OSU Lab dedicated to understanding speech development
Founder: Peter Richtsmeier, PhD
Field: Speech Pathology
02/11/2026
Dr. Peter Richtsmeier will be taking the Polar Plunge later this month to support the Special Olympics here in Oklahoma. Follow the link to find out more!
Check out College of Arts and Sciences' team fundraising page for Special Olympics Oklahoma We are from the College of Arts & Sciences and we will brave the cold for the Special Olympics Oklahoma! Help us hit $5k to get the Dean in the pool!
02/06/2026
We're so grateful that this young man came in for our tongue twister study. He did a great job!
12/11/2025
These two silly boys did a great job with our tongue twister study!
Do you know a child ages 7-10 that struggles to read? Consider sharing this with their family! The study is two one-hour sessions here on the OSU campus. Families receive $35 gift cards for each session, and we have prizes and stickers for kids. Sign up or get more information by messaging OK State Phon Farm Lab or sending an email to [email protected].
11/13/2025
We’ve been having so much fun with our tongue twister study! Huge thanks to everyone who has participated so far!
10/13/2025
Brook and Miley got to work with their first participant today. Nice job to both of them and Piper!
09/11/2025
Hi everyone! My name is Miley Fisher, and I’m a junior majoring in Communication Sciences and Disorders. This semester, I’m thrilled to be working with Dr. Richtsmeier in the Phon Farm Lab. Our current project focuses on tongue twisters, studying the kinds of errors children make while practicing them and what those errors reveal about the process of learning to read. We are especially interested in how dyslexia can affect this learning. I’m grateful for the chance to be involved in meaningful research and excited to see what we discover.
09/10/2025
Hi everyone!
My name is Brook Wilson, and I’m a first-year Speech-Language Pathology graduate student here at Oklahoma State. I’m excited to be working with Dr. Richtsmeier in the Phon Farm Lab, where I’ve been involved in our tongue twister study. This project looks at how children make errors while learning to read and whether dyslexia influences those patterns.
Being a part of this lab has already been such a rewarding experience. I’ve learned so much about the research process, collaboration, and the connections between language and literacy. I’m excited to keep building on this work throughout my graduate studies and to see how our findings might contribute to supporting children as they develop their reading skills.
05/30/2025
Presenting with undergraduate honors student, Keeley Warder, at the Symposium for Research on Child Language Disorders!
05/11/2025
Happy Mother's Day!
05/10/2025
Earlier this week, Phon Farm lab alumna Kelsey Case came back to the lab, and she brought her daughter Lennyn with her to do our word learning study. It was a pleasure catching up with Kelsey, hearing about the great work she's doing as an SLP, and getting to work with Lennyn. I hope to see you again soon, Kelsey!