Mark VanDam

Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences

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Contact info

Physical and mailing address: Health Sciences Building, Room 125-S 412 East Spokane Falls Blvd Spokane, WA 99202	↑ click pic for more pics
Speech and Language Lab: Go to lab webpage \| Go to faculty webpage Health Sciences Building, Room 141 412 East Spokane Falls Blvd Spokane, WA 99202 e-mail: mark.vanDam_at__wsu__dot__edu office phone: 509.358.7599, ext. 1 lab phone: 509.358.7599, ext. 2

Vita

Associate Professor (2018-present), Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, , Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, Washington State University
Assistant Professor (2012-2018), Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, , Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, Washington State University
Research Associate (2009-2012) Center for Childhood Deafness, Boys Town National Research Hospital
Postdoc (2007-2009) Center for Childhood Deafness, Boys Town National Research Hospital
PhD (2007) Linguistics, Indiana University
MA (2003) Linguistics, Indiana University
BA (1999) English and German, Calvin College, now Calvin University

curriculum vitae (Oct, 2023) [ PDF (153kB) ]

Affiliations

HomeBank
Daylong Audio Recordings of Children's Linguistic Environments (DARCLE)
Washington Center for Muscle Biology (WCMB)
Entrepreneurial Faculty Ambassadors (EFA) at WSU
Quadralynx, Inc.
Eastern Washington University, Department of Communication Disorders, Adjunct faculty
Arizona State University, College of Health Solutions, Adjunct faculty

Academic Work

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Finestack, L. H., Potter, N., VanDam, M., Davis, J., Bruce, L., Sherer, N., Eng, L., & Peter, B. (2022). Feasibility of a proactive parent-implemented communication intervention delivered via telepractice for children with classic galactosemia. American Journal of Speech Language Pathology, 31(6): 2527-2538. doi: 10.1044/2022_AJSLP-22-00107

Peter, B., Davis, J., Finestack, L., Stoel-Gammon, C., VanDam, M., Bruce, L., Kim, Y., Eng, L., Cotter, S., Landis, E., Beames, S., Scherer, N., Knerr, I., Williams, D., Schrock, C., Potter, N. (2022). Translating principles of precision medicine into speech-language pathology: Clinical trial of a proactive speech and language intervention for infants with classic galactosemia. Human Genetics and Genomics Advances, 3(3), 100119. doi:10.1016/j.xhgg.2022.100119

VanDam, M., Thompson, L., Wilson-Fowler, E., Campanella, S., Wolfenstein, K., & De Palma, P. (2022). Conversation initiation of mothers, fathers, and toddlers in their natural home environment. Computer Speech & Language, 73, 101338. doi:10.1016/j.csl.2021.101338

Kondaurova, M. V., Zheng, Q., VanDam, M., & Kinney, K. (2021). Vocal turn-taking in families with children with and without hearing loss. Ear & Hearing. doi: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000001135

Peter, B., Davis, J., Cotter, S., Belter, A., Williams, E., Stumpf, M., Bruce, L., Eng, L., Kim, Y., Finestack, L., Stoel-Gammon, C., Williams, D., Scherer, N., VanDam, M., Potter, N. (2021). Towards preventing speech and language disorders of known genetic origin: First post-intervention results of Babble Boot Camp in children with classic galactosemia. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 30(6): 2616-2634 doi:10.1044/2021_AJSLP-21-00098

Potter, N. L., Bajwa, A., Wilson, E. H., VanDam, M. (2020). Developmental changes in tongue strength, swallow pressures, and tongue endurance. Dysphagia. doi:10.1007/s00455-020-10200-4

Ingvalson, E. M., Grieco-Calub, T. M., Perry, L. K., VanDam, M. (2020). Rethinking emergent literacy in children with hearing loss. Frontiers in Psychology, 11(39). doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00039

VanDam, M., & Yoshinaga-Itano, C. (2019). Use of the LENA Autism Screen with children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Medicina, 55(495). doi:10.3390/medicina55080495

Peter, B., Potter, N., Davis, J., Donenfeld-Peled, I., Finestack, L., Stoel-Gammon, C., Lien, K., Bruce, L., Vose, C., Eng, L., Yokoyama, H., Olds, D., & VanDam, M. (2019). Toward a paradigm shift from deficit-based to proactive speech and language treatment: Randomized pilot trial of the Babble Boot Camp in infants with classic galactosemia. F1000, 8:271. doi:10.12688/f1000research.18062.1

Potter, N. L., Nievergelt, Y., & VanDam, M. (2019). Tongue strength in children with and without speech sound disorders. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 28(2): 612-622. doi: 10.1044/2018_AJSLP-18-0023

VanDam, M., & De Palma, P. (2019). A modular, extensible approach to massive ecologically-valid behavioral data. Behavior Research Methods, 51(4): 1754-1765. doi: 10.3758/s13428-018-1167-8

Lynch, G. T. F., James, S., & VanDam, M. (2018). Pupillary response and phenotype in ASD: Latency to constriction discriminates ASD from typically developing adolescents. Autism Research, 11(2): 364-375. doi: 10.1002/aur.1888

VanDam, M., & Silbert, N. H. (2016). Fidelity of automatic speech processing for adult and child talker classifications. PLOS ONE, 11(8): e0160588. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0160588 [PDF (602KB)]

VanDam, M., Warlaumont, A. S., Bergleson, E., Cristia, A., Soderstrom, M., De Palma, P., & MacWhinney, B. (2016). HomeBank, an online repository of daylong child-centered audio recordings. Seminars in Speech and Language, 37: 128-142. doi:dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0036-1580745

VanDam, M., Jessup, C., & Tully, T. (2016, November). Fathers’ and mothers’ differential talk to sons and daughters with hearing loss. Poster presented at the 172nd Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America and the 5th Joint meeting of the Acoustical Society of America and the Acoustical Society of Japan, Honolulu, HI.

Pretzer, G. M., Warlaumont, A. S., VanDam, M., MacWhinney, B., & Reding, C. J. (2016, November). HomeBank: A resource for sharing daylong audio recordings from children and families. Poster presented at the American Speech-Language Hearing Association Convention, Philadelphia, PA.

VanDam, M., De Palma, P., & Silbert, N. (May, 2016). Fidelity of Automatically Coded Family Speech of Mothers, Fathers, and 30 month-old Children with and without Hearing Loss. Talk presented at the paper symposium Studying Language Development Through Human and Automated Annotation of Infants’ Natural Auditory Environments at the 2016 International Conference on Infant Studies (ICIS), New Orleans, LA.

VanDam, M., & Tully, T. (2016, May). Quantity of mothers’ and fathers’ speech to sons and daughters. Talk presented at the 171st Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Salt Lake City, UT. [PDF (83KB)]

VanDam, M., (2016, April). Analysis and management of audio data in a distributed, very large database. Talk presented at the Analytical Brown Bag, College of Nursing, Washington State University, Spokane, WA.

VanDam, M., Oller, D. K., Ambrose, S. E., Gray, S., Richards, J. A., Xu, D., Gilkerson, J., Silbert, N. H., & Moeller, M. P. (2015). Automated vocal analysis of children with hearing loss and their typical and atypical peers. Ear and Hearing, 36(4): e146-e152. doi: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000000138 [ Link to publisher]

Potter, N. L., Johnson, L. R., Johnson, S. E., & VanDam, M. (2015). Facial and lingual strength and endurance in skilled trumpet players. Medical Problems of Performing Artists 30(2): 90-95. [ Link to publisher]

VanDam, M., Potter, N., Johnson, L., & Johnson, S. (November, 2015). Orofacial musclature performance in players of wind instruments. Talk presented at the American Speech-Language Hearing Association Convention, Denver, CO.

VanDam, M., & Silbert, N. (2015, November). Fidelity of automatic speech recognition labeling. Talk presented at the American Speech-Language Hearing Association Convention, Denver, CO.

VanDam, M., Strong, W., & De Palma, P. (2015, November). Characteristics of fathers’ prosody when talking with young children. Poster presented at the American Speech-Language Hearing Association Convention, Denver, CO.

VanDam, M., De Palma, P., & Strong, W. (2015, November). Speech production characteristics of parents of hard of hearing toddlers. Poster presented at the American Speech-Language Hearing Association Convention, Denver, CO. PDF

VanDam, M., & Carns, K. (2015, November). Acquisition of syntactic question types in children who are hard of hearing. Poster presented at the American Speech-Language Hearing Association Convention, Denver, CO.

VanDam, M., De Palma, P., & Strong, W. E. (2015, October). Fathers’ prosodic communication with young children. Poster presented at the Washington Speech Language Hearing Association Annual Meeting, Tacoma, WA.

VanDam, M., De Palma, P., & Strong, W. E. (2015, October). Parental speech characteristics to heard-of-hearing toddlers. Poster presented at the Washington Speech Language Hearing Association Annual Meeting, Tacoma, WA.

VanDam, M. & Lin, D. (2015, June). A vocal biofeedback device for Parkinson's patients. Poster presented at Life Sciences Innovation Northwest (LSINW), Seattle, WA.

VanDam, M., De Palma, P., Strong, W. E. (2015, May). Fathers' use of fundamental frequency in motherese. Poster presented at the 169th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Pittsburgh, PA. [ poster PDF (118KB)] [ abstract PDF (96KB)]

VanDam, M., De Palma, P., Strong, W. E. (2015, May). Fundamental frequency of speech directed to children who have hearing loss. Poster presented at the 169th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Pittsburgh, PA. [ PDF (96KB)]

Lynch, G. T., Potter, N. L., James, S., & VanDam, M. (2015, May). Facial response to visual stimuli: Using pupil response as an indicator for phenotype in ASD. Poster presented at the International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR 2015), Salt Lake City, UT.[ INSAR link]

VanDam, M., De Palma, P., Strong, W. E., & Kelly, E. (2015, January). Child-directed speech of fathers. Poster presented at the Linguistic Society of America 2015 Annual Meeting, Portland, OR. [ LSA link]

VanDam, M., De Palma, P., Strong, W. E., & Kelly, E. (2015, January). Child directed speech to preschoolers who are hard-of-hearing. Poster presented at the Linguistic Society of America 2015 Annual Meeting, Portland, OR. [ PDF (150KB)]

VanDam, M., & De Palma, P. (2014, December). Fundamental frequency of child-directed speech using automatic speech recognition. IEEE Proceedings of the Joint 7th International Conference on Soft Computing and Intelligent Systems and 15th International Symposium on Advanced Intelligent Systems, Kitakyushu, Japan. [ PDF (615KB)]

VanDam, M. (2014). Acoustic characteristics of the clothes used for a wearable recording device. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America Express Letters, 136(4): EL263-EL267. doi: 10.1121/1.4895015. [ Link to free paper and PDF]

Ambrose, S. E., VanDam, M., & Moeller, M. P. (2014). Linguistic input, electronic media, and communication outcomes in toddlers with hearing loss. Ear and Hearing, 35(2): 139-147.[ Link to publisher]

VanDam, M., & Silbert, N. (2014, June). Performance of LENA automatic speech processing in families with children who are hard of hearing. Talk presented at the 2014 International Child Phonology Conference, Missoula, MT.

VanDam, M., Anderson, A., Ahmann, H., & Potter, N. (2014, June). Telepractice assessment of receptive language using the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test 4. Poster presented at the 2014 International Child Phonology Conference, Missoula, MT. [ PDF (150KB)]

VanDam, M., & Silbert, N. H. (2014, May). Automatic speech recognition of naturalistic recordings in families with children who are hard of hearing. Talk presented at the 167th Meeting of the Acoustic Society of America, Providence, RI. [ PDF (41KB)]

Ahmann, H., Anderson, A., VanDam, M., & Potter, N. (2014, March). Comparison of scores between traditional-paper and web-based versions of the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Fourth Edition. Poster presented at the 2014 Inland Northwest Research Symposium, Spokane, WA.

VanDam, M., & Silbert, N. H. (2013, December). Characteristics of automatic and human speech recognition processes. Talk presented at the 166th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, San Francisco, CA. Abstract in JASA 134(5:2): 4069. [ PDF (41KB)]

VanDam, M., Clemetson, B. C., Hurson, M., Pacheco, T., Jakubowski, S., Jakubowski, W., & Nicholas, D. (2013, December). A wearable real-time vocal biofeedback device. Talk presented at the 166th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, San Francisco, CA. Abstract in JASA 134 (5:2): 4218 [ PDF (33KB)]

Johnson, L. R., Potter, N. L., & VanDam, M. (2013, December). The functional impact of incidental orofacial muscle activity. Talk presented at the 166th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, San Francisco, CA. Abstract in JASA 134(5:2): 4133 [ PDF (32KB)]

VanDam, M. (2013, November). Speech and language development in preschoolers with hearing loss. Invited panelist at the "New Findings on the Interaction of Hearing & Language" seminar session at the 2013 ASHA Convention, Chicago, IL.

VanDam, M. (2013, July). Language behavior in hearing impaired children. Invited talk at the Pediatric Grand Rounds, Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's hospital, Spokane, WA.

VanDam, M., & Silbert, N. H. (2013). Precision and error of automatic speech recognition. Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics, 19: 060006. doi:10.1121/1.4798466 [ link to abstract and free PDF]

This was also presented here:
VanDam, M. & Silbert, N. H. (2013, June). Precision and error of automatic speech recognition. Poster presented at the 165th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, 21st International Congress on Acoustics, and the 52nd Meeting of the Canadian Acoustical Association, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Silbert, N. H., Linck, J. A., & VanDam, M. (2013). Multilevel models, covariates, and controlled factors in experimental speech research: unified analyses of highly structured data. Proceedings on Meetings on Acoustics, 19: 0600029. doi: 10.1121/1.4790331 [ link to abstract and free PDF]

This was also presented here:
Silbert, N. H., Linck, J. A., & VanDam, M. (2013, June). Multilevel models, covariates, and controlled factors in experimental speech research: unified analyses of highly structured data. Invited talk at the 165th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, 21st International Congress on Acoustics, and the 52nd Meeting of the Canadian Acoustical Association, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

VanDam, M. & Silbert, N. H. (2013, April). Fidelity of LENA vocal activity labels. Poster presented at the LENA International Conference 2013, Denver, CO. [ PDF (89KB) ]

VanDam, M. (2013, January). Children with hearing loss and modern research methods. Invited talk at Spokane ENT and Surgery Center, Spokane, WA.

VanDam, M., Ambrose, S. E., Moeller, M. P. (2012). Quantity of parental language in the home environments of hard-of-hearing two-year olds. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 17(4), 402-420. doi:10.1093/deafed/ens025 [ Oxford Journals abstract ] [ MDLinx link ]

VanDam, M., Silbert, N. H., & Moeller, M. P. (2012, October). Effects of age, hearing loss, and phonological neighborhood density on children's perceptual confusions. Poster presented at the 164th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Kansas City, MO. Abstract in JASA 132: 2076 Abstract: [ PDF (38KB)] Poster:[ PDF (524KB)]

Xu, D., VanDam, M., Gilkerson, J., Ambrose, S. E., Moeller, M. P., Richards, J. (2012, June). Phonetic development analysis using an automated approach. Talk presented at the AG Bell 2012 Convention, Scottsdale, AZ.

Ambrose, S. E., VanDam, M., & Moeller, M. P. (2012, June). Relationships between language input, television exposure, and the language development of toddlers with hearing loss. Paper presented at the Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, Madison, WI.

VanDam, M. (2012, February). Cognitive, social, and linguistic development in preschoolers and toddlers. Invited talk at Washington State University, Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, Spokane, WA.

VanDam, M. (2012, February). Machine assessment of linguistic development in children with special needs. Invited talk at the University of Toledo, Judith Herb College of Education, Health Science, and Human Service, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Toledo, OH.

VanDam, M. (2012, February). Automatic assessment of speech and language development in hard of hearing children and other special populations. Invited talk at the University of Tennessee, College of Allied Health Science, Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology, Knoxville, TN.

VanDam, M. (2012, February). Speech and language development in special populations: Automatic analyses of large-scale, naturalistic, acoustic data. Invited talk at the University of Georgia, College of Education, Department of Communication Sciences and Special Education, Athens, GA.

VanDam, M. (2012, February). New approaches to cognitive development in hard of hearing children. Invited talk at Florida State University, School of Communication Science and Disorders, Tallahassee, FL.

VanDam, M. (2012, January). Automatic analysis of real-world speech and language data with special populations. Invited talk at Oklahoma State University, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Stillwater, OK.

VanDam, M. (2011, November). Consumers guide to LENA: Comments and recommendations from expert users: Automatic speech and language analysis of children who are hard of hearing. Invited talk at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, San Diego, CA.

Ambrose, S. E., VanDam, M., & Moeller, M. P. (2011, November). The impact of exposure to talk and television on language development of toddlers with hearing loss. Poster presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, San Diego, CA. [ PDF (378KB)]

VanDam, M., Ide-Helvie, D., & Moeller, M. P. (2011). Point vowel duration in children with hearing aids and cochlear implants at 4 and 5 years of age. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 25(8): 689-704. [ HTML link, full text and free]

Moeller, M.P., Bass-Ringdahl, S., Ambrose, S. E., VanDam, M., & Tomblin, J.B. (2011). Understanding Communication Outcomes: New Tools and Insights. In R. C. Seewald & J. M. Bamford (Eds.), A Sound Foundation Through Early Amplification 2010: Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference (pp. 245-260). Stafa, Switzerland: Phonak AG Immediate Proceedings Ltd.

Moeller, M.P., VanDam, M., & Ambrose, S. (2011, September). Measuring outcomes in children with hearing loss: New tools and insights. Invited presentation at the 2011 Nebraska Speech Language Hearing Association Fall Convention, Kearney, NE.

Ambrose, S. E., VanDam, M., & Moeller, M. P. (2011, June). Automated analysis of the language abilities and auditory-linguistic environments of children with hearing loss. Poster presented at the Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, Madison, WI. [ PDF (183KB)]

VanDam, M. (2011, May). Automatic acoustic-phonetic analyses of thousands of hours of conversational speech in hard of hearing children. Talk presented at the 161st Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Seattle, WA. Abstract in JASA 129: 2596 [ PDF (42KB)]

VanDam, M., Silbert, N. H., & Moeller, M. P. (2011, May). Repetition of words from dense and sparse phonological neighborhoods in children with hearing loss and normal hearing. Poster presented at the 161st Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Seattle, WA. Abstract in JASA 129: 2626. Abstract:[ PDF (37KB)] Poster:[ PDF (284KB)]

Ambrose, S. E., VanDam, M., & Moeller, M. P. (2011, April). The role of talk in outcomes of children who are hard of hearing. Poster presented at the Second LENA Users Conference, Denver, CO. [ PDF (846KB) ].

Ambrose, S. E., VanDam, M., & Moeller, M. P. (2011, April). Use of AVA measures with young children who are hard of hearing. Poster presented at the Second LENA Users Conference, Denver, CO. [ PDF (341KB) ].

VanDam, M., McMurray, B., Ambrose, S.E., Moeller, M. P., & Tomblin, J. B. (2011, April). Auditory Ability and Language Development: Quantitative Assessments of Input, Output, and Outcomes in Hard-of-Hearing Children. Talk presented at the 2011 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Child Development, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

VanDam, M., Moeller, M. P., & Tomblin, B. (2010, November). Analyses of fundamental frequency in infants and preschoolers with hearing loss. Poster presented at the 160th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico. [ PDF (632KB) ]. Abstract in JASA 128(4:2): 2459 [ PDF (44KB)]

VanDam, M., Ide-Helvie, D., & Moeller, M. P. (2010, November). Duration of point vowels in four- and five year olds with hearing aids and cochlear implants. Talk presented at the 160th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico. Abstract in JASA 128(4:2): 2426 [ PDF (42KB)]

Ambrose, S. E., VanDam, M., & Moeller, M. P. (2010, November). The role of talk in outcomes for children with hearing loss. Roundtable discussion: LENA technology: Expand research and clinical application in child language, Philadelphia, PA. [Preconference meeting prior to 2010 ASHA meeting.] [ PDF (424KB)]

VanDam, M. (2010, April). Speech development of children with hearing loss from whole-day recordings. Invited Presentation to the Department of Speech and Hearing Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

VanDam, M. (2010, April). Using LENA to examine development of children with hearing loss. Poster presented at the First LENA Users Conference, Denver, CO. [ PDF (119KB) ].

VanDam, M., & Silbert, N. (2010, April). A Bayesian model of voice-onset time production. Poster presented at the 159th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Baltimore, MD. [ PDF (144KB) ]. Abstract in JASA 126(4:2): 2182 [ PDF (44KB)]

VanDam, M. (2010, April). Prosody of children with mild to severe hearing loss. Talk presented at the International Child Phonology Conference, Memphis, TN. [ PDF (719KB) ].

Smith, N. A., VanDam, M., & Moeller, M. P. (2009, October). Gaze distribution patters for audiovisual speech stimuli in preschool children without hearing loss. Poster presented at the 158th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, San Antonio, TX. [ PDF (340KB) ]. Abstract in JASA 126(4:2): 2300-2301 [ PDF (56KB)]

VanDam, M., Silbert, N. H., & Port, R. F. (2009, October). Fine-grained control of VOT production, lexical usage-frequency, and phrasal context. Poster presented at the 158th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, San Antonio, TX. [ PDF (162KB) ]. Abstract in JASA 126(4:2): 2182 [ PDF (43KB)]

VanDam, M. (2009, July). Word learning and fine phonetic detail in the linguistic development of hearing impaired children. Invited talk presented at the BTNRH/CU-KUMC-IOWA Auditory Research Conference, Omaha, NE.

Smith, N., & VanDam, M. (2009, July). Development of visual fixation patterns for audiovisual speech. Invited talk presented at the BTNRH/CU-KUMC-IOWA Auditory Research Conference, Omaha, NE.

VanDam, M. (2009, June). Vowel duration in hearing impaired children at four- and five-years old. Invited talk presented at the University of Louisville Summer Linguistics Lecture Series, Louisville, KY.

VanDam, M., & Port, R. F. (2009). Phonetic experience with specific words affects categorical perception of those words. Poster presented at the 157th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Portland, OR. [ PDF (<1MB) ]. Abstract in JASA 125(4): 2655 [ PDF ]

VanDam, M. (2009, March). Development of linguistic duration in hearing impaired children. Invited talk presented at the University of Iowa, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Iowa City, IA. [ PDF (1.4MB) ]

VanDam, M., Smith, N. A., Ide Helvie, D., & Moeller, M. P. (2008, November). Development of temporal and spectral characteristics in the speech of hearing impaired children. Poster presented at the 156th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Miami, FL. [ PDF (<1MB) ] Abstract in JASA 124(4): 2555 [ PDF (<1MB) ]

VanDam, M., Ide-Helvie, D., Smith, N. A., & Moeller, M. P. (2008, June). Early identification of hearing loss improves temporal properties of children's speech. Poster presented at the 2008 Child Phonology Conference, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN. [ PDF (9MB) ]

VanDam, M. (2008, May). Economy and invariance are unjustified assumptions in formal phonology. Talk presented at the Fifth North American Phonology Conference (NAPhC5), Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. [ PDF ]

VanDam, M. (2007). Plasticity of Phonological Categories. Unpublished Indiana University doctoral dissertation. [ PDF ] [ ABSTRACT ] from The LINGUIST List

VanDam, M. (2006, January). Acoustic measurement of temporal characteristics of American English speech. Invited talk, Department of Modern Languages, DePauw University, Greencastle, IN.

VanDam, M & Port, R. F. (2005). VOT is shorter in high frequency words. Poster presented at the 149th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Vancouver, BC, Canada. [ PDF ] [ PPT ] Abstract in JASA 117(4): 2623 [ PDF ].

VanDam, M. (2004). Word final coda typology. Journal of Universal Language 5(1): 119-148. [ preprint PDF, photocopied PDF ]

VanDam, M. (2004). Review: Kreidler. (2004). The Pronunciation of English: A Course Book, Second Edition. The Linguist List, available at www.linguistlist.org or Here .

VanDam, M. (2003). Voice onset time of American English stops with prosodic correlates. Poster presented at the 145th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Nashville, TN. [ PDF ] Abstract in JASA 113(4): 2328 [ PDF ]

VanDam, M. (2003). On the phonological structure of /i/-suffixed English nicknames. In Stephen Grimes and Ken deJong (eds.) IULC Working Papers Online, Vol 3 (2003), article 03-01: 1-30. [ PDF ]

In the media

Child-directed speech
The Smithsonian
TIME Magazine
The Today Show
BBC (UK)
The Telegraph (UK)
Babble (Disney)
Huffington Post UK
Science News (Washington, DC)
Seattle Times
Reprinted from the Seattle Times here:
Chicago Tribune
Boston Herald
Detroit Free Press
Tri-City Herald (Kennewick, WA)
Tacoma News Tribune
TribLive (Pittsburgh, PA)
Herald Democrat (Sherman, TX)
Arizona Daily Sun (Flagstaff, AZ)

ABC News (Brisbane, Australia)
Audiology Worldnews
NewsWise (Charlottesville, VA)
WSU Health Sciences Extra
BigThink (New York, NY)
Science Daily (Rockville, MD)
WSU News (Pullman, WA)
Nyelv es Tudomany (Hungary)
Berliner Morgenpost (Germany)
Finanz Nachrichten (Germany)
Aponet (Germany)
Die Welt (Germany)
News Beast (Greece)
Ogun Haber (BBC Turkey) (Turkey)
Sante Magazine (France)
Ansa (Italy)
Meteoweb (Italy)
CNN Indonesia
BBC Indonesia
Pikiran Rakyat (Indonesia)
Irorio (Japan)
20 Minuten (Germany)
Hindustan Times (India)
ABC Sevilla (Spain)
Nieuwsblad (Belgium)
Naitre et Grandir (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
Tech Times
The Independent (UK)
Pacific Standard (Santa Barbara, CA)
The Guardian (New York, NY)
The Times of India
Headline and Global News (New York, NY)
Red Orbit
British Telecommunications
Irish Examiner (Cork, Ireland)
Science World Report (New York, NY)
Daily Times (Lahore, Pakistan)
Health Site (Mumbai, India)
Business Standard
Reprinted from The Business Standard here:
New Kerala (India)
ANI News (New Delhi, India)
Zee News (India)

Business Insider (Australia)
Daily Mail (London, UK)
MedicalXpress

Parkinson's disease, vocal monitor
The Seattle Times
The Inlander (Spokane, WA)
WSU Spokane Magazine (story on page 4)
BYU Radio, Top of Mind with Julie Rose

Research interests

I am interested in how experience and use of speech affect language development in children with hearing loss. I am also interested in the application of technology to assistive technology in populations with special needs, including adults with Parkinson's disease.

More broadly, my expertise lies in phonetics, speech production and perception, speech technology/vocal biotechnology, phonology, linguistic theory, language development, childhood deafness, very large databases, and quantitative design/methods.

Courses taught

Washington State Univeristy and Eastern Washington University: Research Methods (graduate), Speech Science (undergraduate), Advanced Topics in Speech Science (undergraduate)
Metropolitan Community College (Omaha, NE): English Composition
Indiana University: Language and Religion [HTML], Introduction to the Study of Language [link], Freedom of Speech in the US [PDF]
University of Wisconsin-Madison: English Phonology [ PDF ], English Language Variation in the US [ PDF ]

Miscellaneous other things

Developmental Reading Group (Boys Town)

Here is an unordered list of courses I've learned from as a student. Some are from Indiana University, the Linguistic Society of America's Summer Institute (at Michigan State University), and University of Wisconsin-Madison.

See some Pics, or click the mug at the top.

See some pics of Auggie May or Annie or Alice.

Project SoO, which is no longer updated because we moved.