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 Lori A. Swanson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Speech-Language Pathology
Email:
lswanson@utk.edu
Dr. Lori A. Swanson teaches graduate courses in preschool and
school-age language, as well as an advanced seminar in language disorders.
Her research focus is in school-age language, specifically narrative-based
language intervention. Dr. Swanson has directed numerous students in
doctoral dissertations and master’s theses in research areas associated with
child language development and interventions, including those having
dialectal components. She has received several research grants and continues
to participate nationally in research efforts. Dr. Swanson has published
research articles in Journal of Phonetics, Journal of Child Language,
Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, and Clinical Linguistics
and Phonetics.
EDUCATION
Purdue University; West Lafayette, IN (1985-1990). Doctor of Philosophy;
Major
Area: Speech Pathology.
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (1980-1982). Master of Science; Major:
Communicative Disorders
University of Wisconsin, River Falls, WI (1976-1980). Bachelor of Science;
Major: Communicative Disorders.
COURSES TAUGHT
ASP 461 - Introduction to Language Pathology in Children
ASP 579 - Psycholinguistic Concepts
ASP 562 - Preschool Language Disorders
ASP 565 - School-Age Language Disorders
ASP 661 - Advanced Seminar: Language Disorders in Children
GRANTS, AWARDS AND HONORS
Bamford-Lahey Children’s Foundation, Co-Investigator, M. E. Fey, “Use of
story
retelling and story generation to facilitate the syntactic and narrative
abilities of children with specific language impairment,” 2001 ($20,000).
University of Tennessee Scholarly Activity/Research Incentive Fund (SARIF),
Summer Graduate Research Assistantship, 2000 ($3000).
East Tennessee Foundation, Development of a summer language-literacy program for children attending Head Start, 2000 ($5000).
TRW Foundation, Development of a language-literacy program for
children attending Head Start, 2000 ($6000).
University of Tennessee Scholarly Activity/Research Incentive Fund (SARIF),
Summer Graduate Research Assistantship, March 1996 ($3000).
University of Tennessee Professional Development Awards Program, Faculty
Research Award, “Performance of school-aged speakers of Black English on a
standardized test of pragmatics: Let's Talk Inventory for Children,” January
1995 ($4,600).
The University of Alabama Research Grants Committee, “The duration of
function-word vowels in mothers' speech to young children: An analysis of
phrase position,” March 1991 ($2,737).
David Ross Foundation, Purdue University, Dissertation funded, “Vowel
duration
in mothers' speech to young children,” Major Professor: L. Leonard,
1989-1990 ($14,000).
REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
Pursell, S.L., Swanson, L.A., Hedrick, M.S., & Nabelek, A. (2002). Boundary
of steady state synthetic vowels [I] and [E] in adults and school-age
children. Journal of Phonetics.
Hsieh, L., Leonard, L.B., & Swanson, L.A. (1999). Some differences between
English plural noun inflections and third singular verb inflections in the
input: The contribution of frequency, sentence position, and duration.
Journal of Child Language, 26, 531-543.
Lance, D.M., Swanson, L.A., & Peterson, H.A. (1997). A validity study of an
implicit phonological awareness paradigm. Journal of Speech, Language, and
Hearing Research, 40, 1002-1010.
Koehler, L.J.S., Lloyd, L.L., & Swanson, L.A. (1994). Visual similarity
between manual and printed alphabet letters. Augmentative and Alternative
Communication, 10, 87-95.
Swanson, L.A., & Leonard, L.B. (1994). Duration of function-word vowels in
mothers' speech to young children. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research,
37, 1394-1405.
Swanson, L.A., Leonard, L.B., & Gandour, J. (1992). Vowel duration in
mothers'
speech to young children. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 35,
617-625.
Gandour, J., Swanson, L.A., Petty, S.H., & Dardarananda, R. (1989). Timing
disturbances in the speech of a language-delayed Thai adult. Clinical
Linguistics and Phonetics, 3, 173-190.
Leonard, L.B., Schwartz, R.G., Allen, G.D., Swanson, L.A., & Loeb, D.F.
(1989). Unusual phonological behavior and the avoidance of homonymy in
children. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 32, 583-590.
Leonard, L.B., Schwartz, R.G., Swanson, L.A., & Loeb, D.M.F. (1987). Some
conditions that promote unusual phonological behaviour in children. Clinical
Linguistics and Phonetics, 1, 23-34.
Schwartz, R.G., Leonard, L.B., Loeb, D.M.F., & Swanson, L.A. (1987).
Attempted sounds are sometimes not: An expanded view of phonological
selection and avoidance. Journal of Child Language, 14, 411-418.
REFEREED PRESENTATIONS (1998-present)
Pursell, S.L., Swanson, L.A., Hedrick, M.S., & Nabelek, A. Development of
categorical perception of synthetic vowels: [] and []. Poster presented at
the annual convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association,
November 2000.
Vetter, M.A., & Swanson, L.A. Using adult redirects and prompts to increase
interactions among children with autism and their normally developing peers.
Poster presented at the annual conference of the Tennessee Association for
Audiologists and Speech-Language Pathologists, Nashville, TN, September
1999.
Beverly, B.L., & Swanson, L.A. Children’s comprehension of verbs across
morphosyntactic contexts. Paper presented at the annual convention of the
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, San Francisco, CA, November
1999.
Davis, E.D., & Swanson, L.A. Phonological features used by school-age
speakers of Appalachian English. Paper presented at the annual convention of
the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, San Francisco, CA,
November 1999.
Swanson, L.A., & Graber, J.C. Distribution of function words in mothers’
speech to young children. Poster presentation at the Sixth Annual Joint
Convention of TAA/TAASLP, Knoxville, TN, October 1998.
Swanson, L.A., & Graber, J.C. Distribution of function words in mothers'
speech to young children. Poster presentation at the 19th Annual Symposium
for Research on Child Language Disorders, Madison, WI, June 1998.
STUDENT RESEARCH
Ph.D. Dissertations:
- An examination of change in selected vowel structures of three generations
of native Appalachian speakers.
- Morphosyntactic cues to verb comprehension for typically developing
toddlers and children with specific language impairment.
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The criterion-related validity of a test of implicit phonological
awareness.
M.A. Theses:
- Boundary of steady state synthetic vowels [I] and [E] in adults and
school-age children.
- Using adult redirects and prompts to increase interactions among children
with autism and their normally developing peers.
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The development of formality across various communicative intents in
school-aged speakers of Appalachian English and African-American English.
- An examination of Appalachian dialectal syntactic and phonological
features used by school-age children in East Tennessee.
- Patterns in the phonological development in children with Down syndrome.
- Distribution of function words in mothers' speech to young children.
- The emergence of accessing skills in typically-developing school-age
children.
- Expression of communicative intents and formality among African-American English and Appalachian English speaking children.
- Evidence of phonological awareness, language, and auditory processing
deficits in school-aged children with serious emotional disturbance.
CONTACT DETAILS
Lori A. Swanson, Ph.D.
Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology
457 South Stadium Hall
Knoxville, TN 37996-1810
Phone: (865) 974-1794
Lab phone: (same as above)
FAX: (865) 974-1539
Email: lswanson@utk.edu
The Child Language
Laboratory
CURRENT RESEARCH
1. Implementing research of narrative-based language intervention (NBLI) under
Bamford-Lahey Foundation grant; Primary Investigator, in association with Marc
Fey. The primary goals of this project are to test the feasibility of the
Narrative Based Language Intervention (NBLI) that will be more fully tested in
the proposed project. This intervention was piloted in a single subject case
study in the summer of 2001.
2. Longitudinal study of Fast Forward, in collaboration with Dr. Mark Hedrick.
3. Phonological awareness and memory.
4. Collaboration on article regarding multi-generational study of
Appalachian English.
Dr. Swanson discusses research for child language with
2002-3
graduate assistants Lynn Hood, Abigail Pfeiler, and Stacey Walter.
2002: Graduate students Stacey Walter and Abigail Pfeiler
work on creating story illustrations for Dr. Swanson's child language research
2002-3 graduate assistants Abigail Pfeiler and Stacey Walter
2002: Lynn Hood elicits a language sample from a young client
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