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Research


Overview of Clinically Relevant Faculty Research

The following faculty members conduct research and serve as clinical educators or experts at the UCF Communication Disorders Clinic. Below is an abbreviated list of their clinically relevant research, publications and creative works, presentations and grants.

Cecyle Carson, Ph.D. CCC-SLP
Research interests: resonance disorders and phonology
Publications/Creative Works:
Brice, A., Carson, C., & Dennis, J. (2009). Spanish-English articulation and phonology of four and five year old preschool children: An initial investigation. Communication Disorders Quarterly, 31, 3-14.
Rivers, K., Perkins, R., & Carson, C. (2008). Knowledge, perceptions, and experiences of speech-language pathology and audiology students concerning death and dying. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 44, 98-111.
Presentations:
Brice, A., & Carson, C. (November, 2009). Spanish-English Articulation & Phonology: Assessment & Treatment Issues. Poster presented at the annual convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, New Orleans, LA.
Carson, C., & Brice, A. (November, 2009). Oral peripheral examination for cleft palate/velopharyngeal dysfunction. Poster presented at the annual convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, New Orleans, LA.
Carson, C., & Brice, A. (November, 2008). Spanish protocol for the assessment of cleft palate speech. Poster presented at the annual convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Chicago, IL.

Barbara Ehren, Ed.D.
Research interests: language and literacy
Publications/Creative Works:
Ehren, B. J. (2009). Looking through an adolescent literacy lens at the narrow view of reading. Language, Speech and Hearing Services In Schools, 40, 192-195.
Ehren, B. J. (2008). STRUCTURE Your Reading. Winter Springs, FL: Student Success Initiatives. (A research-validated strategic reading intervention)
Ehren, B. J. (2008). Making informed decisions about literacy intervention in schools: An adolescent literacy example. EBP Briefs, 3(1), 1-11.
Ehren, B. J. (2005). Looking for evidence-based practice in reading comprehension instruction, Topics in Language Disorders 25(4), 310-321.
Ehren, B. J., Lenz, B. K. & Deshler, D. D. (2004). Enhancing literacy proficiency in adolescents and young adults. In Stone, A., Silliman, E., Ehren, B. & Apel, K., (Eds.) (pp. 600-625). Handbook of language and literacy. New York: Guilford.

Tom Ehren, M.S. CCC-SLP
Research interests: school-age language and literacy disorders
 Publications/Creative Works:
Ehren, T. C., & Ehren, B. J. (2007). Legal mandates - Impetus for improving assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of school-age children and adolescents with developmental language disorders. In A. G. Kamhi, J. J. Masterson, & K. Apel (Eds.), Clinical decision making in communicative language disorders (pp. 337-359). Baltimore: Brookes.
Ehren, B. J., Ehren, T. C. (2007, June). The language connection: Collaborative efforts towards accessible curriculum. Grant Wood Area Education Agency, Cedar Rapids, IA.
Ehren, T. C. (2005). Responsiveness to intervention: Leadership opportunities. Topics in Language Disorders, 25(2), 168-179.
Presentations:
Ehren, T. C. (2007, February). IDEA 2004: LEA obligations to parentally placed private school students. Presentation at the US Office of Special Education Regional Meeting, Kansas City, Missouri.
Ehren, B. J., & Ehren, T. C. (2006, June). Responsiveness to intervention and the SLP. Presentation at the Colorado State Department of Education, Breckenridge, Colorado.

Charlotte M. Harvey Ed.D. CCC-SLP
Research interests: speech and language disorders
Presentations:
Harvey, C. M., Berastain, M., & Moss, J. (2009, May). An Integrated Approach to Childhood Apraxia of Speech. Presented at the Florida Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists Annual Convention, Marco Island, FL.
Harvey, C.M., Quevedo, J., & Parker, B. (2008, May). Speech and language services with an adult with developmental disabilities. Presented at the Florida Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists Annual Convention, Orlando, FL.
Harvey, C. M., Eidson, S., & Harrison, D. (2006, May). A dual approach to learning instruction: Part II. Presentation at the Florida Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists Annual Convention, Orlando, FL.
Harvey, C. M., & Eidson, S. (2005, May). A dual approach to learning instruction: Part I. Presentation at the Florida Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists Annual Convention, Orlando, FL.
Harvey, C. M. (2004, May). When a child can’t read. Presentation at the Florida Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists Annual Convention, Orlando, FL.

Bari Hoffman-Ruddy, Ph.D. CCC-SLP
Research interests: voice disorders
Publications/Creative Works:
Silverman, E., Sapienza, C., Saleem, A., Carmichael, C., Davenport, P., Hoffman-Ruddy, B., & Okun, M. (2006). Tutorial on maximum inspiratory and expiratory mouth pressures in individuals with idiopathic Parkinson disease (IPD) and the preliminary results of an expiratory muscle strength training program. Neurorehabilitation, 21(1), 71-79.
Wingate, J., Hoffman-Ruddy, B., Lundy, D., Lehman, J., Casiano, R., Collins, S., Woodson, G., & Sapienza,C. (2005). Voice handicap index results for older patients with adductor spasmodic dysphonia. Journal of Voice, 19(1), 124-131.
Hoffman-Ruddy, B., & Sapienza, C. (2004). Treating voice disorders in the school based setting: working within the framework of IDEA. Language Speech and Hearing in the Schools, 35(4), 299-307.
Hoffman-Ruddy, B., Sapienza, C., Davenport, P., Baylor, J., & Lehman, J. (2004). Inspiratory muscle training in a case of a rower with presumed exercise induced paradoxical vocal fold dysfunction. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, 68(10), 1327-1332.
Santhanam, A. P., Fidopiastis, C. M., Tal, A., Hoffman-Ruddy, B., & Rolland, J. P. (2004). An adaptive driver and real-time deformation algorithm for visualization of high-density lung models. Student Health Technology Information, 98, 333-339.

Jennifer Kent-Walsh, Ph.D. CCC-SLP
Research interests: augmentative and alternative communication, child language, emergent literacy
Publications/Creative Works:
Kent-Walsh, J. (In press). Augmentative and alternative communication. In. J.M. Rippe (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Lifestyle Medicine and Health. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.
Kent-Walsh, J., & Binger, C. (2010). What every speech-language pathologist should know about augmentative and alternative communication. Boston, MA: Pearson/Allyn & Bacon.
Kent-Walsh, J., & Binger, C. (2009). Addressing the communication demands of the classroom for beginning communicators and early language users. In C. Zangari & Soto, G. (Eds.) Practically speaking: Language, literacy, and academic development for students with AAC needs (pp. 143-172). Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes.
Grants:
Kent-Walsh, J. (P.I., Jan 2011 – Dec 2011). Teaching Children who use AAC to Ask Inverted Yes-No
Questions. Clinical Research Grant Proposal funded by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation, $50,000.
Kent-Walsh, J. (P.I., October 2005 – September 2011). Atlantic Region Assistive Technology Demonstration Center. Grant funded by Florida Alliance for Assistive Services and Technology, $778,000.

Anthony Pak Hin Kong, Ph.D.
Research interests: acquired neurogenic communication disorders
Publications/Creative Works:
Kong, A.P.H. (2009). Communication and swallowing impairments after brain injury: Handbook for survivors and family members. Hong Kong: Centre for Communication Disorders (CCD), The University of Hong Kong.
Kong, A.P.H. (2009). The use of main concept analysis to measure discourse production in Cantonese-speaking persons with aphasia: A preliminary report. Journal of Communication Disorders, 42, 442-464.
Kong, A.P.H., & Law, S.P. (2009). A linguistic communication measure for monitoring changes in Chinese aphasic narrative production. Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics, 23(4), 255-269.
Presentations:
Kong, A.P.H. (2009, November). A survey on rehabilitation of stroke-induced aphasia in Hong Kong. Poster presented at The 2009 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Convention, New Orleans, LA, USA.
Kong, A.P.H., Baker, J., & Ryalls, J. (2008, October). The deterioration of reading aloud beyond the single word level in individuals with Alzheimer’s disease: A preliminary descriptive report. Poster session presented at The 46th Annual Meeting of Academy of Aphasia, Turku, Finland.
LaPointe, L.L., Law, S.P., & Kong, A.P.H. (2006, November). Effects of Cafeteria Noise on Generative Naming: Cross-Cultural Differences. Presentation at The 2006 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Convention, Miami, FL, USA.
Grant:
Kong, A.P.H. (P.I.)., Law, S.P., & Lee, A.S.Y. Toward a multi-modal and multi-level analysis of Chinese aphasic discourse. [NIH: 1R01DC010398-01]

Kenyatta O. Rivers, Ph.D. CCC-SLP
Research interests: speech and language disorders and pediatric and adolescent traumatic brain injury
Publications/Creative Works:
Schutz, L. E., Rivers, K. O., McNamara, E., & Hughes, C. E. (In press). The rehabilitation of Shaken Soldier Syndrome: A coordinated system of community-situated, postacute treatment for blast-injured veterans. In D. G. Stanton & L. R. Castaneda (Eds.), Military Psychiatry: New Developments. Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
Schutz, L. E., Rivers, K. O., McNamara, E., Schutz, J. A., & Lobato, E. (In press). Traumatic brain injury in K-12 students: Where have all the children gone? International Journal of Special Education.
Rivers, K. O., Perkins, R. A., & Carson, C. P. (2008). Perceptions of speech-language pathology and audiology students concerning death and dying: A preliminary study. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 3, 1-14.
Schutz, L. E., Rivers, K. O., & Ratusnik, D. L. (2008). The role of external validity in evidence-based practice for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation Psychology, 53(3), 294-302. 
Schutz, L. E., Rivers, K. O., Schutz, J. A., & Proctor, A. (2008). Multiple-choice tests as unintended obstacles to educational advancement after acquired brain injury. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 39, 104-109.

Linda I. Rosa-Lugo, Ed.D. CCC-SLP
Research interests: multicultural/ethnicity issues and hearing impaired
Publications/Creative Works:
Edgar, D., & Rosa-Lugo, L. I. (January, 2007). The critical shortage of speech-language pathologists in the public school setting: Features of the work environment that affects recruitment and retention. Language, Speech and Hearing Services in the Schools, 38, 1-16.
Kent-Walsh, J., & Rosa-Lugo, L. I. (February 28, 2006). Across race and ethnicity: AAC interventions for communication partners. The ASHA Leader. 11(3), 6-7; 28-29.
Lieberman, R. J., & Rosa-Lugo, L. I. (May 8, 2007). Florida program spotlights language and literacy. The ASHA Leader, 12(6), 16-17. Rosa-Lugo, L. I., & Kent-Walsh, J. (2008). Effects of parent instruction on communicative turns of Latino children using AAC during storybook reading.  Communication Disorders Quarterly, 30, 49-61.  [Received the 2008 Editor’s Award for CDQ]
Grant:
Rosa-Lugo, Linda I. (PI, 2009-2013). University of Central Florida Collaborative for Preparing School Speech-Language Pathologists to Serve English Language Learners with Communication Disorders (Project SLP-ELL). Grant funded by U.S. Department of Education, OSEP Personnel Preparation Grant, $800,000.

Jack Ryalls, Ph.D.
Research interests: speech science and acquired neurogenic communication disorders
Publications/Creative Works:
Perkins, R., Ryalls, J., Carson, C., & Whiteside, J. (In press). Acoustic Analyses of Two Recovered Cases of Foreign Accent Syndrome. Aphasiology.
Fridriksson, J., Moser, D., Ryalls, J., Bonilha, L., Rorden, C., & Baylis, G. (2009). Modulation of frontal lobe speech areas associated with the production and perception of speech movements. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 52. 812- 819.
Baker, J., Ryalls, J., Brice, & Whiteside, J. Voice Onset Time production in Speakers with Alzheimer’s disease. (2007) Clinical Phonetics & Linguistics, 21(11-12), 859-867.
Ryalls, J and Whiteside, J. (2006) “An atypical case of Foreign Accent Syndrome.” Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics, 20, 2/3. pp 157-162.
Presentation:
Ryalls, J., Perkins, R., Whiteside, J., & Carson, C. (June, 2008). An acoustic study of two recovered cases of foreign accent syndrome. Presentation at ICPLA.

Martine Vanryckeghem, Ph.D. CCC-SLP
Research interests; fluency disorders
Publications/Creative Works:
Bernardini, S., Vanryckeghem, M., Brutten, G. Cocco, L. & Zmarich, C. (2009). Communication attitude of Italian children who do and do not stutter. Journal of Communication Disorders, 42, 155-161.
Brutten, G. & Vanryckeghem, M. (2007). Behavior Assessment Battery for Children who Stutter (www.pluralpublishing.com/publication_tbabfsacws.htm)
Vanryckeghem & Brutten (2007). Communication Attitude Test for Preschool and Kindergarten Children who stutter (www.pluralpublishing.com/publication_kiddycat.htm)
Presentations (** denotes student):
Moraes, C.**, Esteves, T.**, Vanryckeghem M., Brutten, G. & Britto Pereira, M. (2009, August). Behavior Assessment Battery in Brazilian children who stutter. 6th World Congress of the International Fluency Association, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.
Vanryckeghem, M. & Reifschneider, A.** (2009, November). The Speech Situation Checklist: Comparative investigation of PWS and PWNS. National Convention of the American Speech-Language & Hearing Association, New Orleans.
Grant:
Effects of repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) of the premotor cortex on the speech of nonstuttering adults (2009) National Fund for Scientific Research, Belgium In collaboration with the Medical School, Department of Neurology, Ear-Nose-Throat and Speech Pathology at the University of Gent, Belgium. Principal Investigators: P. Santens and M. De Letter. Co- PI: M. Vanryckeghem.

Janet D. Whiteside, Ph.D. CCC-SLP
Research interests in adult neurogenic communication disorders
Publications/Creative Works:
Fridriksson, J., Baker, J., Whiteside, J., Eoute, D., Moser, D., Vesselinov, R. and Rorden, C. (2009) Treating Visual Speech Perception to Improve Speech Production in Nonfluent Aphasia. Stroke.
Fidopiastis, C.M., Stapleton, C.B., Whiteside, J.C., Hughes, C.E., Fiore, S.M., Martin, G.A., Rolland, J.P., and Smith, E.M. (2006) Human Experience Modeler: Context-Driven Cognitive Retraining to Facilitate Transfer of Learning. CyberPsychology and Behavior, 9, 2. pp. 183-187.
Presentations:
Helm-Estabrooks, N., Roe, D., Whiteside, J., Queen, J and Drew, R. (2009, October). Photography as a Means of Expression: Performance as Related to Aphasia Severity and Nonverbal Cognitive Status. Academy of Aphasia, Boston, MA.
Anderson, J., Whiteside, J., Gierach, L., and Wilcoxon, J. (2008, May). Exploratory Study of fNIRS as a Diagnostic/Treatment Monitoring Tool with TBI Patients. Clinical Aphasiology Conference, Jackson Hole, WY.
Grant:
Consultant on Phase II SBIR project with Tom Slominski, National Rehabilitation Services (NRS) and Cameron Camp, Director of Research and Product Development, Hearthstone Alzheimer Care in “On-Line Training in Treating Dementia: Spaced Retrieval.” Awarded 2009-2011.

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