- Investigated speech outcomes in Parkinson’s disease following STN-DBS, focusing on effects of subthalamic modulation on speech production.
- Examined variation in speaking rate across measurement methods, speech tasks, and clinical groups.
- Characterized speech patterns in individuals with rapid-onset dystonia parkinsonism.
Journal articles
Validating automated speech timing methods across sentence, paragraph, and monologue tasks
Lian J. Arzbecker, Kris Tjaden
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, vol. 159, 2026, pp. 5238–5257
Comparing manual and automated methods for calculating speaking rate in Parkinson's disease
Lian J. Arzbecker, Kaila L. Stipancic, Jeremy D. W. Greenlee, Kris Tjaden
JASA Express Letters, vol. 5(3), 2025, p. 035203
Conference proceedings & presentations
Lian J. Arzbecker, Nathaniel Cline, Kris Tjaden
Motor Speech Conference, Tempe, AZ, 2026 Feb
Comparison of automated and manual measures of speaking rate in individuals with dysarthria
Lian J. Arzbecker, Kris Tjaden
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, vol. 155(S3), Ottawa, ON, 2024 May, pp. A334