Boston University. Her research uses engineering tools to rehabilitate disordered sensorimotor function. Her long-term research goal is to extend current and novel therapeutic advances to the speech system, improving current treatment alternatives.		  
     
  Education
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Computer Science & Engineering and Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington, 2011
Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, 2009
S.M., Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008
S.B., Engineering Science, Smith College, 2004		  
     
  Selected Papers
(For a full list, see Publications, Curriculum Vitae, PubMed Search)
  
     
 

Cara Stepp, Gabrielle Merchant, James Heaton, Robert Hillman. “Effects of Voice Therapy on Relative Fundamental Frequency during Voicing Offset and Onset in Patients with Vocal Hyperfunction”, Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 54(5), 2011.

Stepp C.E., Hillman, R.E., Heaton J.T. “Modulation of Neck Intermuscular Beta Coherence during Voice and Speech”, Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 54(3), pp 836-844, 2011..

Cara Stepp, Robert Hillman, James Heaton. "A virtual trajectory model predicts differences in vocal fold kinematics in individuals with vocal hyperfunction”, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 127(5), 2010. Copyright (2010) Acoustical Society of America. (This article may be downloaded for personal use only.) 

Cara Stepp, James Heaton, Rebecca Rolland, Robert Hillman. "Neck and face surface electromyography for prosthetic voice control after total laryngectomy", IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 17(2), 2009.

Cara Stepp, James Heaton, Robert Hillman. "Post-laryngectomy speech respiration patterns", Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology, 117(8), 2008.

  
     
  Courses
SAR SH523 Introduction to Speech Science:  Offered Fall 2011, MW 1-2:30.  Lecture, laboratory, and demonstrations. Introduction to the basic physics of sound, including the decibel scale, spectral analysis, and sound resonance. Acoustic theory of speech production. Effects of contact on speech acoustics. Suprasegmental characteristics of speech production. Introduction to speech perception. 4 credits. 
Office Hours:  Monday 2:30-4pm, Thursday 3:30-4:30pm.