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Expanding the Pool: Mobile Speech Lab Brings Research on Stuttering to Children and Families

May 26, 2021 - Ann Kammerer

Her mission? To put a speech development lab on wheels to reach children and families far from her brick-and-mortar lab on the East Lansing campus.

IPF Collaborates with COMARTSCI on Mobile Lab to Study Stuttering in Children

April 27, 2021 - Danielle Fowler

Michigan children participating in research about the causes of stuttering can now be visited by a mobile lab after IPF assisted a College of Communication Arts and Sciences professor with acquiring and customizing an RV.

NIH 3.1 Million Grant Funds Research Identifying Risk Factors for Lifelong Stuttering

March 5, 2021 - Melissa Priebe

Assistant Professor of Communicative Sciences and Disorders Bridget Walsh, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, will study the risk factors in children that lead to chronic stuttering in adulthood, in a research project funded by a $3.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health. Her research focuses on a narrow window of early childhood, when stuttering emerges.