Invited Talks

Kuruvilla-Dugdale, M., Stipancic, K., & Fletcher, A, (2023, November). Capturing more than just intelligibility. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, San Diego, CA, United States.

Kuruvilla-Dugdale, M. (2022, December). Assessment of progressive dysarthria: Current challenges and future directions. New York University CSD Colloquium Series, New York, NY, United States.

Kuruvilla-Dugdale, M. (2022, September). Advancing the assessment of progressive dysarthria. International Conference on Communication Disorders and Audiological Practices, Trivandrum, Kerala, India.

Kuruvilla-Dugdale, M. (2022, August). Considerations for inter-institutional international research. All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Mysore, Karnataka, India.

Kuruvilla-Dugdale, M. (2022, August). Electromagnetic articulography: Best practices for data collection and analysis. All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Mysore, Karnataka, India.

Refereed Conference Presentations

Kuruvilla-Dugdale, M., & Mefferd, A. (2024, May). Spatiotemporal coupling of the jaw and lower lip: Comparing talkers with Parkinson’s disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis [Poster session]. International Seminar on Speech Production, Autrans, France.

Kuruvilla-Dugdale, M., Munasinghe, U. T., Crasta, D., Stipancic, K., Anil, A. (2024, May). Use of natural anchors for improving rater reliability in dysarthria assessment: An exploratory study [Poster session]. International Seminar on Speech Production, Autrans, France.

Kuruvilla-Dugdale, M., Stipancic, K., Whelan, BM., Zhao, Y., Rohl, A., Munasinghe, U.T., Crasta, D., Schmitt, L. (2024, February). Rating dysarthric speech features: Validity and reliability of interval and ratio scales [Poster session]. Conference on Motor Speech, San Diego, CA, United States.

Kuruvilla-Dugdale, M., Stipancic, K., Golzy, M., Zhao, Y., Rohl, A., Crasta, D., Munasinghe, U.T. (2024, February). Improving perceptual speech ratings: The effects of auditory training on judgments of dysarthric speech [Poster session]. Conference on Motor Speech, San Diego, CA, United States.

Stipancic, K., Whelan, B., Zhao, Y., Pinkerton, L., Kuruvilla-Dugdale, M. (2023, June). Tipping the scales: Indiscriminate use of conventional scales to rate diverse dysarthric features [Poster session]. Boston Speech Motor Control Symposium, Boston, MA, United States.

Stipancic, K., Golzy, M., Whelan, B., Zhao, Y., Pinkerton, L., Kuruvilla-Dugdale, M. (2023, June). Minimally detectable change of visual analog scale speech ratings in dysarthria: Severity, imprecision, monotony, and rate [Poster session]. Boston Speech Motor Control Symposium, Boston, MA, United States.

Thompson, D., Kuruvilla-Dugdale, M., & Mefferd, A. (2022, February). Towards disease-specific articulatory impairment profiles: Leveraging stimuli-driven performance demands [Poster session]. Conference on Motor Speech, Charleston, SC, United States.

Kuruvilla-Dugdale, M., Rong, P., Mefferd, A., Zhao, Y., & Brumberg, J. (2020, November). New directions of speech assessment and intervention for ALS [Oral seminar]. Proposal accepted for the American Speech-LanguageHearing Association Convention, San Diego, CA, United States (Convention canceled).

Kuruvilla-Dugdale, M., Rong, P., Wisler, A., & Wang, J. (2020, November). A novel articulatory-kinematic approach for phonetic complexity classification [Poster session]. Proposal accepted for the American SpeechLanguage-Hearing Association Convention, San Diego, CA, United States (Convention canceled).

Kuruvilla-Dugdale, M., Hakenewerth, M., Linderer, A., & Mefferd, A. (2020, February). Intralingual coupling in Parkinson’s disease: Effects of phonetic complexity [Poster session]. Conference on Motor Speech, Santa Barbara, CA, United States.

Threlkeld, K., Sifford, M., Nolan, G., Heidrick, L., & Kuruvilla-Dugdale, M. (2020, February). Clinical value of auditory-perceptual speech measures for detecting mild speech impairments [Poster session]. Conference on Motor Speech, Santa Barbara, CA, United States.

Kim, D., Kuruvilla-Dugdale, M., & Mefferd, A. (2020, February). Articulatory mechanisms of stress pattern disturbances in dysarthria [Poster session]. Conference on Motor Speech, Santa Barbara, CA, United States.