| 1996 | Ph.D. in Speech Science, University of Connecticut, USA. Dissertation: A Perceptual and Acoustic Study of Alaryngeal Speech in Adult Cantonese-Speaking Males |
| 2000 | M.A. in Applied Computer Science, Illinois State University, USA. Project: A Web-based Conversational Academic Scoring System -Development using Voice Extensible Markup Language |
| 1993 | M.A. in Speech Science, University of Connecticut, USA. Thesis: An Aerodynamic and Acoustic Study of Laryngitic Hoarseness |
| 1989 | B.Sc. in Anthropology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China Thesis: A Preliminary Phonological Study of the Hoklo Dialect |