Presentations
Hwang, K. H., Chang, Y., Berisha, V., McAuliffe, M., Van Brenk, F., Stump, A., Hanselman, E., Hong, E., Stender, E., Naim, I., Abovich, J., Choi, J., Jeong, J., Brisman, R., & Levy, E. S. (2022). Validity of online speech data collection from children with dysarthria due to cerebral palsy. Motor Speech Conference, Charleston, S.C.
Moya-Galé, G., Wisler, A., McAuliffe, M., & Levy, E. S. (2022). Acoustic and intelligibility baseline features in Spanish speakers with dysarthria. Motor Speech Conference, Charleston, S.C.
Levy, E. S. (2021). Speech Intelligibility Treatment for children with dysarthria. Long Island University Brooklyn, NY, Online (Invited presentation)
Hwang, K., Chang, Y., Berisha, V., McAuliffe, M., Abovich, J., Brisman, R., Naim, I., Stender, E., Stump, A., & Levy, E. S. (2021). Feasibility and validity of online speech data collection in children with dysarthria. American Speech, Language and Hearing Annual Convention, Washington, D.C. (Hybrid).
Chang, Y., Jeong, P., Ihn, B., Hwang, K., Ryu, E., McAuliffe, M., Sim, H., & Levy, E. S. (2021). Effects of speech cues on Korean-speaking children with dysarthria. American Speech, Language and Hearing Annual Convention, Washington, D.C. (Hybrid).
Levy, E. S. (2021). Cross-linguistic approaches to speech treatment for children with cerebral palsy. Senior Scholar Lecture Series, Conference on Multilingual and Multicultural issues in Speech-Language Pathology. Hadassah Academic College, Jerusalem, Israel (changed to online due to COVID-19). (Invited presentation)
Jeong, P. Y., Chang, Y. M., Ihn, B. Y., Ryu, E., Hwang, K. H., Sim, H. S., McAuliffe, M. J., Levy, E. S. (2020). Cross-linguistic study of articulation rate, dysarthria severity, and intelligibility in children with dysarthria. Proposal accepted at the Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, San Diego, CA. (Convention cancelled)
Hwang, K. H., Chang, Y. M., Abovich, J., Brisman, R., & Levy, E. S. (2020). Effects of speech cues on acoustic measures in children with dysarthria. Proposal accepted at the Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, San Diego, CA. (Convention cancelled)
Levy, E. S., Chang, Y. M., Hwang, K. H., Yim, H., Shoemaker, S., Irace, S., Hong, E., Giaccone, N., Callahan, K., Brisman, R., Abovich, J., & McAuliffe, M. J. (2020). Dual-focus speech treatment effects on narrative speech in children with dysarthria. Proposal accepted at American Speech, Language and Hearing Annual Convention, San Diego, CA. (Convention cancelled)
Levy, E. S. (2020). Professional development lessons. Program in Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences, CUNY Graduate Center, Neurolinguistics Lab, New York, NY. (Invited presentation)
Levy, E.S., Moya-Gale, G., & Fox, C.M. (2020). Webinar on Crosslinguistic exploration of LSVT LOUD for Parkinson’s disease: Is a universal speech treatment approach plausible? New York, NY. (Invited webinar)
Levy, E.S. (2020). Improving intelligibility and communication in children with dysarthria. Columbia University Seminars in Language and Cognition, New York, NY. (Invited presentation. Postponed due to COVID-19)
Levy, E. S. (2020). From the research lab to the clinic and from the clinic to the research lab. Program in Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences, Alumni event, CUNY Graduate Center, New York, NY. (Invited presentation. Postponed due to COVID-19)
Levy, E. S., Chang, Y. M., Hwang, K. H., Bahrami, A., Brisman, R., Callahan, K., Cerva, A., Choi, A., Giaccone, N., Hong, E., Kraemer, C., Shoemaker, S., Yim, H., & McAuliffe, M. J. (2020). Effects of dual-focus speech treatment on communication in children with dysarthria. Motor Speech Conference, Santa Barbara, CA.
Moya-Galé, G., Escorial, S., Bergeron, M.-C., Harrison, S. & Levy, E. S. (2020). Examining intelligibility and naturalness changes in French-speaking children with Cerebral Palsy: A small-scale randomized controlled trial. Motor Speech Conference, Santa Barbara, CA.
Chang, Y. M., Jeong, P.-Y., Ryu, E., Ihn, B.-Y., Hwang, K. H., Sim, H. McAuliffe, M. J., & Levy, E. S. (2020). Acoustical and perceptual consequences of speech cues in Korean-speaking children with cerebral palsy. Motor Speech Conference, Santa Barbara, CA.
Levy, E. S., & Hwang, K. H. (2020). Advancing speech communication research in Moebius Syndrome. Moebius Syndrome Awareness Day, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY. (Invited presentation)
Levy, E. S., Moya-Galé, G., Chang, M. Y., Forrest, K. M., & Ramig, L. O. (2019). Associating sound pressure level with intelligibility changes in Parkinson’s disease following intensive speech treatment. American Speech, Language and Hearing Annual Convention, Orlando, FL.
Ramig, L. O., Levy, E. S., Chang, M. Y., Moya-Galé, G., & Forrest, K. M. (2019). The relationship between sound pressure level and speech intelligibility in Parkinson’s Disease following intensive speech treatment: LSVT LOUD and LSVT ARTIC. International Congress of Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders, Nice, France.
Levy, E. S., & Hwang, K. H. (2019). Implementing Speech Intelligibility Treatment for individuals with Moebius and other facial weakness syndromes. Moebius Syndrome Awareness Day, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY. (Invited presentation)
Kharlemenko, J., Kabakoff, H., Levy, E. S., & Levi, S. V. (2019). Changes to perceptual assimilation following training. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Louisville, KY.
Levy, E. S. (2018). Implementing Speech Intelligibility Treatment for children with dysarthria. American Speech, Language and Hearing Annual Convention, Boston, MA.
Chang, M. Y., Hwang, K. H., Zhong, S., Renieris, S., McAuliffe, M., & Levy, E. S. (2018). Effects of dual-focus speech treatment on intelligibility and acoustics in children with dysarthria. American Speech, Language and Hearing Annual Convention, Boston, MA.
Moya-Galé, G., & Levy, E. S. (2018). Internationalizing treatment research in motor speech disorders: A small scale randomized controlled trial across borders. American Speech, Language and Hearing Annual Convention, Boston, MA.
Levy, E. S. (2018). Evidence-based treatment approaches for motor speech disorders in monolingual and bilingual children. New York State Speech Language Hearing Association Fall Workshop, New York, NY.
Grover, V., Shafer, V., Whalen, D. H., Levy, E. S., & Kakadelis, S. (2018) Do Hindi Speakers of English Realize the Acoustic Cues for American English /v-w/ contrast? Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 143(3), 1756-1757.
Levy, E. S., Moya-Galé, G., Chang, Y. M., Forrest, K., & Ramig, L. O. (2018). The effects of intensive voice treatment on intelligibility in Parkinson Disease: a randomized controlled trial. Motor Speech Conference, Savannah, GA.
Levy, E. S, Moya-Galé, G., Romero Gomez, L., Chang, Y. M., MacLeod, A.N., Majdalani, S., Della Posta, N., Innes, M., Nesbitt, A., St. Louis, K., & Maillart, C. (2018). Perceptual consequences of speech cues in French-speaking children with dysarthria. Motor Speech Conference, Savannah, GA.
Chang, Y. M., Hwang, K. H., Renieris, S., Zhong, S., Noorani, M., Liria, L., Ryu, E., Cilien, J., Della Posta, N., McAuliffe, M., & Levy, E. S. (2017). Effects of treatment targeting articulatory working space and vocal intensity on intelligibility in children with cerebral palsy. American Speech Language and Hearing Annual Convention, Los Angeles, CA.
Carl, M., Kent, R., Levy, E. S., & Whalen, D. (2017). Vowel production in Down Syndrome - An ultrasound study. American Speech Language and Hearing Annual Convention, Los Angeles, CA.
Grover, V. Shafer, V., Levy, E. S., & Whalen, D. H. (2017). Hindi speakers' Production of the American English /v-w/ contrast: Evidence from goodness rating task. American Speech Language and Hearing Annual Convention, Los Angeles, CA.
Baigorri, M., & Levy, E. S. (2017). Early and late Spanish-English bilingual adults’ identification of American English vowels. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 141(5), 3516.
Chang, Y. M., Eldib, S., Brown, A., Dautzenberg, D., Della-Posta, N., Horne, S., Hwang, K. H., Majdalani, S., Vallone, C., Wiley, A., McAuliffe, M. J., & Levy, E. S. (2017). Acoustic consequences of speech treatment in children with cerebral palsy. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 141(5), 3840.
Grover, V., Shafer, V., Whalen, D. H., & Levy, E. S. (2017). Effects of first language phonology on second language phonology in Hindi speakers of English. International Composium on Communication Disorders in Multilingual-Multicultural Populations of the International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics (IALP), Bremen, Germany.
Grover, V., Shafer, V., Whalen, D. H., & Levy, E. S. (2017). Perception and production of American English consonants /v/ and /w/ by Hindi speakers of English. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 141(5), 3516.
Levy, E. S., Moya-Galé, G., Hopf, R., Chang, Y. M., Forrest, K., & Ramig, L. O. (2016). Effects of sound-pressure-level changes on sentence-intelligibility in adults with Parkinson Disease following two treatment approaches. American Speech Language and Hearing Annual Convention, Philadelphia, PA.
Ancelle, J., Moya-Galé, G., Hetrick, B., Maillart, C., Coen, J., MacLeod, A., Deschenes, R., Majdalani, S., & Levy, E. S. (2016). Speech style manipulations in dysarthria in French-speaking children: Acoustic findings. American Speech Language and Hearing Annual Convention, Philadelphia, PA.
Baigorri, M., & Levy, E. S. (2016). Predicting discrimination accuracy from perceptual assimilation patterns in early and late Spanish-English bilinguals. American Speech Language and Hearing Annual Convention, Philadelphia, PA.
Chang, M., McAuliffe, M., Eldib, S., & Levy, E. S. (2016). Effects of treatment targeting articulatory-working-space and vocal-intensity in children with cerebral palsy: Acoustic findings. American Speech Language and Hearing Annual Convention, Philadelphia, PA.
Hsu, S. C., McAuliffe, M., & Levy, E. S. (2016). The contributions of speech acoustics to speech intelligibility in native Mandarin-speakers with Parkinson’s disease. American Speech Language and Hearing Annual Convention, Philadelphia, PA.
MacLeod, A. A. N., Maillart, C., Ancelle, J. Hetrick, B., Moya-Galé, G., & Levy, E. S. (2016). Speech characteristic of French-speaking children with dysarthria: Pilot study. Conference of the International Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics Association Meeting, Halifax, Canada.
Pennington, L., Morgan, A., Levy, E. S., Liegeois, F., & Murray, E. (2016). Motor speech disorders in childhood: diagnosis, assessment and management. International Conference on Cerebral Palsy and other Childhood-onset Disabilities. Stockholm, Sweden.
Levy, E. S., Chang, Y. M., Ancelle, J., & McAuliffe, M. (2016). Speech-style manipulations in childhood dysarthria. Motor Speech Conference, Newport Beach, CA.
Hsu, S. C., McAuliffe, M., & Levy, E. S. (2016). Effects of loudness and rate manipulations on lexical tone production in Mandarin speakers with dysarthria associated with Parkinson’s disease. Motor Speech Conference, Newport Beach, CA.
Moya-Galé, G., McAuliffe, M., & Levy, E. S. (2016). Effects of loudness and speaking rate manipulation on vowel production in Spanish speakers with Parkinson Disease. Motor Speech Conference, Newport Beach, CA.
Ramig, L. A., Levy, E. S., Fox, C. M., Halpern, A., Spielman, J., Moya-Galé, G., & Goudarzi, A. (2015). Impact of LSVT LOUD and LSVT ARTIC on speech intelligibility in Parkinson's disease. Movement Disorders, 30, Suppl 1, S112.
Moya-Galé, G., Baigorri, M., & Levy, E. S. (2015). The effects of intensive speech treatment on intelligibility in Spanish speakers with Parkinson's Disease, American Speech Language and Hearing Annual Convention, Denver, CO.
Moya-Galé, G., Hetrick, B., Ancelle, J., & Levy, E. S. (2015). The effects of speech intervention on intelligibility in children with cerebral palsy. Cerebral Palsy Symposium, Louvain, Belgium. (Invited presentation)
Featured speaker on Neurolinguistics Panel: Languages in the Brain: Multilingualism, Linguistic Development, and Language Education, Columbia Neuroscience Society, Columbia University (Oct., 2015). (Invited presentation)
Ramig, L. A., Levy, E. S., Fox, C. M., Halpern, A., Spielman, J., Moya-Galé, G., Goudarzi, A. (2015). Impact of LSVT LOUD and LSVT ARTIC on speech intelligibility in Parkinson's disease. Movement Disorders.
Tessel, C., Levy, E. S., & Shafer, V. (2014). Neurophysiological indices of the effect of cognates on vowel perception in late Spanish-English bilinguals. American Speech Language and Hearing Annual Convention, Orlando, FL.
Levy, E. S., & Ramig, L. O. (2014). Randomized clinical trial (RCT): Voice and speech treatment for Parkinson Disease. Columbia University Medical Center: Neurology symposium. (Invited presentation)
Shen, G., Levy, E. S., & Froud, K. (2014). Perceptual learning of lexical tones by native speakers of English. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 135, 2353-2354.
Levy, E. S., Seid, E., Chen, W., Leone, D., Moya-Galé, G., Hsu, S. C., & Ramig, L. O. (2014). Vowel intelligibility in children with dysarthria. Motor Speech Conference, Saratoga, FL.
Ramig, L. O., Fox, C., Spielman, J., Halpern, A., Freeman, K., Levy, E. S., Moya-Galé, G., & Seid, E. (2014). Randomized control trial (RCT) of voice and speech treatment for Parkinson disease. Motor Speech Conference, Saratoga, FL.
Levy, E. S. (2013). Managing academia in speech-language-hearing sciences. Program in Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences, CUNY Graduate Center, Neurolinguistics Lab, New York, NY. (Invited presentation)
Levy, E. S. (2013). Speech intervention for dysarthria in children with cerebral palsy. Symposium on Cerebral Palsy, Teachers College, New York, NY. (Invited presentation)
Baigorri, M., Leone, D., Hsu, S. C., Moya-Galé, G., & Levy, E. S. (2012). Early and late Spanish-English bilingual adults’ perception of American English vowels. American Speech Language and Hearing Annual Convention, Atlanta.
Levy, E. S. (2012). Speech treatment for dysarthria in children with cerebral palsy. CUNY Graduate Center, Program in Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences, New York, NY. (Invited presentation)
Levy, E. S., Hsu, S. C., Liria, L., Moya-Galé, G., Erickson, A. M., Rooney, A., Ramig, L. O., & Camarata, S. M. (2012). The effects of two speech interventions on functional intelligibility in pediatric dysarthria. Motor Speech Conference, Santa Rosa, CA.
Leone, D., Hsu., S. C., Baigorri, M., Moya-Galé, G., & Levy, E. S. (2011). Children’s perception of clear-speech vowels. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 129, 2625. http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.4772393
Levy, E. S. (2011). What every Tompkins Hall parent should know about bilingualism. Tompkins Hall Nursery School, New York, NY. (Invited presentation)
Levy, E. S. (2010). The effects of speech-style changes on intelligibility. New York University, Program in Speech and Language Pathology, New York, NY. (Invited presentation)
Levy, E. S. (2010). What's "gadoota" got to do with it? A Strange journey to the perception of second-language dysarthric speech. A Symposium on Speech Perception Honoring the Contributions of Winifred Strange, CUNY Graduate Center, New York, NY. (Invited presentation)
Levy, E. S., Leone, D., Garcia, P., & Baigorri, M. (2010). American English children's perception of Spanish-accented conversational and clear speech. American Speech Language and Hearing Annual Convention, Philadelphia.
Levy, E. S., Garcia, P., Leone, D., & Lew, J. (2010). American English adults’ perception of Spanish-accented conversational and clear speech. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 127, 1906. http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.3384821
Goral, M., Levy, E. S., Swann-Sternberg, T. and Obler, L. (2010). Frequency and Word-Length Factors and Lexical Retrieval in Sentence Production in Aphasia. Academy of Aphasia, Athens.
Levy, E. S., Castelluccio de Diesbach, C., & Goral, M. (2009). Perceived change in accent after a stroke. American Speech Language and Hearing Annual Convention, New Orleans.
Neumann, Y., Levy, E. S., & Obler, L. K. (2009). "Wow!" Brain processing of a subset of expressives: Vocal Emblems. Cogfest, New York-St. Petersburg Institute for Linguistics, Cognition and Culture, New York.
Levy, E. S. & Law II, F. (2009). Perception-production relationship in French vowel learning in adulthood. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 125, 2772-2773. http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.4808761
Shafiro, V., Kharkhurin, A., & Levy, E. S. (2009). Perceptual confusions of American English vowels and consonants in Arabic-English bilinguals. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 125, 2762. http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.4784666
Levy, E. S. (2009). When student clinicians have accents: ASHA’s position and what the research tells us. Metropolitan New York Council of University Clinic Directors in Communication Sciences and Disorders’ Fifth Annual Conference on Supervision: Multicultural/linguistic issues, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY. (Invited presentation)
Levy, E. S. (2008). Speech-language pathology students with accents: Policies, practices, and sentiments. New York University, Program in Speech and Language Pathology, New York, NY. (Invited presentation)
Martínez, N., Posadas, D., & Levy, E. S. (2008). Effects of clinicians’ language background on phonological evaluation of children. American Speech Language and Hearing Annual Convention, Chicago, IL.
Levy, E. S., & Law II, F. (2008). Production of Parisian French front rounded vowels by second-language learners. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 119, 3424.
Levy, E. S., Crowley, C., Wagner, E., Downey, S., Kastl, R., Pleshivoy, Y., Rosenthal, D., Tancredi, D., & Yukov, M. (2007). SLP students with accents: University Clinics' Policies & Practices. American Speech Language and Hearing Annual Convention, Boston, MA.
Kastl, R., Goral, M., & Levy, E. S. (2007). Using internet technology for long-distance language therapy in aphasia. American Speech Language and Hearing Annual Convention, Boston, MA.
Goral, M., Levy, E. S., & Kastl, R. (2007). Treatment outcome in the treated and untreated languages of a trilingual speaker. Living Successfully with Aphasia: Intervention, Evaluation, and Evidence, Toronto, Canada.
Goral, M., Levy, E. S., & Kastl, R. (2007). Language treatment effects in a trilingual with chronic non-fluent aphasia. Sixth International Symposium on Bilingualism, Hamburg, Germany.
Neumann, Y., Levy, E. S., & Obler, L. K. (2007). Brain processing of symbolic utterances. 52nd Annual International Linguistics Association Conference, NY.
Obler, L. K., Goral, M., Levy, E. S., & Cohen, E. (2007). Little word problems in a second language. Georgetown University Round Table on Language and Linguistics, Washington, D.C.
Levy, E. S. (2007). Best and Tyler’s Perceptual Assimilation Model for Second-Language Learners. CUNY Graduate Center, Program in Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences, Speech Acoustics and Perception Lab, New York, NY. (Invited presentation)
Levy, E. S. (2007) Navigating research in Speech and Hearing Sciences, Program in Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences, CUNY Graduate Center, Neurolinguistics Lab, New York, NY. (Invited presentation)
Levy, E. S. (2006). Consonantal context and experience effects on American L2-learners’ perception of French vowels. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 119, 3424. http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.4786862
Strange, W., Levy, E. S., & Lehnhoff Jr., R. (2004). Perceptual assimilation of French and German vowels by American English listeners: Acoustic similarity does not predict perceptual similarity. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 115, 2606. http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.4809341
Goral, M., Cohen, E., Obler, L. K., & Levy, E. S. (2003). Inter-Language Activation in Trilingual Anomia. Science of Aphasia (4th), Trieste, Italy.
Levy, E. S., & Strange, W. (2002). Effects of consonantal context on perception of French rounded vowels by American English adults with and without French language experience. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 111, 2361-2362. http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.4777957
Strange, W., Weber, A., Levy, E. S., Shafiro, V., & Nishi, K. (2002). Within- and across-language acoustic variability of vowels spoken in different phonetic and prosodic contexts: American English, Northern German, and Parisian French. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 112, 2384. http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.4779701
Levy, E. S., Goral, M., & Obler, L. K. (1999). Neurolinguistic perspectives on mother tongue: Evidence from aphasia and brain imaging. Les cahiers Charles V, 27, 141-157.
Levy, E. S. (1997). Stress, identity, and change in German surface forms: An OT analysis of apparent exceptions to devoicing. Proceedings of the International Linguistics Association Conference, 21. Washington, D.C: Georgetown University.
Hwang, K., Chang, Y., Berisha, V., McAuliffe, M., van Brenk, F., Choi, J., Brisman, R., Jeong, J., Hanselman, E., Hong, E. & Levy, E. S. (2022). Validity of online recordings in children with dysarthria: Acoustic and perceptual measures. American Speech, Language and Hearing Annual Convention, New Orleans. (Hybrid)
Choi, J., Hwang, K., van Brenk, F., Chang, Y., McAuliffe, M., Berisha, V., Hanselman, E., Jeong, J., Hong, E., Brisman, R., & Levy, E. S. (2022). Effects of speech cues on vowel space area in children with dysarthria. American Speech, Language and Hearing Annual Convention, New Orleans. (Hybrid)
Levy, E. S. (2022). Speech Intelligibility Treatment for children with dysarthria. Long Island University Brooklyn, NY, Online (Invited presentation)
Levy, E. S., Hwang, K., & Choi, J. (2022). Speech acoustics and intelligibility in children with dysarthria. CSD Colloquium Series, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY.
van Brenk, F., Hwang, K. H., Choi, J., Brisman, R., Hong, E., & Levy, E. S. (2022). Acoustic measures of online and offline collected speech produced by children with CP and dysarthria: steps towards validation. 8th International Conference on Speech Motor Control, Groningen, Netherlands.
Levy, E. S., & Hwang, K. H. (2022). Increasing intelligibility in individuals with Moebius Syndrome. Moebius Syndrome Foundation Scientific Symposium, Atlanta, GA (Invited presentation.)
Levy, E. S. (2022). Speech treatment for childhood dysarthria. Apraxia Kids National Conference, Las Vegas, NV. (Invited presentation)
Levy, E. S. & Hwang, K. H. (2022). Speech treatment for children with cerebral palsy. Movement Recovery Seminar Series, Weinberg Family CP Center, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, Online (Invited presentation)
Levy, E. S. (2022). Cross-linguistic approaches to speech treatment for children with dysarthria. Arizona State University Speech and Language Colloquium Series, Tempe, AZ. (Invited presentation)