Paul M. Evitts, Ph.D., CCC-SLP

Associate Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders, School of Humanities
Associate Professor, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Penn State College of Medicine
Program Chair, Communication Sciences and Disorders
Olmsted Building, W344C
777 West Harrisburg Pike
Middletown, PA 17057

Recent Publications

Evitts, P. M., Porcaro, C., & Gollery, T. (2024). Impact of perceptual-learning strategies and background noise on disordered speech intelligibility. Archives of Otolaryngology & Rhinology, 10(1), 004-015. Doi: 10.17352/2455-1759.000153.

Doyle, P., Baker, A., & Evitts, P. M. (2023). Communication competence and disability secondary to laryngectomy and tracheoesophageal puncture voice restoration. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, Mar 58, 441-450. 

Evitts, P. M., Allebeck, M., & Åberg, O. (2022).  Effects of virtual teaching on Swedish teachers’ voices during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Voice. Dec 30:S0892-1997(22)00423-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2022.12.022. 

Addona, S. & Evitts, P. M. (2022). Effects of virtual instruction on educators’ voices during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Voice, Aug 15:S0892-1997(22)00244-2. doi: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2022.08.012.  

Evitts, P. M., Starmer, H., & Webster, K. (2021). Effects of mode of presentation and mode of speech on listener perceptions of voice, speech, and personality following supracricoid laryngectomy. Archives of Otolaryngology & Rhinology, 7(1): 001-011. DOI: 10.17352/2455-1759.000138 .

Evitts, P. M., Fields, K., & Lande, B. (2021). Metadeglutition? Rate of aspiration-related events in young, healthy females using a novel data collection app. Perspectives (SIG 13), 6(2), 454-464.

Porcaro, C, Evitts, P. M., Hood, C., Campbell, E., White, L., King, N., & Veraguas, J. (2019). Effect of dysphonia and cognitive-perceptual listener strategies on speech intelligibility. Journal of Voice, 34(5), 806.e7 – 806.e18.

Evitts, P. M., Nichols, D., Asbury, K., & Dobrosielski, D. (2018). Relationship between fat distribution and tongue strength in persons with and without obstructive sleep apnea. Sleep Medicine and Disorders: International Journal, 2(5), 109-113. 

Joseph, R., Evitts, P. M., Bayley, E., & Tulenko, C. (2017). Oral feeding outcomes of infants with a tracheostomy. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 33, 70-75. 
 

Recent Presentations

Evitts, P. M. *Elliot, B., & Ames, S., & Fisher, N. (2023, November).  Development of a 3-D printed pneumatic artificial larynx. Poster presentation accepted at the American Speech-Hearing and Language Association annual convention, Boston, MA. 

Evitts, P. M., *Heilman, E., *Spangler, F., & Ayala, A. (2023, November).  Acoustic characteristics of top audio narrator voices. Poster presentation accepted at the American Speech-Hearing and Language Association annual convention, Boston, MA. 

Kurtz, M., Lenc, E., Maurer, K., *Ziegler, G., Evitts, P. M. (2023, November).  Efficacy of LOUD LSVT through telehealth for a child with cerebral palsy.  Poster presentation accepted at the American Speech-Hearing and Language Association annual convention, Boston, MA. 

Evitts, P. M., **Allebeck, M., & **Åberg, O. (2022, November).  Effects of virtual teaching on Swedish teachers’ voices during the COVID-19 pandemic. Poster presentation accepted at the American Speech-Hearing and Language Association annual convention, New Orleans, LA.

Evitts, P. M., Porcaro, C., **Getejanc, C., & **Scott, J. (2020, November). The relationship between cepstral-based acoustic measures and speech intelligibility with low proficiency speakers.
Proposal accepted at the Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, San Diego, CA (Convention canceled).

Evitts, P., **Yinger, S., Porcaro, C., **Horn, A., **Cloonan, C., & **Stolz, A. (2019, November). Does providing listeners perceptual strategies improve dysphonic speech intelligibility in the presence of background noise? Poster presentation accepted at the American Speech-Hearing and Language Association annual convention, Orlando, FL.

Abrams, R., Webster, K., Evitts, P., **Taormina, L., & **Foust, K. (2019, November). Lip strength and maximum inter-incisinal opening measures in healthy elderly persons. Poster presentation accepted at the American Speech-Hearing and Language Association annual convention, Orlando, FL.
** graduate student; * undergraduate student 
 

CSD 100 - Vocal Abuse and Misuse
CSD 331 – Anatomy and Physiology for Speech and Hearing
CSD 341 – Acoustic Principles in Communication Sciences and Disorders
CSD 432 – Introduction to Deglutition