Cara E. Stepp, Ph.D.

Professor, Sargent College (Speech, Language, & Hearing Science, BME)

Email cstepp@bu.edu
Website Stepp Lab

Honors and Awards

2024 – AIMBE Fellow

Areas of Interest

Engineering tools to rehabilitate disordered sensorimotor function

Research Areas

Understanding the relationship between acoustic parameters and speech and voice physiology as measured by kinematics (using electromagnetography and optics) and neural signals (sEMG, hooked wire EMG, EEG) in a variety of disorders (e.g., Parkinson’s disease, laryngeal dystonia, vocal hyperfunction) to develop objective measures of voice and speech to aid clinical assessment. Developing and testing novel videogame-based rehabilitation interventions to improve the quality of life of individuals with sensorimotor disorders of speech and swallowing
Using cortical and neuromuscular oscillations to identify functional biomarkers for disorders of fine motor control (e.g., speech, swallowing, upper limb control) to design rehabilitation protocols able to specifically target motor learning. Developing novel neurotechnology for speech assistance and rehabilitation.

Department or Division: Biomedical Engineering

Affiliation: Primary & Affiliated Faculty

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