Emily Wang, PhD, CCC-SLP

Biography

Emily Wang, PhD, CCC-SLP, is the chairperson and an associate professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders. She specializes in the evaluation and treatment of motor speech disorders and swallowing disorders resulting from neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s disease, Huntington’s disease, multiple sclerosis and ALS (including videofluoroscopic swallowing examination and videostroboscopic voice examination).

Honors and Activities

Commencement Hooder, Rush University, Rush University Medical Center, 2013
Recipient of the Excellence in Clinical Service Award, Rush University Medical Center, 2012
Commencement Hooder, Rush University, Rush University Medical Center, 2010
Commencement Hooder, Rush University, Rush University Medical Center, 2007
Research Travel Fellow Award, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 2000
Clinical Discovery Research Award, Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, 2006-2010
NIH NINDS R01 NS040902-03S1, 2003

Publications

Chen, X., Zhu, X., Wang, E.Q., Chen, L., Li, W., Chen, Z., and Liu, H. (2013). Sensorimotor control of vocal pitch production in Parkinson’s disease. Brain Research, 99-107.

Liu, P., Chen, Z. Jones, J. A., Wang, E. Q., Chen, S., Huang, D. and Liu, H. (2013). Developmental sex-specific change in auditory–vocal integration: ERP evidence in children. Clinical Neurophysiology 124, 503–513.

Liu, H, Wang, E. Q., Metman LV, Larson CR (2012). Vocal Responses to Perturbations in Voice Auditory Feedback in Individuals with Parkinson’s Disease. PLoS ONE 7(3): e33629. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0033629

Chen, Z., Liu, P., Wang, E. Q., Larson, C. R., Huang, D., and Hanjun Liu, H. (2012). ERP correlates of language-specific processing of auditory pitch feedback during self-vocalization. Brain and Language, 25-34.

Liu, H. J., Wang, E., Chen, Z. C., Liu, P., Larson, C., Huang, D. F. (2010). Effect of native language on voice fundamental frequency control to pitch feedback perturbations during vocalization, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 128 (6), 3739-3746.

Wang, Emily Q (2010). Dysarthria, Encyclopedia of Movement Disorders, 1st Edition, London, UK, Elsevier Ltd., 347-350 pages, ISBN=978-0-12-3741 (bookchapter)

Wang, Emily Q (2010) Hypophonia, Encyclopedia of Movement Disorders, 1st Edition, London, UK, Elsevier Ltd., 57-59 pages, ISBN=978-0-12-3741 (bookchapter)

Wang, Emily Q (2010) Dysphagia, Encyclopedia of Movement Disorders, 1st Edition, London, UK, Elsevier Ltd., 365-367 pages, ISBN=978-0-12-3741 (bookchapter)

Wang, E. Q., Verhagen Metman, L. (2010). The differential effect of altered auditory feedback on speech in early- and late-onset Parkinson’s disease, Journal of the Acoustic Society of America, 127 (3), 1997

Wang, E. Q., Verhagen Matmen, L. (2010) Response difference to altered auditory feedback in speech in patients with early- vs. late-onset Parkinson’s disease, Movement Disorders, 25 (Suppl.2), 288

Liu, H. J., Wang, E., Chen, Z. C., Liu, P., Larson, C., Huang, D. F. (2010) Effect of native language on voice fundamental frequency control to pitch feedback perturbations during vocalization, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 128 (6), 3739-3746

Lee, V. S., Zhou, X. P., Rahn III, D. A., Wang, E. Q., Jiang, J. (2008) Perturbation and nonlinear dynamic analysis of acoustic phonatory signal in Parkinsonian patients receiving deep brain stimulation, Journal of Communication Disorders, 41, 485-500

Grants

Speech changes associated with chronic deep brain stimulation (GPi and STN) in Parkinson’s disease
Treating Parkinsonian dysarthria with altered auditory feedback Speech treatment outcomes
Motor asymmetry and its correlation to language and speech in Parkinson’s disease
Speech motor control in normals and in individuals with Parkinson’s disease
Prosodic characteristics of speech produced by individuals with Parkinson’s disease

Education