Gary Weismer , Ph.D.

Education

B.A.   Pennsylvania State University
M.S.   Pennsylvania State University
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madsion

Teaching

CD 110  Introduction to Communicative Disorders
CD 303  General and Speech Acoustics
CD 318  Speech Pathology II (Voice/Craniofacial/Fluency Disorders)
CD 910  Introduction to Graduate Study

Interests

Gary began his academic career in 1975 at Indiana University and came to UW-Madison in 1980 as an Assistant Research Scientist;  in 1984 he joined the faculty.  Gary's research interests are in the areas of normal speech production and motor speech disorders.  In particular, he is interested in studying motor speech disorders within the framework of theories of normal speech production, and understanding the limits and potential of those theories to explain aspects of speech production in dysarthria and apraxia of speech.  He is currently PI on an NIH-funded project to study articulatory movement, the speech acoustic signal, and speech intelligibility in individuals with dysarthria.

Highlighted Activities

Weismer, G. (Ed.) (in press).  Motor speech disorders.  San Diego, CA:  Plural Press.

Weismer, G. (2006).  Philosophy of research in motor speech disorders. Clinical Linguistics

     and Phonetics, 20, 315-349.

Yunusova, Y., Weismer, G., Kent, R.D., & Rusche, N. (2006).  Breath group  intelligibility in

     dysarthria:  Characteristics and underlying correlates. Journal of Speech, Language, and

     Hearing Research, 48 1294-1310.

Jeng, J-Y., Weismer, G., & Kent, R.D. (2006).  Production and perception of Mandarin tone in

    adults with cerebral palsy. Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics, 20, 67-87.

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