Research
Reading Disability and the Dyslexia Data Consortium
As part of a multi-site study to understand the neurobiology of reading disability and to develop methods for retrospective multi-site studies, we have collected a large multi-site data set with the generous contribution of investigators who study reading development and disability. Ongoing projects include the study of structural asymmetries in people with varied reading skills, the development of deep learning approaches for identifying people with reading disability, and the creating a data sharing and data delivery service (www.dyslexiadata.org).
Age-related Changes in Hearing, Speech Recognition, and Decision-Making
The ability to follow conversation becomes more difficult as we get older. Our laboratory uses brain imaging techniques to examine structural and functional reasons for speech recognition difficulty and the central nervous system consequences of age-related hearing loss. Ongoing studies examine the representation of speech sounds in auditory cortex during speech recognition and the contribution of supporting decision-making systems in older adults with different phenotypes of age-related hearing loss.
