Presentations

Hitchcock, E.R. & Koenig, L. (2024, May). Examining Speech Perception of Non-Errored Pronunciations in Children with Speech Sound Disorders, presented at 13th International Seminar on Speech Production, Autrans, France.

Hitchcock, ER., McAllister, T., & Preston, J. (2023, November). Technology-Enhanced  Treatment for Speech Sound Disorders via Telepractice. Invited seminar presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association National Convention, Boston, MA.

Hitchcock, ER., Ochs, L, Preston, J., & McAllister, T. (2023, November). Investigating the Relationship Between Speech Perception Assessment Task Demands and Perceptual Performance in Children. Poster presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association National Convention, Boston, MA.

Cabbage, K., Carrell, T., & Hitchcock, ER. (2023, November). Technology-Enhanced Treatment for Speech Sound Disorders via Telepractice. Poster presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association National Convention, Boston, MA.

Cheyne, M. & Hitchcock, ER., (2023, November). A Changing Landscape: A Systematic Review of Target Selection in Speech Sound Disorder Intervention.  Poster presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association National Convention, Boston, MA.

Swartz, MT., Koenig, L., & Hitchcock, ER., (2023, November). Acoustic and Perceptual Assessments of Vowel Consistency in Children with CAS. Technical talk presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association National Convention, Boston, MA.  

Swartz., MT., Eads, A., McAllister, T., Hitchcock, ER., & Preston, P. (2023, November).  Attitudes Towards Communication and Social-Emotional Well-Being in Caregivers and Older Children with CAS and RSSD. Poster presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association National Convention, Boston, MA.  

Rosen, A., Lazarus, R., & Hitchcock, ER. (2023, November). Why Post-Treatment Accuracy Matters on the Journey to Generalization. Poster presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association National Convention, Boston, MA.  

Eads, A., Kearney, E., Koda, A., Medina, I., Hitchcock, ER., Shiller, D., Guenther, F., & McAllister, T. (2023, November). Auditory Perturbation-Derived Sensory Profiles of Children With and Without Residual Distortions of American English /r /.  Seminar presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association National Convention, Boston, MA.  

Leece, M., Caballero, N. Swartz, M., Hitchcock, ER., Preston, P., & McAllister, T., (2023, November). Treating Speech Sound Disorders Using Ultrasound Biofeedback: A Hands-On Introduction. Seminar presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association National Convention, Boston, MA. 

Hitchcock, E.R., & Swartz, M.T. (2023, June). Rationale for Interdisciplinary Collaboration Between Singing Voice Teachers and Voice-Trained Speech Pathologists. Invited talk presented at the 10th Annual Singing Voice Science Workshop, online conference.

Hitchcock, E.R., & Koenig, L. (2023, May). Speech perception and children with speech sound disorder: An assessment of non-errored speech sounds. Poster session presented at the 184th Meeting of Acoustical Society of America, Chicago, IL.

Swartz, M. T., Koenig, L., & Hitchcock, E.R. (2023, May). Acoustic analysis of voicing errors in children with childhood apraxia of speech. Poster session presented at the 184th Meeting of Acoustical Society of America, Chicago, IL.  

Sylvan, L. & Hitchcock, E.R. (2023, April). Forging Partnerships with School-Based Clinicians as Academic Researchers: Overcoming the Barrier of Limited Time. Seminar presented at the Implementation Science is for All Conference, online conference.

Hitchcock, E.R., Ochs, L.., Swartz, M., Leece, M., Preston, J., & McAllister, T. (2022, November). Visual acoustic biofeedback: Clinical strategies for /r/ intervention. Seminar presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association National Convention, New Orleans, LA.

Hitchcock, E.R., Koenig, L.L., Cheyne, M., & Helwani, N. (2022, November). Considering distributional characteristics of speech stimuli: Influence on adult and child listener perception. Poster presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association National Convention, New Orleans, LA.

Hitchcock, E.R., Lazarus, R., & Swartz, M. (2022, November). Getting in the “Zone”: Reframing commonly used strategies for generalization using a challenge point approach. Seminar presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association National Convention, New Orleans, LA.

Swartz, M., Koenig, L. & Hitchcock, E.R. (2022, November). Exploring vowel acoustic metrics in adolescents with typical speech, RSSD, and CAS. Poster presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association National Convention, New Orleans, LA.

Ayala, S., Eads, A., Kabakoff, H., Hitchcock, E.R., Preston, J., &McAllister, T. (2022, November). Auditory and Somatosensory Abilities of Typically Developing Children. Poster presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association National Convention, New Orleans, LA.

Benway, N.R., Preston, J.L., Hitchcock, E.R., Salekin, A., Rose, Y., & McAllister, T. (2022, November). PERCEPT-R and PERCEPT-GFTA: Two Artificial Intelligence-Ready Speech Corpora Focusing on Residual Speech Sound Disorders. Seminar presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association National Convention, New Orleans, LA.

Cabbage, K., & Hitchcock, E.R. (2022, November). Clinical Considerations for Speech Perception in Children with Residual Speech Sound Disorders: A Systematic Review. Seminar presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association National Convention, New Orleans, LA.

Benway, N., Preston, J.L., Hitchcock, E.R., Salekin, A., Sharma, H., & McAllister, T. (2022, September). PERCEPT-R: An Open-Access American English Child/Clinical Speech Corpus Specialized for the Audio Classification of /ɹ/. Seminar presented at Interspeech 2022, Incheon, Korea.

Hitchcock, E.R., Cabbage, K., Swartz, M., & Carrell., T. (2022, July). Investigating assessment and treatment options for school age children with CAS. seminar presented at Apraxia Kids Research Symposium, Las Vegas, NV.

Hitchcock, E.R. & Cabbage, K.L., (2022, July). Beyond Speech Production: Discussing speech perception in children with Childhood Apraxia of Speech. Invited seminar presented at Apraxia Kids National Conference, Las Vegas, NV.

Hitchcock, E.R., & Koenig, L. (2021, November). Distributional properties of voice onset time in child speech and adult listener judgments. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 150(4), A150-A150.

Hitchcock, E.R., Cabbage, K., Swartz, M., Lazarus, R., & Carrell., T. (2021, November). Assessing Speech Perception in Children Using the Wide-Range Acoustic Accuracy Scale. Poster session presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association National Convention, Washington, DC.

Hitchcock, E.R., Leece, M., & Swartz, M. (2021, November). Teletherapy Considerations for Assessment in Speech Sound Disorder. Seminar presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association National Convention, Washington, DC.

Hitchcock, E.R., &  Koenig, L. L. (2021). Adult perception of stop consonant voicing in American-English-learning toddlers: Voice onset time and secondary cues. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 150(1), 460-477.

Hitchcock, E.R., &  Koenig, L.L. (2020, December). Exploring voice onset time, place of articulation, and vowel context in children. Seminar presented at 12th International Seminar on Speech Production in Providence RI.

Hitchcock, E.R., & Reda, J. (2020, October). A new ultrasound probe stabilizer for speech therapy. Seminar presented at Ultrafest IX, Bloomington, IN.

Hitchcock, E.R. (2020, September). Visual biofeedback treatment for speech and voice disorders. Guest speaker at 19th Congress of the Otorhinolaryngology Foundation, Sao Paolo, Brazil.

Hitchcock, E.R., & Cabbage, K. (2019, November). Biofeedback for childhood speech disorders: Practical information for clinicians. Online webinar presented to American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Special Interest Groups 1, 16, & 19.

Hitchcock, E. R. (2019, June). Investigating singers’ speech habits using perceptual and acoustic measures of assessments. Seminar presented at the Singing Voice Science & Pedagogy Workshop, Upper Montclair, NJ.   

Macrae, T., & Hitchcock, E.R., (2019, November). Stimulus Characteristics of Standardized Tests in Children's Speech Sound Production Seminar presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association National Convention, Orlando, FL.

Preston, J, McAllister Byun, T., Hitchcock, E.R. (2018, November). Visual biofeedback for persistent speech errors. Seminar presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association National Convention, Boston, MA.

Hitchcock, E.R., Caceres, J. & Truglio, C. (2018, November). Exploring perceptual accuracy and cross-over boundaries using VOT for adult perception of natural child speech. Poster presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association National Convention, Boston, MA. 

Swartz, M., Hitchcock, E. R., Boyle, M. (2018, November). Improving prosodic variation in a patient with PPAOS using visual-acoustic biofeedback. Poster presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association National Convention, Boston, MA. 

Hitchcock, E.R., & Swartz, M. (2018, May). Determining treatment dosage and feedback methods for speech sound disorders: How do you decide?  Webinar presentation for New Jersey Speech Language and Hearing Association. 

Hitchcock, E.R., Lopez, M., Thomas, M., Swartz, M., & Lazarus, R. (2018, April). High-intensity visual-acoustic biofeedback intervention for adults with rhotic errors. Presentation at the New Jersey Speech Language and Hearing Convention, Long Branch, NJ. 

Hammer, D. & Hitchcock, E.R. (2018, July). Visual biofeedback for residual speech sound errors: TheraVox, ultrasound, acoustic, electropalatography. Seminar presentation at the 2018 National Conference on Childhood Apraxia of Speech, Charlotte, NC. 

Hitchcock, E.R.  (2018, June). Visual biofeedback: Assessment and treatment of voice disorders. Seminar presentation at the Singing Voice Science & Pedagogy Workshop, Upper Montclair, NJ. 

Hitchcock, E.R., & Koenig, L.L., (2017, September). Analyzing adult perception of stop consonant voicing in two-year-old children’s speech. Poster session presentation at the Annual Meeting on Phonology, New York, NY. 

Hitchcock, E.R., & McAllister Byun, T. (2017, July). Comparison of biofeedback approaches to intervention for residual speech errors. Presentation at the 7th International Conference on Speech Motor Control, Groningen, the Netherlands.

Hitchcock, E.R., & Koenig, L.L. (2017, June). The role of voice onset time in the perception of English voicing contrasts in children's speech. Poster session presentation at the 173th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Boston, MA.

McAllister Byun, T., Harel, D., Hitchcock, E.R., Lopez, M. (2017, June). Not-quite-naive listeners: Students as an audience for gamified crowdsourcing. Panel presentation at the 173th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Boston, MA.

Harel, D., Hitchcock, E.R., McAllister Byun, T. (2017, May). Students' perceptual ratings of child speech: Accuracy, efficiency, and gamification. Seminar presentation at the International Child Phonology Conference, Washington, DC.

Hitchcock, E.R. (2016). Training on biofeedback for speech sound disorders. Seminar presentation at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association National Convention, Philadelphia, PA.

Hitchcock, E. R., Lazarus, R., & Swartz, M. (2016). Assessing tongue-to-palate contact patterns in /r/ remediation using Electropalatography. Poster presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association National Convention, Philadelphia, PA.

Preston, J, McAllister Byun, T., Hitchcock, E.R., Rusiewicz, H., Lee, S.A., Leece, M., & Boyce, S. (2016, November). Ultrasound biofeedback for speech sound disorders: Hands-on clinical training. Short course presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association National Convention, Philadelphia, PA.

Hitchcock, E.R. & Lazarus, R. (2016, May) Visual biofeedback approaches for speech sound disorder: Ultrasound, visual-acoustic, & electropalatography. Seminar presented at the New Jersey Speech Language and Hearing Association Convention, Long Branch, NJ.

Hitchcock, E. R., McAllister Byun, T., Dioguardi, L., & Lopez, M. (2016). Comparing perceptual ratings of /r/ accuracy across expert and crowdsourced listeners. Poster presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association National Convention, Philadelphia, PA.

Crosby, C., & Hitchcock, E.R. (2016, November). Assessment and target selection for a moderate-to-severe phonological disorder: Advantages of nonlinear analysis. Poster presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association National Convention, Philadelphia, PA.

McAllister Byun, Harel, D., Hitchcock, E.R., Ortiz, J., & Szeredi, D. (2016, March). Finding experts in the crowd: Validity and reliability of crowdsourced listeners' ratings of clinical speech samples. Poster presented at the Motor Speech Conference, Newport, CA.

McAllister Byun, T., Harel, D., Hitchcock, E.R., Ortiz, J, & Szeredi, D. (2016, January). Predicting crowdsourced listeners’ ability to detect gradient phonetic contrast in child speech. Presentation at the Linguistic Society of America, Washington, DC. 

Hitchcock, E.R., Harel, D., & McAllister Byun, T. (2015). When should we treat residual speech errors? Survey data on social, emotional, and academic impacts. Technical Seminar presentation at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association National Convention, Denver, CO.

Hitchcock, E.R., Shubeck, K.R., & Russell, C. (2015). Adult perception of stop consonants in two year old children’s speech. Poster session at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association National Convention, Denver, CO.

Hitchcock, E.R., & Koenig, L. L. (2015, October). Adults' perceptual voicing boundaries of 2-year-olds' citation form speech. Poster presented at the 170th meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Jacksonville, FL. 

Preston, J, Hitchcock, E.R., McAllister Byun, T. (2015). Ultrasound biofeedback for speech sound disorders: Hands-on clinical training. Three hour short course presentation at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association National Convention, Denver, CO.

McAllister Byun T., Hitchcock E.R., & Harel D. (2015). Validating and optimizing a crowdsourced method for gradient measures of child speech. Submitted to Interspeech 2015 Special Session: Advanced Crowdsourcing for Speech and Beyond, Dresden, Germany.

Hitchcock, E.R., & Koenig, L.L. (2014). Effects of vowel position and place of articulation on voice onset time in children: Longitudinal data. Poster session presentation at the 168th meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Indianapolis, IN.

Hitchcock, E.R., Swartz, M., & Lazarus, R. (2014). Evaluating the effectiveness of electropalatography for treating misarticulation of /r/: Establishment through generalization. Technical talk at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association National Convention, Orlando, FL.

McAllister Byun, T., Hitchcock, E.R., & Ortiz, J. (2014). Challenge-R: Computerized challenge point /r/ treatment. Seminar presentation at the American Speech- Language-Hearing Association National Convention, Orlando, FL.

Klein, H., McAllister Byun, T. & Hitchcock, E.R., (2014). Approaches to vocalic and consonantal ‘r’ intervention: Auditory, acoustic, ultrasound. Seminar presentation at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association National Convention, Orlando, FL.

Hitchcock, E.R., Swartz, M., & Lazarus, R. (2014). Efficacy of Visual Biofeedback Using Electropalatography for Misarticulation. Poster session presentation at the New Jersey Speech Language and Hearing Convention, Long Branch, NJ.

Hitchcock, E.R., Ochs, L., & Gencarelli, P. (2013). Patterns of contrastive voicing in typically developing preschool and school age children. Poster session presentation at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association National Convention, Chicago, Il.

Hitchcock, E.R., & McAllister Byun, T. (2013). Enhancing generalization in biofeedback intervention using the challenge point framework. Poster session presentation at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association National Convention, Chicago, Il.

McAllister Byun, T. & Hitchcock, E.R., Swartz, M. (2013). Targeting retroflex versus bunched /r/: Evidence from ultrasound biofeedback intervention. Seminar presentation at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association National Convention, Chicago, Il.

McAllister Byun, T. & Hitchcock, E.R. (2013). Retroflex versus bunched /r/ in ultrasound intervention: One shape does not fit all? Seminar presentation at Ultrafest VI, Edinburgh, Scotland.

Hitchcock, E.R., & Koenig, L.L. (2012). Development of the English voicing contrast: A longitudinal case study. Poster session presentation at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association National Convention, Atlanta, GA.

Hitchcock, E. R. (2012, November). The effects of data reduction in determining the schedule of voicing acquisition in young children. Seminar presented at the Graduate Research Colloquium, Dept. of Speech Language Pathology, New York University.

McAllister Byun, T. & Hitchcock, E.R. (2011). Treating /r/ misarticulation: Benefits of computer-based intervention. Seminar presentation at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association National Convention, San Diego, CA.

McAllister Byun, T. & Hitchcock, E.R. (2011, December). Targeting therapy-resistant /r/ errors with computer based intervention. Seminar presented for the Montclair State University Continuing Education Seminar Series in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Montclair, NJ.

Hitchcock, E. (2008). Use of clinical technology in speech-language pathology. One hour seminar for Intensive Therapeutics, Inc. and Visual Arts Center of New Jersey.