My name is Micah Hirsch and I am currently a Ph.D. candidate in the School of Communication Science and Disorders at Florida State University. My overall research interests are in motor speech disorders, speech science, and the metascience of speech science. Specifically, my research centers on investigating listener factors that impact perception of dysarthric speech, the acoustic and perceptual characteristics of dysarthria, and advancing the metascience of speech science. The overarching goal across my lines of research is to develop a conceptual framework explaining how various perceptual and acoustic outcomes interact with listener-related factors to inform communicative success in dysarthria. My work also aims to increase the methodological rigor of measuring these various factors in dysarthria research.

 

In addition to my line of research I am also a big proponent of open science. Therefore, I also co-founded OpenCSD, an organization dedicated to promoting open science practices in the field of communication science and disorders. OpenCSD is run by a volunteer collective of researchers, students, clinicians, and educators who all share a passion for increasing the use of open science practices in CSD. You can learn more about OpenCSD and our initiatives in the OpenCSD link below.

My current publications and presentations are listed below. Keeping with the spirit of open science, I include links to the published articles, archived preprint or postprint manuscript versions, datasets, analysis code, and other supplementary materials whenever possible. 

 

To see a full version of my CV, please click the CV link below.