Pandemic Effects on Speech Therapy
How has the Covid-19 pandemic affected people with communication disorders, their families, and speech therapists in Oklahoma? Several OSU CDIS faculty teamed up to investigate.
Dr. Sabiha Parveen interviewed speech-language pathologists (SLPs) from around Oklahoma. Clinic Supervisor Sherri Norton interviewed clients and their families in the OSU clinic. Dr. John Tetnowski interviewed and video-recorded people who stutter as they read passages and told stories while wearing a mask or not.
Presentations
(*student authors)
- Parveen, S., *Stidham, D., Norton, S., Freeman, V., Tetnowski, J. (2021, Nov). How has COVID-19 impacted different population groups in Oklahoma-based rural communities? American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), Washington, DC/Online.
- Tetnowski, J., Parveen, S., Freeman, V., Norton, S., & *Martinelli, M. (2021, Nov). The impact of wearing a mask on stuttering behaviors and self-perceptions. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), Washington, DC/Online.
- Parveen, S., Norton, S., Freeman, V., Tetnowski, J. (2021, Oct). Effects of COVID-19 on different population groups in Oklahoma. Oklahoma Speech-Language-Hearing Association (OSHA), Online.
- Tetnowski, J., Parveen, S., Freeman, V., Norton, S. & *Martinelli, M. (2021, May). The impact of a pandemic on people with communication disorders: Preliminary findings on masks and services. Presented by J. Tetnowski, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association's Special Interest Group (ASHA SIG) on Fluency and Fluency Disorders, Online.
Related Work
Collaborators & Students
- Sabiha Parveen: lead researcher, SLP/client interview study
- John Tetnowski: lead researcher, stuttering/masks study
- Sherri Norton: lead SLP, client interviews at OSU clinic
- Micol Martinelli: doctoral research assistant, stuttering/masks study
- Zack Ormsby (Dr. Tetnowski's lab): master's thesis student, stuttering/masks study
- Danae Stidham (Dr. Parveen's lab): undergrad research assistant, SLP/client interviews
- Bayleigh Miller (Dr. Parveen's lab): undergrad research assistant, SLP/client interviews
Student Corner
Data and Materials
- Video-recorded interviews of SLPs, clients, and families about how life during the pandemic affected their disorder and speech therapy, including experiences with teletherapy.
- Video-recorded sessions with adults who stutter as they read a passage and chat with and without a mask. Some include additional interview questions about life during the pandemic and effects of wearing a mask on stuttering in real life.
- Transcriptions of interviews; fluency markings; notes and responses written by interviewers.
- Participant demographics.
- Interview scripts, read passages, consent forms, IRB forms, fluency marking protocol, etc.
Project Ideas
- Thematic analysis: summarize themes in responses to selected questions.
- Intelligibility or listener impressions of people who stutter, with vs without a mask—play audio and/or video for naive listeners, have them write what they hear (intelligibility) or give first impressions of the speakers.
- Ask Dr. Parveen or Dr. Tetnowski for ideas and access to data/materials.