Anna Gravelin, PhD, CCC-SLP

Assistant Professor

Organization:

West Virginia University School of Medicine

Department:

Human Performance - Communication Sciences and Disorders

Classification:

Faculty

• PhD, Bowling Green State University, 2021
• MS, Bowling Green State University, 2017
• BS, Central Michigan, 2015

Biography:

Anna Gravelin joined the faculty at West Virginia University in 2021. Her main areas of interest in the field include motor speech disorders, adult neurogenic language disorders, and speech science. Her research examines speech physiology, acoustics, and perception in speakers with Parkinson Disease. She enjoys mentoring students in research. She is a certified and licensed Speech-Language Pathologist.

Representative Scholarship: 

 

Refereed Publications:

Gravelin, A. C., & Whitfield, J. A. (2019). Effect of Clear Speech on the Duration of Silent Intervals at Syntactic and Phonemic Boundaries in the Speech of Individuals with Parkinson Disease. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 28(2S), 793-806.

 

Whitfield, J. A. & Gravelin, A. C. (2019). Characterizing the distribution of silent intervals in the connected speech of individuals with Parkinson disease. Journal of Communication Sciences and Disorders, 78, 18-32.

 

Published Conference Abstracts:

Gravelin, A. C. & Whitfield, J.A. (2017). Duration of short silent intervals in the connected speech of individuals with Parkinson disease. Stem-, Spraak-en Taalpathologie: Abstracts of 7th International Conference on Speech Motor Control Groningen, 22, 122.

 

Refereed Research Presentations:

Gravelin, A.C., & Whitfield, J.A. (2020). Relationship among Perceptual and Acoustic Measures of Habitual and Clear Speech in Individuals with Parkinson Disease. Presented Feb. 2020 at the Conference on Motor Speech, Santa Barbara, CA.

Gravelin, A.C., Kalinowski, L., & Whitfield, J.A. (2019). Changes in clear speech response following Lee Silverman Voice Treatment (LSVT)- Loud: A case study. Presented Mar. 2019 at the Ohio Speech-Language Hearing Association Convention, Columbus, OH. 

Gravelin, A.C., Vine, M., Kalinowski, L., & Whitfield, J.A. (2018). Investigation of speech motor sequence learning & chunking: An application to Parkinson disease. Presented Nov. 2018 at the American Speech-Language Hearing Convention, Boston, MA.

Walsh, C., Gravelin, A. C., Koester, K., & Whitfield, J. A. (2018). Effect of clear speech on speech rate of speakers with and without Parkinson disease. Presented Mar. 2018 at the Ohio Speech Language Hearing Convention, Columbus, OH.

Vine, M., Gravelin, A. C., Livingston, M., & Whitfield, J. A. (2018). Gains in speed and accuracy in a novel speech task. Presented Mar. 2018 at the Ohio Speech Language Hearing Convention, Columbus, OH.

Gravelin, A. C., & Whitfield, J.A. (2018). Effects of clear speech on the silent interval duration in speakers with Parkinson disease. Presented Feb. 2018 at the Conference on Motor Speech, Savannah, GA. 

Gravelin, A. C., & Whitfield, J. A. (2017). Duration of short silent intervals in the connected speech of individuals with Parkinson disease. Presented Jul. 2017 at the International Conference on Speech Motor Control, Groningen, the Netherlands. 

Gravelin, A., Whitfield, J. A., Clune, T., & Quinlan, C. (2016). Pause categorization in parkinsonian speech. Presented Nov. 2016 at the American Speech Language Hearing Association Convention, Philadelphia, PA.

 

 

Teaching:

CSAD 222: Phonetics and Phonology

CSAD 626: Acquired Motor Speech Disorders

CSAD 630: Acquired Language Disorders

CSAD 660: Neuropathology of Speech and Language

 

At her previous institution, Anna taught Anatomy and Physiology of the Speech Mechanism.  

 

Special Training

• Other Speciality Training, Speech Language Pathology
  Bowling Green State University

Patient Care Information:

 

Medical Specialties

My primary clinical experience has been with adult neurogenic populations in acute care and outpatient services with some limited experience in acute rehabilitation.

 

Special Training 

LSVT-Loud Certified Clinician

LSVT-eLoud Certified Clinician