Laura Dilley, Assistant Professor at a Michigan State University has recently received a grant allowing her to continue research into speech and how humans comprehend speech. Dilley has already made some interesting discoveries and has high hopes that her research will have positive implications for people with disorders and speech difficulties such as autism and stuttering.

Aside from the implications for medical disorders, Dilley’s research could have far-reaching consequences for speech recognition technology and IVR, improving the way people interact with such systems.