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Recent Publications
Explore recent publications from the Colorado Motor Speech Lab and learn more about our contributions to motor speech research, clinical practice, and speech science.
2026
Mancini, D., Hilger, A., & Jetté, M. (2026). A motor speech disorder framework for a neurogenic voice disorder: The speech-language pathologist's role in pediatric bilateral vocal fold paralysis. Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, 11, 731–738. [Read Article]
2025
Hilger, A., Stockman, T., Murphey, C., McCurdy, J., & Miller, S. (2025). The influence of glottal and respiratory factors on aerosol emission during phonation. PLOS ONE, 20. [Read Article]
Hilger, A., Cole, J., & Larson, C. (2025). Feedback and feedforward control of intonation in cerebellar ataxia. Language, Cognition and Neuroscience, 40, 1–20. [Read Article]
Esver, M., Cloud, C., Hilger, A., & Brennan, C. (2025). Revisiting the cerebellum's linguistic role: Evidence for cerebellar involvement in expressive syntax. The Cerebellum, 24. [Read Article]
Mancini, D., Cain, C., & Hilger, A. (2025). Differential diagnostic patterns of acquired motor speech disorders in children: A preliminary investigation of four case studies. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 34, 2383–2396. [Read Article]
2024
Cloud, C., Georgen-Schwartz, K., & Hilger, A. (2024). The contributions of pitch, loudness, and rate control to speech naturalness in cerebellar ataxia. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 33, 2536–2555. [Read Article]
Sebestyen, M., Hilger, A., & Kleiber, K. (2024). Case report: Benefits of LSVT LOUD in a multilingual patient with hypokinetic-hyperkinetic dysarthria and suspected progressive supranuclear palsy. Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences. [Read Article]
Earlier Publications
Coretta, S., Casillas, J., ... Hilger, A., ... & Roettger, T. (2023). Multidimensional signals and analytic flexibility: Estimating degrees of freedom in human speech analyses. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 6(3). [Read Article]
Cole, J., Hilger, A., & Patel, S. (2022). Prosody: Linguistic and clinical perspectives in Clinical Applications of Linguistics to Speech-Language Pathology. [Read Chapter]
Hilger, A., Cole, J., & Larson, C. (2022). Semantic focus mediates pitch auditory feedback control in phrasal prosody. Language, Cognition, and Neuroscience. [Read Article]
Hilger, A., Levant, S., Kim, J., Lester-Smith, R., & Larson, C. (2022). Task-Dependent Modulation of Auditory Feedback Control of Vocal Intensity. Journal of Voice. [Read Article]
Hilger, A. & Dunne-Platero, K. (2022). The experiences of speech pathology referral and communicative participation in adults with cerebellar ataxia. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. [Read Article]
Hilger, A., Cloud, C., & Fahey, T. (2022). Speech Impairment in Cerebellar Ataxia Affects Naturalness More Than Intelligibility. The Cerebellum. [Read Article]
Lester-Smith, R., Hilger, A., Dunne-Platero, K., Kim, J., Chan, C., & Larson C. (2022). The Effects of Masked and Delayed Auditory Feedback on Fundamental Frequency Modulation in Vocal Vibrato. Journal of Voice. [Read Article]
Lester-Smith, R., Kim, J., Hilger A., Chan, CL., Larson, C. (2020). Auditory-motor control of fundamental frequency in vocal vibrato. Journal of Voice. [Read Article]
Schenk, A., Hilger., A., Levant, A., Kim, A., Lester-Smith, R., Larson, C. (2020). The effect of pitch and loudness auditory feedback perturbations on voice quality during sustained phonation. Journal of Voice. [Read Article]
Hilger, A., Cole, J., Kim, J., Lester-Smith, R., Larson, C. (2020). Using auditory feedback to scale anticipatory intonation targets in phrasal production. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. [Read Article]
Hilger, A., Zelaznik, H., Smith, A. (2016). Evidence that bimanual motor timing performance is not a significant factor in developmental stuttering. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. [Read Article]
Hilger, A., Loucks, T., Quinto-Pozos, D., Dye, M.W. (2015). Second language acquisition across modalities: production variability in adult L2 learners of American Sign Language. Journal of Second Language Research. [Read Article]
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