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Jimin Lee
Associate Professor
Summary Statement

Jimin Lee investigates speech production and perception in people with dysarthria to enhance their verbal communication.

Department
  • Communication Sciences and Disorders - CSD
  • Graduate Faculty
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Education
  • Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2010
Phone
Office Address
404A Ford Building
498 Allen Road
University Park, PA 16802
Fax
814-865-8133
Professional Credentials

Ph. D., CCC-SLP

Research Interests

My broad research goal is to examine and expand the foundational science and principles of speech production as well as the subsequent clinical applications for speakers with dysarthria. My research is focused on speech production to examine and develop strategies and procedures for the clinical management of dysarthria.

Specific Interests:
• Relationship among articulatory kinematics, speech acoustics, and speech intelligibility
• Identification of comprehensive production variables that predict speech intelligibility in individuals with dysarthria
• Investigating how to enhance speech production in individuals with dysarthria secondary to various neurological conditions such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and cerebral palsy.

Specializations

Speech Production and Perception
Oral Motor Control, Speech, Voice and Swallowing

Grants and Research Projects

Evaluating Verbal Communication in Structured Interactions: Theoretical and Clinical Implications (NIH R01DC021714; Olmstead, Lee, & Viswanathan, PIs; 2024-2029)

A Physiologically Integrated Approach to Studying Mechanisms of Speech Production and Swallow Function in Down Syndrome (NIH R01DC020622; Co-I; 2023-2028)

Home Telemonitoring of Bulbar Function by Acoustic Measurement of Swallowing and Speech Sounds in ALS (DoD; Co-I; 2021-2024)

Enhancing Speech Science Training through Collaboration: Investigating Perception of a Variable Speech Signal (NSF; Scientist; 2021-2024)