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Faculty: Shawn L. Nissen

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Shawn L. Nissen

Title

Associate Professor

Department:

ComD

Contact Information

Office: 128 TLRB

Phone: 801-422-5056

Email: nope@Shawn_Nissen@byu.edumsn.com

PhD The Ohio State University

MA The Ohio State University

BA Brigham Young University

ComD 331 - Clinical Phonetics
ComD 430 - Medical Speech Language Pathology
ComD 634 - TBI/Cognitive Communication Disorders
ComD 676 - Aphasia

Speech production in adults and typically developing children

Acoustic analysis of the professional voice

Second language acquisition & cross-linguistic communication

The 2013 Nancy Peery Marriott Outstanding Teacher Award

McKay School of Education

2013

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

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

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

Speech Adaptation to Kinematic Recording Sensors: Perceptual and Acoustic Findings

  • Authors: Dromey, Christopher David; Hunter, Elise; Nissen, Shawn L
  • Publication Date: 2018
  • Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • Publication Journal: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Speech Adaptation to Kinematic Recording Sensors: Perceptual and Acoustic Findings

  • Authors: Dromey, Christopher David; Hunter, Elise; Nissen, Shawn L
  • Publication Date: 2018
  • Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • Publication Journal: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

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

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

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

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

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
  • Abstract: click to view

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
  • Abstract: click to view

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 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 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 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 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

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

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

Acoustic and spectral patterns in young children's stop consonant productions.

  • Authors: Nissen, Shawn L; Fox, Robert
  • Publication Date: 2009
  • Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • Publication Journal: Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
  • Volume: 126

Mongolian speech audiometry materials.

  • Authors: Harris, Richard W; Nissen, Shawn L; Haslam, V.; Gilbert, K.
  • Publication Date: 2009
  • Publication Type: Other
  • City: Provo, UT: Brigham Young University.

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

Acoustic and spectral patterns in young children's stop consonant productions.

  • Authors: Nissen, Shawn L; Fox, Robert
  • Publication Date: 2009
  • Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • Publication Journal: Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
  • Volume: 126

Mongolian speech audiometry materials.

  • Authors: Harris, Richard W; Nissen, Shawn L; Haslam, V.; Gilbert, K.
  • Publication Date: 2009
  • Publication Type: Other
  • City: Provo, UT: Brigham Young University.

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

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