Jessica Huber
PhD, CCC-SLP
Jessica Huber
PhD, CCC-SLP
Jessica Huber is a Professor of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences and Associate Dean for Research in the College of Health and Human Sciences at Purdue University. The aim of her National Institutes of Health funded research program is to develop a theoretical account of the multiple factors that influence speech production and cognitive change in older adults with and without Parkinson’s disease (PD) and to translate findings to clinical treatment resulting in improvements in communication. She is the inventor of a small wearable device, the SpeechVive device, to treat communication impairments in people with PD. The device elicits the Lombard effect that can be exploited to improve speech clarity in individuals with PD while bypassing cognitive and sensory impairments. Her current research continues to examine the physiologic (respiratory, laryngeal, and supralaryngeal) effects of a number of speech therapy techniques including respiratory muscle strength training and using the SpeechVive device. Unlimited
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