Dr. Annalise Fletcher
University of North Texas
Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology
(940) 369-7597
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Education

PhD, University of Canterbruy, 2016.
Major: Speech and Language Sciences
Dissertation Title: Predicting treatment outcomes in dysarthria through speech feature analysis

Professional Positions

Academic - Post-Secondary
Assistant Professor, University of North Texas. (August 2018 – Present).
Post-Doctoral Scholar, New Zealand Institute of Language, Brain and Behaviour. (May 2016 – January 2018).
Lecturer, University of Canterbury. (February 2017 – June 2017).

Professional Memberships

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. (August 2014 – Present).

Development Activities Attended

Continuing Education Program,"Remote Delivery Training," UNT Center for Learning Experimentation, Application and Research (CLEAR), Denton, Texas, United States of America. (May 2020 – June 2020).

Continuing Education Program,"Faculty First Flight," UNT Center for Learning Enhancement, Assessment, and Redesign (CLEAR), United States of America. (September 2018 – May 2019).

Continuing Education Program,"Teaching Portfolio Development Workshops," UNT Center for Learning Enhancement, Assessment, and Redesign (CLEAR), United States of America. (November 2018 – April 2019).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

University of North Texas
ASLP 3030, Speech and Hearing Sciences, 2 courses.
ASLP 3996, Honors College Mentored Research Experience, 1 course.
ASLP 5510, Medical Aspects of Speech Language Pathology II, 3 courses.
ASLP 5755, Neuromotor Speech Disorders, 3 courses.
ASLP 5775, Research Methods in Speech Language Pathology/Audiology, 2 courses.
ASLP 5810, Voice Disorders, 2 courses.

Teaching at Other Institutions

Department of Communication Disorders, University of Canterbury, Clinical Phonetics, CMDS 231, 2017.

Department of Communication Disorders, University of Canterbury, Clinical Phonetics, CMDS 231, 2016.

Department of Communication Disorders, University of Canterbury, Motor Speech Disorders, CMDS 673, 2016.

Non-Credit Instruction

Guest Lecture, University of Canterbury, 50. (August 12, 2019).

Directed Student Learning

Directed Individual/Independent Study,"Speech-based Predictors of Communicative Participation," Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology. (January 2021 – Present).

Directed Individual/Independent Study,"Measuring Listener Effort in Speakers with Dysarthria," Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology. (September 2020 – Present).

Directed Individual/Independent Study,"Effect of Self-disclosure Statements on Listener Attitudes Towards Dysarthria," Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology. (September 2019 – Present).

Master's Thesis Committee Member,"The Influence of Individual and Linguistic Factors and The Segmentation Strategies of Older Listeners in Adverse Conditions," Other - Outside UNT. (March 2020 – February 2021).

Master's Thesis Committee Member,"Breath groups and language complexity in speakers with dysarthria," Other - Outside UNT. (March 2018 – February 2019).

Master's Thesis Committee Chair,"Examining Listener Reaction Times as a Measure of Speech Disorder," Other - Outside UNT. (February 2017 – February 2018).

Supervised Research Chair,"Differences in Rhythm Measures and Perception of Naturalness Between Spontaneous Speech and Reading of People with Dysarthria," Other - Outside UNT. (February 2017 – February 2018).

Master's Thesis Committee Co-Chair,"The Effect of Word Frequency and Word Probability on Speech Production in Dysarthria," Other - Outside UNT. (January 2017 – September 2017).

Master's Thesis Committee Member,"Communicative participation in adults with hearing impairment: Associated variables and correlations with the Communicative Participation Item Bank (CPIB) and existing measures," Other - Outside UNT. (February 2016 – February 2017).

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

Conference Proceeding
Fletcher, A., McAuliffe, M., Lansford, K. (2014). Distinguishing Dysarthric Speech: Vowel Acoustics and Measurement. 247. Chirstchurch: Proceedings of the 15th Australasian International Speech Science and Technology Conference.
Journal Article
Wisler, A., Fletcher, A., McAuliffe, M. (2020). Predicting Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) scores from measures of speech and language. Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research. 63(6), 1752-1761.
Eijk, L., Fletcher, A., McAuliffe, M., Janse, E. The Effects of Word Frequency and Word Probability on Speech Rhythm in Dysarthria. Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research. 63(9), 2833-2845.
Fletcher, A., McAuliffe, M., Kerr, S., Sinex, D. (2019). Effects of vocabulary and implicit linguistic knowledge on speech recognition in adverse listening conditions. American Journal of Audiology. 28(3S), 742-755.
Fletcher, A., Risi, R., Wisler, A., McAuliffe, M. (2019). Examining Listener Reaction Time in the Perceptual Assessment of Dysarthria. folia phoniatrica et logopaedica. 71(5-6), 297-308.
Fletcher, A. R., McAuliffe, M. J., Lansford, K. L., Liss, J. M. (2017). Assessing Vowel Centralization in Dysarthria: A Comparison of Methods. Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research. 60(2), 341-354.
McAuliffe, M. J., Fletcher, A., Kerr, S. E., O'Beirne, G. A., Anderson, T. (2017). Effect of Dysarthria Type, Speaking Condition, and Listener Age on Speech Intelligibility. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. 26(1), 113-123.
Fletcher, A., McAuliffe, M. (2017). Examining Variation in Treatment Outcomes among Speakers with Dysarthria. Seminars in Speech and Language. 38(3), 191-199.
Fletcher, A., Wisler, A. A., McAuliffe, M. J., Lansford, K. L., Liss, J. M. (2017). Predicting Intelligibility Gains in Dysarthria Through Automated Speech Feature Analysis. Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research. 60(11), 3058-3068.
Fletcher, A., McAuliffe, M. J., Lansford, K. L., Sinex, D. G., Liss, J. M. (2017). Predicting Intelligibility Gains in Individuals With Dysarthria From Baseline Speech Features. Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research. 60(11), 3043-3057.
Fletcher, A., McAuliffe, M. J., Lansford, K. L., Liss, J. M. (2015). The relationship between speech segment duration and vowel centralization in a group of older speakers. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 138(4), 2132-2139.

Presentations Given

Design Work

Olness, G. S. (Author & Presenter), Mahbub, I. (Author), Albert, M. V. (Author), Berman, D. (Author), Xiao, T. (Author), Fletcher, A. (Author), American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM), Launchpad Competition, Wireless smart system of vocalization sensors for convergent evidence of post-discharge communicative participation in everyday life contexts, American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM), Online (whole conference), United States of America. (2020 – 2020).

Oral Presentation

Fletcher, A. (Author & Presenter), McAuliffe, M. (Author), Conference on Motor Speech, The Use of Lexical Cues in Listener Processing of Dysarthria, Santa Barbara, United States of America. (2020).

McAuliffe, M. (Author & Presenter), Fletcher, A. (Author & Presenter), Theys, C. (Author & Presenter), New Zealand Speech-language Therapists’ Association Conference, A glimpse into the future of assessment and treatment of acquired speech disorders., New Zealand. (2016).

Fletcher, A. (Author & Presenter), McAuliffe, M. (Author), New Zealand Speech-language Therapists’ Association Conference, Evaluating behavioural speech modification strategies in dysarthria therapy., New Zealand. (2016).

Fletcher, A. (Author & Presenter), McAuliffe, M. (Author), Lansford, K. (Author), Sinex, D. (Author), Liss, J. (Author), Predictors of intelligibility improvement in dysarthria: A treatment simulation study., American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention, United States of America. (2015).

Poster

Olness, G. S. (Author & Presenter), Mahbub, I. (Author), Albert, M. V. (Author), Berman, D. (Author), Xiao, T. (Author), Fletcher, A. (Author), 4th biennial Aphasia Access Leadership Summit, Development of a Wireless Smart System of Vocalization Sensors for Convergent Evidence of Post-discharge Communicative Participation in Everyday Life Contexts: A Status Report, Aphasia Access, Online (whole conference), United States of America. (2021 – 2021).

Fletcher, A. (Author & Presenter), Wisler, A. (Author), Harvey, C. (Author & Presenter), Torres, K. (Author & Presenter), McAuliffe, M. (Author), American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention, Examining Listener Reaction Time in the Perceptual Assessment of Dysarthria, Orlando, United States of America. (2019).

Wisler, A. (Author & Presenter), Fletcher, A. (Author & Presenter), McAuliffe, M. (Author), Joint Meeting 176th Meeting Acoustical Society of America and 2018 Acoustics Week in Canada Canadian Acoustical Association, Predicting Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) scores from measures of speech and language, Canada. (2018).

Cook, K. (Author & Presenter), McAuliffe, M. (Author), Messick, C. (Author), Fletcher, A. (Author), American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention, SLP Student Perceptions of Reflective Practice and Perceived Development of Skill Over Time., Los Angeles, United States of America. (2017).

Fletcher, A. (Author & Presenter), McAuliffe, M. (Author), Wisler, A. (Author & Presenter), Lansford, K. (Author), Sinex, D. (Author), Liss, J. (Author), Conference on Motor Speech, Comparing treatment strategies: Rate control and increased loudness., Newport Beach, United States of America. (2016).

Fletcher, A. (Author & Presenter), McAuliffe, M. (Author), Lansford, K. (Author), Liss, J. (Author), 170th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Assessing vowel centralization in dysarthria: A comparison of methods., Jacksonville, United States of America. (2015).

Fletcher, A. (Author & Presenter), McAuliffe, M. (Author), Lansford, K. (Author), American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention, Changes in vowel articulation across older speakers: The interaction of speech rate and precision., Orlando, United States of America. (2014).

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

Grant - Research
Fletcher, A. (Principal), "Effects of Communication-Based Treatment Strategies in Parkinson’s Disease," University of North Texas, $8885 Funded. (2021 – 2022).

Awards and Honors

Jean Seabrook Prize, University of Canterbury. (December 2016 – Present).

Academy of Neurologic Communication Disorders and Sciences Conference Fellowship Award, Academy of Neurologic Communication Disorders and Sciences. (November 2015 – Present).

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Student Travel Award, American Speech-Language and Hearing Association. (November 2015 – Present).

Fulbright General Graduate Award, Fulbright New Zealand. (July 2015 – Present).

Claude McCarthy Fellowship, Universities New Zealand. (November 2014 – Present).

New Zealand Federation of Graduate Women Travel Grant, Graduate Women Canterbury. (October 2014 – Present).

Sir Don Beaven Doctoral Scholarship, University of Canterbury. (February 2013 – Present).

Service

University Service

Co-Chair, Scholarship, Honors, and Fundraising Committee. (August 2020 – Present).

Committee Member, Research and Scholarship Advisory Committee. (January 2020 – Present).

Committee Member, Scholarship, Honors, and Fundraising Committee. (January 2019 – Present).

Committee Member, Curriculum Committee. (August 2018 – Present).

Committee Member, Research Roadmap Task Force Committee. (2021 – 2021).

Committee Member, Ad-hoc non-tenure track promotion guidelines. (2019 – 2019).

Attendee, Meeting, University Undergraduate Curriculum Committee. (September 2018 – December 2019).

Professional Service

Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. (2020 – Present).

Editorial Review Board Member, Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research. (January 2020 – Present).

Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica. (2019 – Present).

Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, American Journal of Audiology. (2018 – Present).

Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. (2018 – Present).

Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Applied Linguistics. (2018 – Present).

Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Speech, Language and Hearing. (2017 – Present).

Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research. (2016 – Present).

Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. (2016 – Present).

Committee Member, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention Program Committee. (December 2018 – May 2019).

Committee Member, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention Program Committee. (December 2016 – June 2017).