Selected Lab Publications

  1. Rong, P., & *Liston, E. (2025). An Explanatory Model of Speech Communication Centered on Multiscale Rhythmic Modulation: Implications for Motor Speech Assessment and Intervention for Individuals With Amytrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 68(7s), 3678-3702. https://doi.org/10.1044/2025_jslhr-24-00286. 

  2. Rong, P., Heidrick, L., & Pattee, G. (2025). A novel muscle network approach for objective assessment and profiling of bulbar involvement in ALS [Original Research]. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 18. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2024.1491997.

  3. Rong, P., Heidrick, L., & Pattee, G. L. (2024). A multimodal approach to automated hierarchical assessment of bulbar involvement in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis [Original Research]. Frontiers in Neurology, 15. https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2024.1396002.

  4. Saeedi, S., Ghorbani, S., & Rong, P. (2024). Impact of Cultural-Linguistic Differences on Vocal Fatigue Perception: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1044/2024_ajslp-24-00043.

  5. Rong, P., & Heidrick, L. (2024). Hierarchical Temporal Structuring of Speech: A Multiscale, Multimodal Framework to Inform the Assessment and Management of Neuromotor Speech Disorder. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 67(1), 92-115. https://doi.org/10.1044/2023_jslhr-23-00219.

  6. Rong, P., & *Rasmussen, L. (2024). A Fine-Grained Temporal Analysis of Multimodal Oral Diadochokinetic Performance to Assess Speech Impairment in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 33(1), 307-332. https://doi.org/10.1044/2023_ajslp-23-00177.  

  7. Rong, P., & *Taylor, A. (2023). A Vowel-Centric View Toward Characterizing Temporal Organization of Motor Speech Activities in Neurologically Impaired and Healthy Speakers. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 66(10), 3697-3720. https://doi.org/10.1044/2023_jslhr-23-00129.  

  8. Rong, P., & *Benson, J. (2023). Intergenerational choral singing to improve communication outcomes in Parkinson’s disease: Development of a theoretical framework and an integrated measurement tool. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 25(5), 722-745. https://doi.org/10.1080/17549507.2022.2110281.

  9. Rong, P., & Heidrick, L. (2022). Functional Role of Temporal Patterning of Articulation in Speech Production: A Novel Perspective Toward Global Timing-Based Motor Speech Assessment and Rehabilitation. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 65(12), 4577-4607. http://doi.org/10.1044/2022_jslhr-22-00089.

  10. Rong, P., *Hansen, O., & Heidrick, L. (2022). Relationship between rate-elicited changes in muscular-kinematic control strategies and acoustic performance in individuals with ALS-A multimodal investigation. Journal of Communication Disorders, 99, 106253. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcomdis.2022.106253.  

  11. Allison, K. M., Nip, I. S. B., & Rong, P. (2022). Use of Automated Kinematic Diadochokinesis Analysis to Identify Potential Indicators of Speech Motor Involvement in Children With Cerebral Palsy. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 31(6), 2835-2846. http://doi.org/10.1044/2022_ajslp-21-00241.  

  12. *Moore, S., & Rong, P. (2022). Articulatory Underpinnings of Reduced Acoustic-Phonetic Contrasts in Individuals With Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 31(5), 2022-2044. http://doi.org/10.1044/2022_ajslp-22-00046.  

  13. Gu, W., Rong, P., Hofmann-Apitius, M., & Satagopam, V. (2022). Editorial: Digital Innovation and Data-Driven Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases. Frontiers in Neurology, 13. http://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2022.961847.

  14. Rong, P., & Pattee, G. L. (2022). A multidimensional facial surface EMG analysis for objective assessment of bulbar involvement in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Clinical Neurophysiology, 135, 74-84. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2021.11.074.

  15. Rong, P. (2021). A Novel Hierarchical Framework for Measuring the Complexity and Irregularity of Multimodal Speech Signals and Its Application in the Assessment of Speech Impairment in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 64(8), 2996-3014. http://doi.org/10.1044/2021_JSLHR-20-00743.

  16. Rong, P.,& Pattee, G. (2021). A potential upper motor neuron measure of bulbar involvement in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis using jaw muscle coherence. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration, 22(5-6), 368-379. http://doi.org/10.1080/21678421.2021.1874993.

  17. Rong, P., & Heidrick, L. (2021). Spatiotemporal control of articulation during speech and speechlike tasks in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 30(3s), 1382-1399. http://doi.org/10.1044/2020_AJSLP-20-00136.

  18. Rong, P., Usler, E., Rowe, L.M., Allison, K., Woo, J., El Fakhri, G., & Green, J.R. (2021). Speech intelligibility loss due to Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: The effect of tongue movement reduction on vowel and consonant acoustic features. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 35(11), 1091-1112. http://doi.org/10.1080/02699206.2020.1868021.

  19. Rong, P., & Jawdat, O. (2021). A novel physiologic marker of bulbar motor involvement in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: Jaw muscle synergy. Clinical Neurophysiology, 132(1), 94-103. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2020.09.030.

  20. Rong, P. (2020). Neuromotor Control of Speech and Speechlike Tasks: Implications From Articulatory Gestures. Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, SIG 19 Speech Science, Vol.5, 1324-1338. http://doi.org/10.1044/2020_PERSP-20-00070.

  21. Rong, P. (2020). Automated acoustic analysis of oral diadochokinesis to assess bulbar motor involvement in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 63(1), 59-73. http://doi.org/10.1044/2019_jslhr-19-00178.

  22. Rong, P., Yunusova, Y., Eshghi, M., Rowe, H. P., & Green, J. R. (2019). A speech measures for early stratification of fast and slow progressors of bulbar amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: Lip movement jitter. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration, 21(1-2), 34-41. http://doi.org/10.1080/21678421.2019.1681454.

  23. Rong, P. (2019). The effect of tongue-jaw coupling on phonetic distinctiveness of vowels in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 62(9), 3248-3264, http://doi.org/10.1044/2019_JSLHR-S-19-0058.

  24. Rong, P., & Green, J. R. (2019). Predicting speech intelligibility based on spatial tongue-jaw coupling in persons with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: The impact of tongue weakness and jaw adaptation. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 62(8S), 3085-3103, http://doi.org/10.1044/2018_JSLHR-S-CSMC7-18-0116.

  25. Eshghi, M., Stipancic, K., Mefferd, A., Rong, P., Berry, J., Yunusova, Y., & Green, J. (2019). Assessing oromotor capacity in ALS: The effect of a fixed-target task on lip biomechanics. Frontiers in Neurology, Vol. 10, Article 1288. http://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2019.01288.

  26. Wilson, E. M., Kulkarni, M., Simione, M., Rong, P., Green, J. R., & Yunusova, Y. (2019). Detecting bulbar motor involvement in ALS: Comparing speech and chewing tasks. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. 21(6), 564-571. http://doi.org/10.1080/17549507.2018.1557254.

  27. Rong, P., Yunusova, Y., Richburg, B., & Green, J. R. (2018). Automatic extraction of abnormal lip movement features from the alternating motion rate task in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 20(6), 610-623. http://doi.org/10.1080/17549507.2018.1485739.

  28. Golabbakhsh, M., Abnavi, F., Kadkhodaei Elyaderani, M., Derakhshandeh, F., Khanlar, F., Rong, P., & Kuehn, D.P. (2017). Automatic identification of hypernasality in normal and cleft lip and palate patients with acoustic analysis of speech. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 141(2), 929-935. http://doi.org/10.1121/1.4976056.

  29. Rong, P., Kuehn, D.P., & Shosted, R.K. (2016). Modeling of oropharyngeal articulatory adaptation to compensate for the acoustic effects of nasalization. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 140(3), 2145-2161, http://doi.org/10.1121/1.4963065.

 

        (* Student mentee)