Past Students
2015 -2021 only
Daryn Cushnie-Sparrow
Graduated 2021 combined MClSc/PhD Program in Speech Language Pathology
dcushni@uwo.ca
Research Interests
- Parkinson's disease and related speech movement disorders
- acoustic and perceptual models of speech loudness and hypophonia
- speech and voice acoustics, speech perception, auditory feedback
- behavioural and device-based treatments for speech movement disorders
Isabelle Choon-Kon-Yune
4th year Undergraduate BSc
Health Sciences
ichoonko@uwo.ca
Research Interests
- effects of medication on speech intensity and speech rate in Parkinson's disease
- oral hypokinesia and speech intensity in Parkinson's disease
- relationship between the size of mouth opening and speech intensity in normal and disordered speakers
Lindsay Robinson
Gradated MClSc program 2021 (MClSc/PhD Candidate 2019-2021)
Speech-Language Pathology
lrobin95@uwo.ca
Research Interests
- speech and swallowing disorders associated with Parkinson's disease
- acoustic measures of normal and abnormal speech rate
- timing control in normal and disordered swallowing
- effects of medication on speech and swallowing disorders
Thea Knowles, MClSc/PhD
Graduated 2019 combined MClSc/PhD Program in Speech Language Pathology
Assistant Professor,
Department of Communication Disorders & Sciences,
University of Buffalo
theaknow@buffalo.edu
Lab website: https://casa-lab.netlify.app/
Research Interests
- speech production in people with motor speech disorders
- use of acoustic, perceptual, and person-centered measurement techniques
- study of speech intervention options for motor speech disorders
Anita (Abeyesekera) Senthinathan, PhD, SLP
Graduated 2019 combined MClSc/PhD Program in Speech Language Pathology
Assistant Professor
Department of Speech-Language Pathology
SUNY Buffalo State
abeyesda@buffalostate.edu or senthida@buffalostate.edu
Website: https://speech.buffalostate.edu/faculty/dona-anita-senthinathan
Research Interests
- Parkinson's disease and hypophonia
- understanding the causal mechanisms associated with motor speech disorders
- providing new descriptions of the effects of neurological disease on speech processes
- studying the effects of new and current medical treatment procedures on speech
Cynthia Mancinelli, PhD, SLP
Graduated 2019 combined MClSc/PhD Program in Speech Language Pathology
cynthia.mancinelli@gmail.com
PhD Thesis: docs/Final-published-version-of-Cynthia-Mancinellis-PhD-thesis-Dec-2019.pdf
Research Interests
- Parkinson's disease and hypophonia
- temporal variability of speech
- measures of speech intensity, speech intelligibility, and communicative participation
Cassandra McCaig, MSc, MClSc, SLP
Graduated 2013 MSc in Speech and Language Science Program
Graduated 2015 MClSc Program in Speech Language Pathology
Speech Language Pathologist
St Mary's General Hospital, Kitchener, Ontario
Monika Andreetta, MSc, MClSc, SLP
Graduated 2013 MSc in Speech and Language Science Program
Graduated 2015 MClSc Program in Speech Language Pathology
Speech Language Pathologist
Owner and Speech-Language Pathologist at Speech Bugs
Website: https://www.speechbugs.com/
Prior to 2015
1996-1997 Department of Communicative Disorders, University of Western Ontario
Graduate Student: Darin Quinn (M.Sc. Thesis)
Title: Session to session consistency of speech kinematics and speaking rate
1996-1997 Department of Communicative Disorders, University of Western Ontario
Graduate Student: Kimberly Reyno Briscoe (M.Sc. Thesis)
Title: Acoustic correlates of monopitch and monoloudness in Parkinson's disease
1996-1997 Department of Communicative Disorders, University of Western Ontario
Graduate Student: Kim Doucet (M.Sc. Thesis)
Title: Effects of delayed auditory feedback on the speech kinematics of normal speakers
1997-1998 Department of Communicative Disorders, University of Western Ontario
Graduate Student: Lisa Odlozinski (M.Sc. Thesis)
Title: An acoustic analysis of speech rate control procedures in Parkinson's disease
1997-1998 Department of Communicative Disorders, University of Western Ontario
Graduate Student: Stephanie Ellis (M.Sc. Thesis)
Title: Effects of acoustic resynthesis on the perception of spasm severity in spasmodic dysphonia
1998-1999 Department of Communicative Disorders, University of Western Ontario
Graduate Student: Laura Hutchinson (M.Sc. Thesis)
Title: Effects of delayed auditory feedback on the speech kinematics of normal and Parkinsonian speakers
1998-1999 Department of Communicative Disorders, University of Western Ontario
Graduate Student: Victoria Miles (M.Sc. Thesis)
Title: Speech kinematics in young and older women
1999-2000 School of Communication Sciences & Disorders, University of Western Ontario
Graduate Student: Allyson Page (M.Sc. Thesis)
Title: Practice and feedback variables in speech motor learning.
1999-2000 School of Communication Sciences & Disorders, University of Western Ontario
Graduate Student: Michele Mitchell(M.Sc. Thesis)
Title: Effects of delayed auditory feedback on perceptual and acoustic measures of Parkinsonian speech.
2000-2001 School of Communication Sciences & Disorders, University of Western Ontario
Graduate Student: Margaret Gartrel (MClSc)
Title: Acoustic correlates of rapid speech rate and short rushes of speech in Parkinson’s disease
2000-2001 School of Communication Sciences & Disorders, University of Western Ontario
Graduate Student: Marna Loeb (MClSc)
Title: Acoustic correlates of imprecise consonants in Parkinson’s disease
2000-2001 School of Communication Sciences & Disorders, University of Western Ontario
Graduate Student: Tracey Slater (MSc. Thesis)
Title: Aerodynamic characteristics of velopharyngeal and oral orifice function in individuals with ALS
2003-2004 School of Communication Sciences & Disorders, University of Western Ontario
Graduate Student: Olga Haralabous (MSc. Thesis)
Title: Effect of multi-talker background noise, cueing, and feedback on speech intensity in Parkinson’s disease
2003-2004 School of Communication Sciences & Disorders, University of Western Ontario
Graduate Student: Nicole Howitz (MSc. Thesis)
Title: Effects of thalamic deep brain stimulation on vocal, oral, and upper limb essential tremor
2004-2005 School of Communication Sciences & Disorders, University of Western Ontario
Graduate Student: Bon-hi Moon (MSc. Thesis)
Title: Effects of background noise, listener context, speech task, and requests for clarification on speech
intensity in Parkinson’s disease
2005-2006 School of Communication Sciences & Disorders, University of Western Ontario
Graduate Student: Kayla Abrams (MSc. Thesis)
Title: Acquistion, retention and transfer of speech intensity targets trained in background noise in Parkinson’s disease
2005-2007 School of Communication Sciences & Disorders, University of Western Ontario
Graduate Student: Jennifer Winnel (MSc. Thesis)
Title: The effects of interlocuter distance, concurrent task, and background noise on speech intensity in
Parkinson’s disease
2003-2007 PhD Program in Rehabilitation Sciences, UWO
Graduate Student: Allyson Dykstra
Title: The effects of hypophonia on speech intelligibility, communication effectiveness and communication related
quality of life in Parkinson’s disease
2010-2012 MSc Program in Rehabilitation Sciences, Speech and Language Sciences, UWO
Graduate Student: Teresa Valenzano
Title: The effect of concurrent cognitive, linguistic and motor tasks on speech intensity in Parkinson’s disease
2010-2012 MSc Program in Rehabilitation Sciences, Speech and Language Sciences, UWO
Graduate Student: Jenna Clark
Title: Loudness Perception and Speech Intensity Control in Parkinson's Disease
2010-2012 MSc Program in Rehabilitation Sciences, Speech and Language Sciences, UWO
Graduate Student: Talia Leszcz
Title: The effect of multitalker background noise on speech intelligibility in Parkinson's disease and controls
