Lian Arzbecker

Postdoctoral Researcher


Curriculum vitae


lian (at) arzbecker (dot) com


Speech Imaging Laboratory

Division of Communication Sciences, Univeristy of Wyoming



Motor Speech Disorders Laboratory


  • 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 (submitted)


Lian J. Arzbecker, Kris Tjaden

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America


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


Validating automated speech timing methods across sentence, paragraph, and monologue tasks (submitted)


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


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