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Marisha Speights is an Assistant Professor at Northwestern University and the director of the Pediatric Speech Technologies Acoustics Research Lab (PedzSTAR lab). Her research focuses on testing automated methods for tracking acoustic vocal biomarkers for the early detection of speech disorders in young children. She collaborates with computer data scientists specializing in machine learning to develop innovative computer-based approaches for classifying children's articulatory difficulties. The lab conducts research on various aspects of articulatory and acoustic phonetics, child speech production, and listeners’ speech perception. Additionally, they develop software tools for quantitative screening and assessment of developmental speech disorders and decreased speech intelligibility.
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