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College of Health Professions


Department of Audiology, Speech-Language Pathology and Deaf Studies

Faculty and Staff

Paul Evitts, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Office:   Stephens Annex, Room 135
Phone:   410-704-3860
Fax:   410-704-4131
E-mail:   pevitts@towson.edu

Paul Evitts, Ph.D.

Education and Certification

  • 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
  • Dysphagia

Professional/Research Interests

  • Alaryngeal speech
  • Adult neurogenic disorders
  • Tracheostomy in infants

Select Publications

  • Searl, J., Evitts, P., & Davis, W. J. (in press).  Articulatory contact pressure between the tongue and palate during normal speech production.  Journal of Medical Speech-Language Pathology.
  • Evitts, P., Gabel, R., & Searl, J. (2007).  Listeners' perceptions of the personality of male, alaryngeal speakers.  Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology, 32, 53-59.
  • Evitts, P., & Searl, J. (2006).  Reaction times of normal listeners to alaryngeal speech.  Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 49 (6), 1380-1390.
  • Searl, J., Evitts, P., & Davis, W. (2006).  Perceptual and acoustic evidence of speaker adaptation to a 0.5mm thick palatal appliance.  Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology 31 (1), 107-116 .
  • Searl, J., & Evitts, P. (2004).  Velopharyngeal aerodynamics of /m/ and /p/ in tracheosophageal speech.  Journal of Voice, 18, 557-566.
  • Evitts, P., Nelson, L., & McGuire, R. (2003).  Impairments in dichotic listening in patients presenting anterior communicating artery aneurysm.  Applied Neuropsychology, 10, 89-95.

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).



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