π§° May 2025 - FITI stimuli to be implemented in the Colorado Motor Speech Framework (CMSF) Tool [Dunne-Platero, K., Cloud, C. S., & Hilger, A. (2024). Colorado Motor Speech Framework. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/PM936]
π March 2025 - "Exploring the speech chain experimentally: English sound identification accuracy is modulated by phonological factors across adult speakers and listeners" accepted for the 188th meeting of the Acoustical Society of America (ASA) in May 2025
π February 2025 - Dr. Gurevich received Purdue Universityβs 2025 Focus Award for outstanding contribution to the furthering of Purdueβs commitment to disability accessibility and the pursuit of excellence
π January 2025 - Accepted to publish in the Journal of Purdue Undergraduate Research (JPUR): Shelby Thomas, "Applying a sight words framework to post-colonial spelling preferences in Wolof", faculty mentors: Naomi Gurevich (CSD) & Talia Bugel (ILCS)
π January 2025 - Accepted to publish in the Journal of Purdue Undergraduate Research (JPUR): Marissa Van De Weg, "Navigating texture modified diets in healthcare: a qualitative investigation of interprofessional challenges", faculty mentors: Naomi Gurevich (CSD) & Danielle Osmelak (GSU)
π December 2024 - Published "Frequency and context prominence effects on English allophone perception: identification of /r/ and /ΞΈ/" in POMA
π September 2024 - "Frequency and context prominence effects on English allophone perception: identification of /r/ and /ΞΈ/" accepted for the 187th meeting of the Acoustical Society of America (ASA) in Nov 2024 [JASA abstract]
π September 2024 - "A new approach to calculating allophonic balance and functional load" accepted for the 2025 Linguistic Society of America (LSA) Annual Meeting
π May 2024 - CLAD Lab director Naomi Gurevich recognized with the 2024 Purdue University Fort Wayne Featured Faculty for Excellence in Research Award
π April 2024 - CLAD Lab honors sudent Marissa Van De Weg awarded two prizes for her Student Research Symposium poster.
π April 2024 - CLAD Lab receives summer 2024 funding for a Graduate Research Assistant by the Indiana Data Mine project at Purdue University Fort Wayne.
π’ April 2024 - Lab RA Shelby Thomas awarded a 2024 PFW Undergraduate Summer Research Grant for her work on "Post-colonial Orthography".
ππΌββοΈ March 2024 - Invited by ASHA SIG 19 (Speech Science) to present on the FITI framework at ASHA 2024.
π February 2024 - Added to lab site: request clinical resources (under "Current Projects", NEW).
π February 2024 - Accepted for publication in ASHA's Speech Science Perspectives: A hierarchical approach to efficient assessment of functional intelligibility: The modular FITI (functional importance to intelligibility) phrase list.
π February 2024 - CLAD Lab collaboration to receive support from the Lilly Endowment through a grant supporting the Indiana Data Mine project at Purdue University Fort Wayne.
π January 2024 - Published - Groves, M. (Faculty Mentors: Gurevich, N., & Bugel, T. A.). (2024). The cross-linguistic and cross-situational association between accentedness and its impact as rated by speakers. Journal of Purdue Undergraduate Research, 13 (pp. 124β125). https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.7771/2158-4052.1584
π£οΈ November 2023 - Lab presentation at ASHA 2023 - "Applying the FITI Framework for Prioritizing Clinical Treatment Targets" (Technical Clinical Session in Motor Speech Disorders Across the Lifespan).
π October 2023 - Lab undergraduate RA Anna Pence featured in a PFW's News Center article.
π July 2023 - FITI article selected for inclusion in a "Collection of Perspectives in Speech-Language Pathology (SIG 19)" CE course on Speech and Voice Disorders (WEBS1921901).
π June 2023 - Dr. Gurevich was approved for the 2023-2024 Office of Graduate Studies funding for a Graduate Research Assistantship. Emmi Kosteba, CSD graduate student, is the lab GRA for fall 2023 - spring 2024.
π’ April 2023 - Lab RA Andrew Rowe awarded a 2023 PFW Undergraduate Summer Research Grant for his work on "Phonemic intelligibility"
π March 2023 - Accepted to publish in the Journal of Purdue Undergraduate Research (JPUR): Makaila Groves, "The cross-linguistic and cross-situational association between accentedness and its impact as rated by speakers", faculty mentors: Naomi Gurevich (CSD) & Talia Bugel (ILCS)