During development, an extremely complex interface
exists between language and motor variables. The central
aim of the research conducted in this laboratory is
to determine how linguistic intentions are instantiated
in motor action and how motor and repsentational factors
are related to speech and language disorders. The experiments
combine physiological analyses of movement with phonetic
transcription and acoustic approaches. One recent research
question involves how production based factors at the
level of movement contribute to the acquisition of prosodic
structure. In other research, we investigate how speech
movements are organized for the production of differentiated
phonetic segments. A major objective of these studies
is to discover how language and motor development are
linked and, thus, to contribute to new intervention
approaches for children with speech and language deficits.
Lisa Goffman teaches courses in the area of speech
and language development and disorders. Some specific
courses include an undergraduate class in developmental
speech and language disorders and graduate classes in
speech motor and feeding development and disorders and
communication disorders in infancy. Professor Goffman
holds the Certificate of Clinical Competence from the
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
Goffman, L., & Leonard, J. (2000).
Growth of language skills in pschool children with
specific language impairment: Implications for assessment
and intervention. American Journal of Speech Language
Pathology, 9, 151-161.
Smith, A., Johnson, M., McGillem, C.,
& Goffman, L. (2000). On the assessment of stability
and patterning of speech movements. Journal of
Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 43, 277-286.
Goffman, L. (1999). Prosodic influences
on speech production in children with specific language
impairment and speech deficits: Kinematic, acoustic,
and transcription evidence. Journal of Speech,
Language, and Hearing Research, 42 1499-1517.
Goffman, L, & Malin, C. (1999). Metrical
effects on speech movements in children and adults.
Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research,
42, 1003-1115.
Goffman, L., & Smith, A. (1999).
Development and phonetic differentiation of speech
movement patterns. Journal of Experimental Psychology:
Human Perception and Performance, 25, 649-660.
Smith, A., & Goffman, L. (1998).
Stability and patterning of speech movement sequences
in children and adults. Journal of Speech, Language,
and Hearing Research, 41,18-30.
Schwartz, R. G., Pettinou, K., Goffman,
L., Lazowski, G., & Cartusciello, C. (1996). Young
children's production of syllable stress: An acoustic
analysis. Journal of the Acoustical Society of
America, 99, 3192-3200.
Goffman, L., Schwartz, R. G., & Marton,
K. (1996). Information level and young children's
phonological accuracy. Journal of Child Language,
23, 337-347.
Stark, R. E., & Goffman, L. (1996).
Development of speech and language. In: B. Berg (Ed.),
Handbook of Pediatric Neurology (pp. 383-396).
New York: McGraw-Hill.
Schwartz, R. G., & Goffman, L. (1995).
Metrical patterns of words and production accuracy.
Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 38,
876-888.
Kelly, E. M., Smith, A., & Goffman,
L. (1995). Orofacial muscle activity of children who
stutter: A pliminary study. Journal of Speech and
Hearing Research, 38, 1025-1036.
Smith, A., Goffman, L., Zelaznik, H.,
Ying, G., & McGillem, C. (1995). Spatiotemporal
stability and patterning of speech movement sequences.
Experimental Brain Research, 104, 493-501.
Smith, A., Goffman, L., & Stark,
R. E. (1995). Speech motor development. Seminars
in Speech and Language, 16, 87-99.
