Publications
Below are research papers authored by Dr. Spencer and our lab team.
Spencer, C., Vannest, J., Maas, E., Preston, J. L., Sizemore E., Whalen, D.H., McAllister, T., Maloney, T., Boyce, S. E. (2023). Neural changes in children with residual speech sound disorder after
ultrasound biofeedback speech therapy. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing
Research, 66, 3223-3241.
Schulz, J., Reetz, K., Spencer, C., Corben, L. (2023). Chapter 7: Fatigue. In Consensus clinical
management guidelines for Friedreich’s ataxia (2022 update).
Spencer, C., Dunn, A., Wilmot, G., Corben, L. (2023). Chapter 14: Mental Health in Friedreich’s ataxia.
In Consensus clinical management guidelines for Friedreich’s ataxia (2022 update)
Spencer, C., Davison, K. E., Boucher, A. R., Zuk, J. (2022). Speech Perception Variability among
Childhood Apraxia of Speech: Implications for Assessment and Intervention, Language,
Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 53(4), 969-984.
Schwab, S. M., Spencer, C., Carver, N. S., Andrade, V., Dugan, S., Greve, K., & Silva, P. L. (2022).
Personal Factors Understood Through the Ecological-Enactive Model of Disability and
Implications for Rehabilitation Research. Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences, 3, 954061. doi: 10.3389/fresc.2022.954061
Li, S. R., Dugan, S., Masterson, J., Hudepohl, H., Annand, C., Spencer, C., Seward, R., Riley, M. A., Boyce,
S., Mast, T. D. (2022). Classification of accurate and misarticulated /É‘r/ for ultrasound
biofeedback using tongue part displacement trajectories. Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics, 7,
1-27
Spencer, C., Vannest, J., Maas, E., Preston, J. L., Redle E., Maloney, T., Boyce, S. E. (2021).
Neuroimaging the Syllable Repetition Task in children with residual speech sound disorder.
Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 64, 2223-2233.
Cialdella, L., Kabakoff, H.M., Preston, J.L., Dugan, S.H., Spencer, C., Boyce, S., Tiede, M.K., Whalen, D.H.,
McAllister, T. (2021). Auditory-perceptual acuity in rhotic misarticulation: baseline
characteristics and treatment response. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 35(1), 19-42.
Fujiwara, H., Tenney, J., Kadis, D., Altaye, M., Spencer, C., Vannest, J. (2020). Cortical and subcortical
volume differences between Benign Epilepsy with Centrotemporal Spikes and Childhood
Absence Epilepsy. Epilepsy Research, 166, 106407.
Dugan, S., Li, S. R., Masterson, J., Woeste, H., Mahalingam, N., Spencer, C., ... & Boyce, S. E. (2019).
Tongue part movement trajectories for /r/ using ultrasound. Perspectives of the ASHA Special
Interest Groups, 1-9.
Yarian, M., Washington, K. N., Spencer, C., E., Vannest, J., & Crowe, K. (2019). Exploring Predictors of
Expressive grammar across different assessment tasks in preschoolers with or without DLD.
Communication Disorders Quarterly, 1525740119868238.
Li, S. R., Woeste, H. M., Dugan, S., Mast, T. D., Riley, M. A., Annand, C., Masterson, J., Mahalingam, N.,
Eary, K., Spencer, C., & Boyce, S. (2019). Differentiating normal vs misarticulated tongue
trajectories from ultrasound for fast automatic articulatory biofeedback. In proceedings of the
International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS), Melbourne, Australia.
Fujiwara, H., Tenney, J., Kadis, D. S., Byars, A., Altaye, M., Spencer, C., ... & Vannest, J. (2018). Cortical
morphology, epileptiform discharges, and neuropsychological performance in BECTS. Acta
Neurologica Scandinavica, 138(5), 432-440.
Vannest, J., Tenney J.R., Altaye, M., Byars, A.W., Spencer, C., Maloney, T.C., Szaflarski, J.P., Morita, D.,
Glauser, T.A. (2016). Impact of frequency and lateralization of interictal discharges on
neuropsychological and fine motor status in children with benign epilepsy with centrotemporal
spikes. Epilepsia, 57(8), e161-167.
Tenney, J.R., Glauser, T., Altaye, M., Szaflarski, J.P., Spencer, C., Morita, D., Vannest, J. (2016).
Longitudinal stability of interictal spikes in benign epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes.
Epilepsia. 57(5):805-11.
Spencer, C. and Weber-Fox, C. (2014). Preschool speech articulation and nonword repetition abilities
may help predict eventual recovery or persistence of stuttering. Journal of Fluency Disorders,
31, 32-46.