research overview
- Dr. Hilger’s research investigates impaired speech production in motor speech disorders. More specifically, she looks at how prosody, or the production of pitch, loudness, and timing in speech, is affected in neurological disease or impairment. Additionally, she researches how healthy speakers use auditory feedback of their voice to make adjustments to their speech, and how the use of auditory feedback can become impaired in motor speech disorders. Currently, she directs the CO Motor Speech Lab and is investigating prosody and auditory feedback in individuals with ataxic dysarthria.
