Dr. Stephen Tasko is an Associate Professor Emeritus in the Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences at Western Michigan University and Research Consultant with Stephenson and Stephenson Research and Consulting (SASRAC). Dr. Tasko earned his Ph.D. in Communication Disorders from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and completed post-doctoral work in the Audiology and Speech Center at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Dr. Tasko has a wide range of research interests that include assessment of firearm noise, mechanisms of middle ear muscle function, and normal and disordered speech motor control.