MODELLING LOUDNESS: ACOUSTIC AND PERCEPTUAL CORRELATES IN THE CONTEXT OF HYPOPHONIA IN PARKINSON’S DISEASE
2021
My dissertation work, completed at Western University with the help of my supervisor Dr. Scott Adams, my advisory committee, and lab colleagues.
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The purpose of this work was to characterize the acoustic and perceptual characteristics of loudness and intelligibility in individuals with hypophonia associated with Parkinson's disease. This study included a preliminary investigation of spectral manipulation, targeting higher-frequency content information to investigate connections with loudness.
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My full dissertation is available here. I prepared a 12-minute virtual presentation of certain key results of this work for presentation at the 2022 Conference on Motor Speech (I was unable to attend due to ongoing barriers to travel related to the COVID-19 pandemic). Video is available here, on the UWO Speech Movement Disorders Lab website.
TRANSITIONING FROM SPSS TO R
2017 & 2018
Workshop at R-Ladies: London Chapter.
Introduction to R for SPSS users, with discussion of helpful data manipulation tools and packages, specific tips on running certain tests in both SPSS and R, and resources for people making the jump. Resources for both versions of the workshop available here on the R-Ladies London website.
VOICE QUALITY SEVERITY AND RESPONSIVENESS TO LEVODOPA IN PARKINSON’S DISEASE
2018
Published in the Journal of Communication Disorders. Full article available here.
EFFECTS OF LEVODOPA ON VOICE QUALITY IN PARKINSON'S DISEASE
February 22, 2018
Poster presentation at the International Conference on Motor Speech in Savannah, Georgia. A PDF of the poster is available here.
FAMILY-CENTRED REPORTING: WRITING PLAIN LANGUAGE REPORTS
December 20, 2017
Part of Dr. Lisa Archibald's course on Developmental Language Disorders.
An overview of why family-centred reporting is important, why we need to do more of it, and how we can do more of it. Posted here.
DOPAMINE MEDICATION AND VOICE QUALITY IN PARKINSON'S DISEASE
June 11, 2017
Invited presentation at the 4th Annual Movement Disorders Research Retreat, June 10-11, London, ON.
DOPAMINE MEDICATION AND VOICE QUALITY IN PARKINSON'S DISEASE.
May 26, 2017
Presented at the 19th Annual Rehabilitation Research Colloquium at Queen’s University. Won best oral presentation at the PhD level.
EFFECTS OF MULTI-TAKER NOISE ON THE ACOUTICS OF VOICELESS CONSONANTS IN PARKINSON'S DISEASE
March 4, 2016
Presented at the Western Interdisciplinary Student Symposium on Language Research, and subsequently published in a conference edition of Western Papers in Linguistics. Full article available here.