James Dembowski, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Assistant Professor
EDUCATION
- 1975 B.S. Speech-Language Pathology- Northwestern University-Evanston, IL
- 1988 M.S. Communication Disorders- University of Texas at Dallas- Dallas, TX
- 1998 Ph.D. Communication Disorders- University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI
RESEARCH
- Acoustic and articulatory phonetics, with an emphasis on the kinematics of young, old, and abnormal speakers
- Diadochokinesis and lingual articulation of epenthetic stops and consonant clusters
- Reaction time patterns in stutterers, respiratory-laryngeal patterns in fluent and dysfluent speech, and the potential use of laboratory instrumentation for remediating dysfluency and disordered speech.
- Speech acoustics in conjunction with air flow, air pressure, electroglottographic signals, and respiratory kinematic signals.
PUBLICATIONS/PRESENTATIONS
Dembowski, J. & Watson, B.C. (1999). The perceived role of voice perception in clinical practice. Phonscope, 2, 95-98.
Dembowski, J., Lindstrom, M.J., & Westbury, J.R. (1998). Articulator point variability in the production of stop consonants. In M. Cannito, K. Yorkston, & D. Beukelman (Eds.) Neuromuscular Speech Disorders: Nature, Assessment and Management (pp. 27-46). Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co.
Dembowski, J. & Watson, B.C. (1991). An intrumented method for assessment and remediation of sturrering: a single-subject case study. J. Fluency Disorders, 16, 241-273.
Dembowski, J. & Watson, B.C. (1991). Acoustic reaction time related to models of central nervous system function. In H. Peters, W. Hulstijn, & C.W. Starkwkekather (Eds.), Speech Motor Control and Stuttering (pp. 263-268). New York: Elsevier Science Publishing Co., Inc.
Dembowski, J. & Watson, B.C. (1991). Preparation time and response complexity effects on stutterers' and nonstutterers' acoustic LRT. J. Speech and Hearing Research, 34, 49-59.
Watson, B.C. & Dembowski, J. (1991). Instrumentation in the evaluation and modification of speech motor control during stuttering therapy. In H. Peters, W. Hulstijn, & C.W. Starkwkekather (Eds.), Speech Motor Control and Stuttering (pp. 263-268). New York: Elsevier Science Publishing Co., Inc.
Watson, B.C., Freeman, F., & Dembowski, J. (1991). Respiratory/laryngeal coupling and complexity effects on acoustic laryngeal reaction time in normal speakers. J. Voice, 5, 18-28.
Watson, B.C., Schaefer, S., Freeman, F., Dembowski, J., Kondraske, G., & Roark, R. (1991). Laryngeal electromyographic activity in adductor and abductor spasmodic dysphonia. J. Speech and Hearing Research, 34, 473-482.