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Lian J. Arzbecker, Ph.D.

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Motor Speech Disorders Laboratory

  • Investigated speech outcomes in Parkinson’s disease following STN-DBS, focusing on effects of subthalamic modulation on speech production.
  • Examined variation in speaking rate across measurement methods, speech tasks, and clinical groups.
  • Characterized speech patterns in individuals with rapid-onset dystonia parkinsonism.
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Journal articles

Validating automated speech timing methods across sentence , paragraph, and monologue tasks (submitted)

Lian J. Arzbecker, Kris Tjaden

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Comparing manual and automated methods for calculating speaking rate in Parkinson's disease

Lian J. Arzbecker, Kaila L. Stipancic, Jeremy D. W. Greenlee, Kris Tjaden

JASA Express Letters, vol. 5(3), 2025, p. 035203

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Conference proceedings & presentations

Validating automated speech timing methods across sentence, paragraph, and monologue tasks (submitted)

Lian J. Arzbecker, Nathaniel Cline, Kris Tjaden

Motor Speech Conference, Tempe, AZ, 2026 Feb

Comparison of automated and manual measures of speaking rate in individuals with dysarthria

Lian J. Arzbecker, Kris Tjaden

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, vol. 155(S3), Ottawa, ON, 2024 May, pp. A334