Cara E. Stepp, PhD
Professor, Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
Biography
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 of voice and speech. Her long-term research goal is to extend current and novel therapeutic advances to the speech system, improving current treatment alternatives.
Dr. Stepp specializes in voice and speech disorders, integrating speech science, computer science, and engineering to improve diagnosis and rehabilitation of communication-based challenges. She is a past NSF CAREER Award and PECASE recipient, with multiple active federal grants supporting her research, and is a past Peter Paul Career Development Professor. She has published 2 book chapters and more than 100 articles in science and health journals.
Other Positions
- Professor, Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Education
- Harvard University, PhD
- Harvard University, PhD
- Smith College, SB/ScB
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, SM/ScM
Publications
- Published on 2/8/2025
Pan AY, Grail GPO, Albert G, Groll MD, Stepp CE, Arnocky SA, Hodges-Simeon CR. What Contributes to Masculine Perception of Voice Among Transmasculine People on Testosterone Therapy? J Voice. 2025 Feb 08. PMID: 39924373.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 12/5/2024
Sauder CL, Marks KL, Meyer TK, Giliberto JP, Knutson M, Wilson E, Stepp CE, Eadie TL. Patient-Perceived Vocal Effort Immediately Following Voice Tasks in Adductor Laryngeal Dystonia (ADLD). J Voice. 2024 Dec 05. PMID: 39643552.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 11/19/2024
Marks KL, Frankford SA, Cocroft SJ, Lonergan S, Díaz Cádiz ME, Stepp CE. The Prevalence of Creak Across Breath Groups in Adductor Laryngeal Dystonia. J Voice. 2024 Nov 19. PMID: 39567268.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 10/30/2024
Dahl KL, Balz MA, Cádiz MD, Stepp CE. How to Efficiently Measure the Intelligibility of People With Parkinson's Disease. Am J Speech Lang Pathol. 2025 Jan 07; 34(1):70-84. PMID: 39475678.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 9/20/2024
Howerton CE, Buckley DP, Dahl KL, Stepp CE. The Effects of Speaker Head Posture on Auditory Perception of Vocal Masculinity. J Voice. 2024 Sep 20. PMID: 39306495.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 8/8/2024
Frankford SA, Estrada A, Stepp CE. Contributions of Speech Timing and Articulatory Precision to Listener Perceptions of Intelligibility and Naturalness in Parkinson's Disease. J Speech Lang Hear Res. 2024 Sep 12; 67(9):2951-2963. PMID: 39116309.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 1/19/2024
Dahl KL, Cádiz MD, Zuk J, Guenther FH, Stepp CE. Controlling Pitch for Prosody: Sensorimotor Adaptation in Linguistically Meaningful Contexts. J Speech Lang Hear Res. 2024 Feb 12; 67(2):440-454. PMID: 38241671.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 12/11/2023
Dragicevic DA, Dahl KL, Perkins Z, Abur D, Stepp CE. Effects of a Concurrent Working Memory Task on Speech Acoustics in Parkinson's Disease. Am J Speech Lang Pathol. 2024 Jan 03; 33(1):418-434. PMID: 38081054.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 12/7/2023
Norotsky RL, Dahl KL, Cocroft S, Sauder C, Tracy LF, Stepp CE. Does Implicit Racial Bias Affect Auditory-Perceptual Evaluations of Dysphonic Voices? J Voice. 2023 Dec 07. PMID: 38065808.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 11/22/2023
Kapsner-Smith MR, Abur D, Eadie TL, Stepp CE. Test-Retest Reliability of Behavioral Assays of Feedforward and Feedback Auditory-Motor Control of Voice and Articulation. J Speech Lang Hear Res. 2024 Jan 08; 67(1):34-48. PMID: 37992404.
Read at: PubMed
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