MSC01 1195
Speech-Language-Hearing Center
1700 Lomas Blvd. NE Suite 1300
Albuquerque, NM 87131
Phone: (505) 277-4453
Fax: (505) 277-0968
Dr. Neel received her master's degree in speech-language pathology from the University of Oklahoma, spent ten years as a clinical speech-language pathologist, and received her Ph.D. in speech and hearing science and cognitive science from Indiana University in 1998. Her teaching interests include speech science, phonetics, anatomy, and motor speech disorders. Her research focuses on intelligibility in normal speech and in dysarthric speakers, including those with Parkinson disease and oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy.
Neel, A.T., & Palmer, P.M. (in press). Is tongue strength an important influence on rate of articulation in diadochokinetic and reading tasks? Journal of Speech-Language-Hearing Research.
Neel, A.T. (2009). Intelligibility of loud, amplified, and habitual speech in Parkinson Disease, Journal of Speech-Language-Hearing Research, 52, 1021-1033.
Neel, A.T., Palmer, P.M., & Gass, C.A. (2008). Can IOPI be used to measure tongue pressure for speech sounds? , Journal of Medical Speech-Language Pathology, 16, 235-241.
Neel, A.T. (2008). Vowel space characteristics and vowel identification accuracy. Journal of Speech-Language-Hearing Research, 51, 574-585.