Peer-Reviewed Publications

Usler, E. (2022). Communicative fluency and the experience of stuttering: A viewpoint. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research: JSLHR, 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1044/2022_JSLHR-22-00073 

Usler, E. (2022). Why stuttering occurs: The role of cognitive conflict and control. Topics in Language Disorders, 42(1), 24. https://doi.org/10.1097/TLD.0000000000000275 

Boecher, J., Franich, K., & Usler, E. (2022). Rhythm of speech in people who do and do not stutter – A quantitative analysis using the normalized pairwise variability index. Proceedings of the International Conference on Speech Prosody. 

Beal, D., Usler, E., & Tendera, A. (2022). Neural and Physiological Processes. In Zebrowski, P., Anderson, J., Conture, E. (eds.) Stuttering and Related Fluency Disorders. Thieme Medical Publishers. 

Rong, P., Usler, E., Rowe, L. R., Allison, K., Woo, J., El Fakhri, G., & Green, J. (2021). Speech intelligibility loss due to Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: The effect of tongue movement reduction on vowel and consonant acoustic features. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699206.2020.1868021 

Usler, E., & Weber, C. (2020). Emotion processing in children who do and do not stutter: An ERP study of electrocortical reactivity and regulation to peer facial expressions. Journal of Fluency Disorders, 67, 105802. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfludis.2020.105802  

Usler, E., Foti, D., & Weber, C. (2020). Emotional reactivity and regulation in 5- to 8-year-old children: An ERP study of own-age face processing. International Journal of Psychophysiology: Official Journal of the International Organization of Psychophysiology, 156, 60–68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2020.07.004 

Usler, E., Wei, X., Simione, M., Richburg, B., Stipancic, K. L., & Green, J. R. (2020). Modulation of intermuscular beta coherence in different rhythmic mandibular behaviors. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 14, 302. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2020.00302 

Walsh, B., & Usler, E. (2019). Physiological correlates of fluent and stuttered speech production in preschool children who stutter. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 62(12), 4309–4323. https://doi.org/10.1044/2019_JSLHR-S-19-0018 

Haebig, E., Leonard, L. B., Deevy, P., Karpicke, J., Christ, S. L., Usler, E., Kueser, J. B., Souto, S., Krok, W., & Weber, C. (2019). Retrieval-based word learning in young typically developing children and children with Development Language Disorder II: A comparison of retrieval schedules. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 62(4), 944–964. https://doi.org/10.1044/2018_JSLHR-L-18-0071 

Usler, E., & Walsh, B. (2018). The effects of syntactic complexity and sentence length on the speech motor control of school-age children who stutter. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 61(9), 2157–2167. https://doi.org/10.1044/2018_JSLHR-S-17-0435 

Haebig, E., Leonard, L., Usler, E., Deevy, P., & Weber, C. (2018). An initial investigation of the neural correlates of word processing in preschoolers with Specific Language Impairment. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 61(3), 729–739. https://doi.org/10.1044/2017_JSLHR-L-17-0249 

Kreidler, K., Hampton Wray, A., Usler, E., & Weber, C. (2017). Neural indices of semantic processing in early childhood distinguish eventual stuttering persistence and recovery. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 60(11), 3118–3134. https://doi.org/10.1044/2017_JSLHR-S-17-0081 

Usler, E., Smith, A., & Weber, C. (2017). A lag in speech motor coordination during Sentence production is associated with stuttering persistence in young children. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 60(1), 51–61. https://doi.org/10.1044/2016_JSLHR-S-15-0367 

Usler, E., & Weber-Fox, C. (2015). Neurodevelopment for syntactic processing distinguishes childhood stuttering recovery versus persistence. Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, 7(1), 4. https://doi.org/10.1186/1866-1955-7-4 

Byrd, C., McGill, M., & Usler, E. (2015). Nonword repetition and phoneme elision in adults who do and do not stutter: Vocal versus nonvocal performance differences. Journal of Fluency Disorders, 44, 17–31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfludis.2015.01.004