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Amy T. Neel, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Associate Professor
atneel@unm.edu

Dr. Neel received her master's degree from the University of Oklahoma, spent ten years as a clinical speech-language pathologist, and received her Ph.D. from Indiana University in 1998. Her teaching interests include acoustics, anatomy and other speech science topics. She recently received an ASHA Foundation grant to pursue her research in perceptual vowel identification and is particularly interested in speech perception by hearing aid users.

Recent Publications

Neel, A.T., Palmer, P.M., Sprouls, G., Morrison, L. (in press). Tongue strength and speech intelligibility in Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy. Journal of Medical Speech-Language Pathology.

Kewly-Port, D., & Neel, A. (2006). Perception of dynamic properties of speech: Peripheral and central processes. In S. Greenberg and W. Aisworth (Ed.s), Listening to Speech: An auditory perspective (pp. 49 - 61). Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Palmer, P., McCulloch, T.M., Jaffe, D., & Neel, A.T. (2005). Effects of a sour bolus on the intramuscular electromyographic activity of muscles in the submental region. Dysphagia, 20. 210 - 217.