Contact Information
Adjunct Faculty
Education
PhD, Communication Sciences and Disorders, Montclair State University, 2022
MA, Communication Sciences and Disorders, Montclair State University 2014
MS, Biomedical Sciences, Barry University, 2009
Publications
- Preliminary Speech Perception Performance Profiles of School-Age Children With Childhood Apraxia of Speech, Speech Sound Disorder, and Typical Developmentt
- Research Priorities for Childhood Apraxia of Speech: A Long View
- Auditory and somatosensory development for speech in later childhood
- Tutorial: Using Visual–Acoustic Biofeedback for Speech Sound Training
- Using crowdsourced listeners’ ratings to measure speech changes in hypokinetic dysarthria: A proof-of-concept study
Research & Clinical Interests
Dr. Swartz’s research interests include the use of biofeedback technology and acoustics in the assessment and intervention of voice and speech disorders. Her current research endeavors include vowel acoustic metrics in assessing adolescents with residual speech sound disorder and childhood apraxia of speech as well as the use of visual-acoustic and ultrasound biofeedback intervention for adolescents with residual speech sound disorder and childhood apraxia of speech.
Certifications
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association: Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology (CCC-SLP)
Lee Silverman Voice Treatment (LVST) Certification