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
• Dysphagia

Professional/Research Interests

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

Publications

• 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.
• Searl, J., Evitts, P., & Davis, W. J. (2007).  Articulatory contact pressure between the tongue and palate during normal speech production.  Journal of Medical Speech-Language Pathology, 15, 279-292.
• 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 tracheoesophageal 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.

Recent Presentations

• Eadie, T., Doyle, P., Searl, J., & Evitts, P. (2008). Defining communication success after total laryngectomy. ASHA Annual Convention, Chicago, IL, November 20-22.
• Evitts, P., Foresta, D., & Van Dine, A. (2008). Effects of visual information on disordered speech perception. ASHA Annual Convention, Chicago, IL, November 20-22.
• Evitts, P. (2008). Eye-gaze behavior of normal listeners when presented with low-proficiency alaryngeal speech. International Psycho-Oncology 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 World Congress, Madrid, Spain. June 9-13.
• Evitts, P., Foresta, D., & Searl, J. (2007). Eye-gaze behavior of normal listeners when presented with alaryngeal speech. ASHA Annual Convention, Boston, MA, November 15-17.
• Evitts, P., & Puntel, M. (2007). Eye-gaze behavior of normal listeners during face-to-face conversation. ASHA Annual Convention, Boston, MA, November 15-17.
• Searl, J., & Evitts, P. (2007). Changes in articulatory contact pressure with rate and loudness manipulation. ASHA Annual Convention, Boston, MA, November 15-17.
• Evitts, P., Cohen, H., & Wysokinski, J. (2007). The McGurk effect and disordered speech. Effects of altered visual information on disordered speech intelligibility. PSHA Annual Convention, State College, PA, March 22-24.

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).