Faculty: Shawn L. Nissen
Title
Associate Professor
Department:
ComD
Contact Information
Office: 128 TLRB
Phone: 801-422-5056
Email: nope@Shawn_Nissen@byu.edumsn.com
Brief Biography
PhD The Ohio State University
MA The Ohio State University
BA Brigham Young University
Teaching Interests
ComD 331 - Clinical Phonetics
ComD 430 - Medical Speech Language Pathology
ComD 634 - TBI/Cognitive Communication Disorders
ComD 676 - Aphasia
Research Interests
Speech production in adults and typically developing children
Acoustic analysis of the professional voice
Second language acquisition & cross-linguistic communication
Awards
The 2013 Nancy Peery Marriott Outstanding Teacher Award
McKay School of Education
2013
Selected Publications
Age-Related Changes in Speech and Voice: Spectral and Cepstral Measures
- Authors: Taylor, Sammi; Dromey, Christopher David; Nissen, Shawn L; Tanner, Kristine Marie; Eggett, Dennis Lee; Corbin-Lewis, Kim
- Publication Date: 2020
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publication Journal: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research
An Intensive Boot Camp Approach to the Remediation of Speech Sound Disorders: A Case Report
- Authors: Nissen, Shawn L; Peris, Melanie; Tanner, Kristine Marie
- Publication Date: 2019
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publication Journal: Speech, Language, and Hearing
- Publisher: Taylor and Francis
- Volume: 22
- Issue: 2
- ISSN: 2050-571X
Using Electropalatography in Second language Pronunciation Instruction: A Preliminary Examination of Voiceless German Fricatives
- Authors: Nissen, Shawn L; Lester, Kate; Smith, Laura Catharine; Isaacson, Lisa; Bell, Teresa Reber
- Publication Date: 2017
- Publication Type: Conference Proceedings
- Publication Journal: Proceedings of the Phonetics Teaching and Learning Conference
- ISBN: 978-0-9926394-2-6
Russian Palatalized and Unpalatalized Consonants: An Electropalatographic and Acoustic Analysis of Native Speaker and Learner Productions.
- Authors: Hacking, Jane; Smith, Bruce; Nissen, Shawn L; Allen, Hannah
- Publication Date: 2016
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publication Journal: Journal of Phonetics
- Publisher: Elsevier
- City: Amsterdam
- Country: Netherlands
- Volume: 54
Teaching a phonetics course with a high student enrolment using a blended-learning format
- Authors: Nissen, Shawn L
- Publication Date: 2015
- Publication Type: Conference Proceedings
- Publication Journal: Proceedings of the Phonetics Teaching and Learning Conference
- Publisher: University College London
- ISBN: 978-0-9926394-1-9
Nebulized isotonic saline improves voice production in Sjögren’s Syndrome
- Authors: Tanner, Kristine Marie; Nissen, Shawn L; Merrill, Ray M; Miner, Alison; Channell, Ron W; Miller, Karla; Elstad, Mark; Kendall, Katherine; Roy, Nelson
- Publication Date: 2015
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publication Journal: The Laryngoscope
- Publisher: Wiley
- City: Indianapolis, Indiana
- Country: USA
- URL: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/%28ISSN%291531-4995
Voice, Speech, and Laryngeal Features of Primary Sjogren's Syndrome
- Authors: Heller, Amanda; Tanner, Kristine Marie; Roy, Nelson; Nissen, Shawn L; Merrill, Ray M; Merrill, Karla; Houtz, Daniel; Ellerston, Julia; Kendall, Katherine
- Publication Date: 2014
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publication Journal: Annals of Otology, Rhinology, & Laryngology
- Publisher: American Broncho-Esophagological Association
- City: St Lewis, MO
- Country: USA
- Volume: 123
- Issue: 11
- ISSN: ISSN 0003-4894
- URL: http://www.annals.com/
- Abstract: click to view
The Effect of Dialect on Speech Audiometry Testing
- Authors: Nissen, Shawn L; Harris, Richard W; Channell, Ron W; Richardson, Nathan; Garlick, Jamie; Eggett, Dennis Lee
- Publication Date: 2013
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publication Journal: American Journal of Audiology
- Publisher: American Speech and Hearing Association
- Volume: 22
The effects of practice on the concurrent performance of a speech and postural task in persons with Parkinson disease and healthy controls
- Authors: Foreman, K; Sondrup, Stuart; Dromey, Christopher David; Jarvis, Eon; Nissen, Shawn L; Dibble, Leland
- Publication Date: 2013
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publication Journal: Parkinson's Disease
- Publisher: Hindawi
- Volume: 2013
The development of psychometrically equivalent Cantonese speech audiometry materials
- Authors: Nissen, Shawn L; Harris, Richard W; Channell, Ron W; Conklin, Brooke; Kim, Misty; Wong, Lena
- Publication Date: 2011
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publication Journal: International Journal of Audiology
- Volume: 50
Bidirectional interference between speech and postural stability in individuals with Parkinson?s disease
- Authors: Dromey, Christopher David; Jarvis, Eon; Sondrup, Stuart; Nissen, Shawn L; Foreman, K.; Dibble, Leland
- Publication Date: 2010
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publication Journal: International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology
- Volume: 12
Articulatory changes in muscle tension dysphonia: Evidence of vowel space expansion following manual circumlaryngeal therapy.
- Authors: Roy, Nelson; Nissen, Shawn L; Dromey, Christopher David; Sapir, Shimon
- Publication Date: 2009
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publication Journal: Journal of Communication Disorders
- Volume: 42
Psychometrically equivalent Russian speech audiometry materials by male and female talkers.
- Authors: Harris, Richard W; Nissen, Shawn L; Pola, M.; McPherson, David L; Tavartkiladze, G.
- Publication Date: 2007
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publication Journal: International Journal of Audiology
- Volume: 46