Annalise Fletcher
Speech & Hearing Sciences
Assistant Professor | Speech-Language Pathology

Educational Background
PhD, Speech and Language Sciences, University of Canterbury, 2017 Dissertation
Predicting treatment outcomes in dysarthria through speech feature analysis.
Publications | Abstracts
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.
Publications | Journal Articles
Academic Journal
- Chiu, Y., Longhurst, J.K, Fletcher, A., Loux, T., (2026). Voice changes during dual task walking in Parkinson’s disease. Journal of Communication Disorders, 119:106615, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcomdis.2025.106615
- Portnova, A., Fletcher, A., Wisler, A., Borrie, S., (2025). Assessing fundamental frequency variation in speakers with Parkinson’s disease: Effects of tracking errors. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 68, 3568-3582.
- Tetzloff, K., Fletcher, A., Lansford, K., Barrett, T., Borrie, S., (2025). Bilingual perception of dysarthric speech. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 68, 5278-5291.
- Fletcher, A., Borrie, S., (2025). Rephrasing messages on demand: Effects on speech production in Parkinson’s disease. American Journal of Speech and Language Pathology, 34, 2170-2188.
- Wisler, A., Fletcher, A., Mefferd, A., (2025). Does the Spatiotemporal Index (STI) Overestimate Instability in Slow Speech? Investigating Template Effects on the STI Across Different Speaking Rates. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 68:12, 5820-5832. doi: 10.1044/2025_jslhr-25-00279
- Wisler, A., Fletcher, A., (2025). The Benefits of Robustness in Measures of Spatiotemporal Stability: An Investigation in Childhood Apraxia of Speech. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 68:7S, 3495-3506. doi: 10.1044/2024_jslhr-24-00360
- Fletcher, A., Potts, M., Borrie, S., (2023). Educational information improves listener attitudes of people with dysarthria secondary to Parkinson’s disease. American Journal of Speech Language Pathology, 32:3, 1099–1109. doi: https://doi.org/10.1044/2022_AJSLP-22-00234
- Fletcher, A., Wisler, A., Borrie, S., (2022). Beyond speech intelligibility: Quantifying behavioral and perceived listening effort in response to dysarthric speech. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 65:11, 4060-4070.
- Fletcher, A., (2021). Comparing Lexical Cues in Listener Processing of Dysarthria and Speech in Noise. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 30:3S, 1572-1579. doi: 10.1044/2020_ajslp-20-00137
- Wisler, A., Fletcher, A., (2020). Predicting Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) scores from measures of speech and language. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 63:6, 1752-1761. doi: https://doi.org/10.1044/2020_JSLHR-19-00183
- Eijk, L., Fletcher, A., McAuliffe, M., Janse, E., (2020). The Effects of Word Frequency and Word Probability on Speech Rhythm in Dysarthria. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 63:9, 2833-2845. doi: 10.1044/2020_jslhr-19-00389
- Fletcher, A., Wisler, A., (2019). Examining Listener Reaction Time in the Perceptual Assessment of Dysarthria. Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica, 71:5-6, 297–308. doi: https://doi.org/10.1159/000499752
- Fletcher, A., (2019). Effects of Vocabulary and Implicit Linguistic Knowledge on Speech Recognition in Adverse Listening Conditions. American Journal of Audiology, 28:3S, 742-755. doi: 10.1044/2019_aja-heal18-18-0169
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.
Publications | Other
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.
Teaching
COMD 3800 - Anatomy and Physiology of Speech and Hearing, Fall 2025
COMD, COMD, COMD, COMD, COMD, COMD, COMD, COMD, COMD, COMD, COMD 6810, 6810, 6810, 6810, 6810, 6810, 6810, 6810, 6810, 6810, 6810 - Voice, Resonance, and Craniofacial Disorders, Fall 2025
COMD 5070 - Acoustics of Speech and Hearing, Spring 2025
COMD 5070 - Acoustics of Speech and Hearing, Spring 2025
COMD 3800 - Anatomy and Physiology of Speech and Hearing, Fall 2024
COMD 6810 - Voice, Resonance, and Craniofacial Disorders, Fall 2024
COMD, COMD, COMD, COMD, COMD, COMD, COMD, COMD, COMD, COMD, COMD, COMD 6810, 6810, 6810, 6810, 6810, 6810, 6810, 6810, 6810, 6810, 6810, 6810 - Voice, Resonance, and Craniofacial Disorders, Fall 2024
COMD 5070 - Acoustics of Speech and Hearing, Spring 2024
COMD 5070 - Acoustics of Speech and Hearing, Spring 2024
COMD 3800 - Anatomy and Physiology of Speech and Hearing, Fall 2023
COMD 6810 - Voice, Resonance, and Craniofacial Disorders, Fall 2023
COMD, COMD, COMD, COMD, COMD, COMD, COMD, COMD, COMD, COMD, COMD, COMD 6810, 6810, 6810, 6810, 6810, 6810, 6810, 6810, 6810, 6810, 6810, 6810 - Voice, Resonance, and Craniofacial Disorders, Fall 2023
COMD 6130 - Neural Bases of Communication and Motor Speech Disorders, Fall 2022
COMD 6810 - Voice, Resonance, and Craniofacial Disorders, Fall 2022
COMD 3100 - Speech Science, Fall 2021
COMD 6810 - Voice, Resonance, and Craniofacial Disorders, Fall 2021
Graduate Students Mentored
Hailey Nielson, Speech & Hearing Sciences, December 2024
Alena Portnova, Speech & Hearing Sciences, August 2022 - April 2024
Rebecca Risi, Other, February 2017 - February 2018
Lotte Eijk, February 2017 - December 2017