Faculty and Staff

Paul Evitts, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Appointments, Education, and Certification

• Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology -- Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins Medical Institute, Baltimore, MD
• Ph.D.: Speech-Language Pathology, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
• M.A.: Speech-Language Pathology, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA
• B.A.: Speech-Language Pathology, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA
• Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology

Courses Taught

• Introduction to Human Communication Disorders
• Neurologically Based Language Disorders
• Speech Science
• Anatomy and Physiology
• Dysphagia

Professional/Research Interests

• Voice options following laryngectomy
• Adult neurogenic disorders
• Dysphagia
• Feeding issues in the NICU
• Eye-gaze and speech perception

Recent Publications

• Evitts, P. M., Kasapoglu, F., Demerici, U., & Miller, J. (in press).  Communication adjustment of patients with a laryngectomy in Turkey:  Analysis by type of surgery and mode of speech.  Psychology, Health, & Medicine.
• Evitts, P. M., & Gallop, R. (in press).  Objective eye-gaze behavior during face-to-face communication with proficient alaryngeal speakers: A preliminary study.  International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders.
• Evitts, P.M., Portugal, L., Van Dine, A., & Holler, A. (2010). Effects of audiovisual information on alaryngeal speech intelligibility. Journal of Communication Disorders, 43, 92-104.
• Evitts, P., Van Dine, A., & Holler, A. (2009). Effects of audio-visual information and mode of speech on listener perceptions of alaryngeal speakers. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 11 (6), 1-11.

Recent Presentations

• Suo, Y., Murano, E., Stone, M., Evitts, P., & Prince, J. (2011).  Semi-automatic segmentation of speech articulators using MRI images.  International Seminar on Speech Production (ISSP), Montreal, Canada, June 20-23.  
• Tulenko, C., Bayley, E., Keskeny, H., Hoch, J., Evitts, P., Stapleton, L., & Tellis, J. (2011).  A retrospective study of factors related to successful oral feeding of infants with a tracheotomy in the NICU.  Annual Convention of the Maryland Speech and Hearing Association (MSHA), Towson, MD, April 1-2.
• Evitts, P. M., Carlberg, R., McIntosh, E., Miller, J., Starmer, H., & Webster, K. (2010).  Listener’s impressions of voice and personality following supracricoid laryngectomy.  Annual Convention of the American Speech, Language, and Hearing Association (ASHA), Philadelphia, PA, November 18-20. 
• Evitts, P.M., Kasapoglu, F., Demerici, U. (2010). Communication adjustment and experiences of patients with a laryngectomy in Turkey. 12th Annual International Psycho-Oncology (IPOS) World Congress, Quebec, Canada. May 16-19.
• Evitts, P.M., Starmer, H., Tippett, D., Webster, K., McIntosh, E., Stengel, A., Thrasher, L., Hawkins, S., & Kriebel, A. (2009). Listeners impressions of voice and personality following supracricoid laryngectomy. Annual Convention of the American Speech, Language, and Hearing Association (ASHA), New Orleans, LA, November 18-21.
• Evitts, P.M., & Fallon, K. (2009). A psychosocial analysis of head and neck cancer: Perspectives from a speech-language pathologist. International Psycho-Oncology (IPOS) World Congress, Austria, Vienna. June 21-25.
• Eadie, T., Doyle, P., Searl, J., & Evitts, P. (2008). Defining communication success after total laryngectomy. Annual Convention of the American Speech, Language, and Hearing Association (ASHA), Chicago, IL, November 20-22.
• Evitts, P., Foresta, D., & Van Dine, A. (2008). Effects of visual information on disordered speech perception. Annual Convention of the American Speech, Language, and Hearing Association (ASHA), Chicago, IL, November 20-22.
• Evitts, P. (2008). Eye-gaze behavior of normal listeners when presented with low-proficiency alaryngeal speech. International Psycho-Oncology (IPOS) World Congress, Madrid, Spain. June 9-13.
• Evitts, P. (2008). Eye-gaze behavior of normal listeners when presented with proficient alaryngeal speech. International Psycho-Oncology (IPOS) World Congress, Madrid, Spain. June 9-13.

Grants/Awards

• External Funding: Awarded, September (2006). Evitts, P., Searl, J., Gallop, R., & Shivde, G. Eye-gaze tracking of normal listeners to alaryngeal speech. National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute, RO3 Small Grant Award.
• External Funding: Awarded August (2008). Evitts, P. National Institutes of Health Loan Repayment Program (NIH LRP).