Mr Peter J Watson

Educational Background & Specialties

Specialties

• speech motor control
• neuronal activity in relation to speech
• prosody and its control

Research & Professional Activities

Professional Activities

• Consultant, Cleveland Hearing and Speech Center: 1998
• National Association of Teachers of Singing: 1996
• Standards Committee, Speech-Language Pathology of the International Commission of Healthcare Professionals: 2000
• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association: 1985
• Adjunct Clinical Staff in the Department of Neurology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation: 1998
• Oberlin College Affiliate Scholar: 1998
• Program Committee, 1999 American Speech Language and Hearing Convention, San Francisco, CA: 1999
• Scientific Advisory Board, Voice Foundation: 2002

Publications

• Vocalization and breathing during the second and third years of life: Watson, Peter, C. Boliek, T. Hixon, & W. Morgan, Journal of Voice, 11 373-390, 1997.
• The use of breathing exercises in voice therapy. Watson, Peter, (accepted for publication in MIT Encyclopedia of Communication Disorders), 2002.
• Respiratory behavior during the learning of a novel aria by a highly trained classical singer: Watson, Peter, T. Hixon, Vocal Fold Physiology: Controlling Complexity and Chaos, 325-343, 1996.
• Effects of abdominal trussing on breathing, vocalization, and speech in men with cervical spinal cord injury: Watson, Peter, T. Hixon, Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 44 751-762, 2001.
• The relation of lung volume initiation on speech: A perceptual study: Watson, Peter, C. Milstein, Journal of Voice, 2003.
• The effect of lung volume initiation on acoustic features of speech: Watson, Peter, A. Cicca & G. Weismer, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2003.

Awards

• Nominated for Undergraduate Teaching Excellence Award, Case Western Reserve University, 2002