Robert A. Prosek, Ph.D.
Ph.D., Purdue University, 1971
Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders
Contact Information
404C Ford Building
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802
(814) 863-2021
Fax: (814) 863-3759
Courses Taught
CSD 301, Acoustic Principles in Communication Sciences and Disorders
CSD 444, Introduction to Organic Disorders of Speech and Language
CSD 520, Physiologic and Acoustic Issues in Speech Science
CSD 541, Voice and Disorders
CSD 542, Stuttering
Research Interests
Perception of Voice Disorders
Intelligibility of Speech in Noise
Interactions between Speech Production and Speech Perception
Current Projects
Fatigue-related Decrements in Perceptual, Cognitive and Verbal Measures During 36 Hours of Sleep Deprivation. This is a collaborative project with the Department of Psychology to determine if selected, higher order tasks can reliably identify the presence of sleep loss effects.
Approximate Reasoning in the Classification of Voice Disorders. This project uses Fuzzy Logic and Approximate Reasoning to account for and explain listeners' judgments of voice disorders.