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Overview

Gary Weismer is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their research spans several interconnected fields including psychology and medicine, with a particular focus on experimental and cognitive psychology, physiology, cognitive neuroscience, and artificial intelligence.

Their scholarly work contributes to multiple areas within speech and language sciences. Key research topics include:

  • Phonetics and Phonology Research
  • Voice and Speech Disorders
  • Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
  • Speech Recognition and Synthesis

Recent publications by Weismer demonstrate engagement with both theoretical review and empirical data. Notable papers include:

  • Oromotor Nonverbal Performance and Speech Motor Control: Theory and Review of Empirical Evidence, 2023, published in Brain Sciences
  • Formant Trajectory Patterns of American English /l/ Produced by Adults and Children, 2021, published in the Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research

Co-authorship is part of Weismer's scholarly output, including collaborations with Hyunju Chung.

Their research has been disseminated primarily through the following publication venues:

  • Brain Sciences
  • Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research

Best Publications

  • Toward Phonetic Intelligibility Testing in Dysarthria

    Ray D. Kent;Gary Weismer;Jane F. Kent;John C. Rosenbek

  • Acoustic and intelligibility characteristics of sentence production in neurogenic speech disorders.

    Gary Weismer;Jing-Yi Jeng;Jacqueline S. Laures;Ray D. Kent

  • The Influence of Speaking Rate on Vowel Space and Speech Intelligibility for Individuals With Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

    Greg S. Turner;Kris Tjaden;Gary Weismer

  • Kinematic, acoustic, and perceptual analyses of connected speech produced by parkinsonian and normal geriatric adults.

    Karen Forrest;Gary Weismer;Greg S. Turner

  • Speaking Rate and Speech Movement Velocity Profiles

    Scott G. Adams;Gary Weismer;Raymond D. Kent

  • An Acoustic Study of the Relationships among Neurologic Disease, Dysarthria Type, and Severity of Dysarthria.

    Yunjung Kim;Raymond D. Kent;Gary Weismer

  • Articulatory Movements During Vowels in Speakers With Dysarthria and Healthy Controls

    Yana Yunusova;Gary Weismer;John R. Westbury;Mary J. Lindstrom

  • Philosophy of research in motor speech disorders.

    Gary Weismer

  • Quantitative description of the dysarthria in women with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

    Jane Finley Kent;Raymond D. Kent;John C. Rosenbek;Gary Weismer

  • Relationships between speech intelligibility and the slope of second-formant transitions in dysarthric subjects

    R. D. Kent;J. F. Kent;G. Weismer;R. E. Martin

  • A Study of the Voicing Distinction Associated with Omitted, Word-Final Stops

    Gary Weismer;Daniel Dinnsen;Mary Elbert

  • Characteristics of Speaking Rate in the Dysarthria Associated with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.

    Greg S. Turner;Gary Weismer

  • Impairment of Speech Intelligibility in Men with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

    Raymond D. Kent;Jane F. Kent;Gary Weismer;Robert L. Sufit

  • Formant trajectory characteristics of males with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

    Gary Weismer;Ruth Martin;Ray D. Kent;Jane F. Kent

  • Selected Acoustic Characteristics of Speech Production in Very Old Males

    Julie M. Liss;Gary Weismer;John C. Rosenbek

  • A Speaking Task Analysis of the Dysarthria in Cerebellar Disease

    R D Kent;J F Kent;J C Rosenbek;H K Vorperian

  • Statistical analysis of word-initial /k/ and /t/ produced by normal and phonologically disordered children

    Karen Forrest;Gary Weismer;Megan Hodge;Daniel A. Dinnsen

  • Statistical Models of F2 Slope in Relation to Severity of Dysarthria

    Yunjung Kim;Gary Weismer;Raymond D. Kent;Joseph R. Duffy

  • What dysarthrias can tell us about the neural control of speech

    Raymond D. Kent;Jane F. Kent;Gary Weismer;Joseph R. Duffy

  • Preclinical Speech Science: Anatomy, Physiology, Acoustics, Perception

    Thomas J. Hixon;Gary Weismer;Jeannette D. Hoit

Frequent Co-Authors

Joseph R. Duffy
Joseph R. Duffy Mayo Clinic
Sharynne McLeod
Sharynne McLeod Charles Sturt University
Peter Watson
Peter Watson University of Cambridge
Malcolm R. McNeil
Malcolm R. McNeil University of Pittsburgh
Anne Smith
Anne Smith Purdue University West Lafayette

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