Current research focuses on hearing, speech rehabilitation, and speech production.
Staff of the research Section conduct applied research designed to improve patient care practices. In addition, they provide technical consultations and continuing education to the clinical staff. The emphasis of the section's activities is on communication disorders prevalent among the active duty military population. Much of the auditory research conducted focuses on the development of signal processing methods which could improve speech understanding in hearing-impaired patients. Speech-motor research focuses on neuromotor control in movement disorders including disfluency.