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Dr. Elaine Russo Hitchcock is an associate professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Montclair State University. Dr. Hitchcock is a certified speech-language pathologist with over 20 years of clinical experience working with multiple clinical populations including many individuals with speech sound disorders, motor speech disorders, and voice disorders. At the Montclair State University-Clinical Biofeedback Lab, she conducts research investigating the effectiveness of visual biofeedback techniques, including ultrasound, visual-acoustic and electropalatographic (EPG) biofeedback, as a form of intervention for individuals with communication disorders.
Dr. Hitchcock uses biofeedback to help individuals visualize subtle or unconscious speech processes with the goal of bringing them under conscious control. To date, Dr. Hitchcock and her team have successfully used visual biofeedback for treating speech sound disorders, motor speech disorders, accent reduction and voice disorders. Several research projects in the Clinical Biofeedback Lab are funded by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disordersis.
Research interests
Investigating the effectiveness of visual biofeedback techniques, including ultrasound, visual-acoustic and electropalatographic (EPG) biofeedback, as a form of intervention for individuals with communication disorders.
Scholarly Interests
Speech sound disorders, motor speech disorders, and voice disorders.
Teaching
Diagnosis in Speech Language Pathology
Voice Disorders
Speech and Hearing Science
Applying Research to Clinical Practice in Speech-Language Pathology I
Applying Research to Clinical Practice in Speech-Language Pathology II
Practicum in University Teaching
Directed Research I, II, III
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Online assessment and enhancement of auditory perception for speech sound errors
Hitchcock, E. (PI)
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
1/08/21 → 31/08/27
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Protocol for visual-acoustic intervention with service delivery in-person and via telepractice (VISIT) non-inferiority trial for residual speech sound disorder
McAllister, T., Preston, J. L., Hitchcock, E. R., Benway, N. R. & Hill, J., Dec 2025, In: BMC Pediatrics. 25, 1, 65.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Caregiver and child perspectives of wellbeing in school-age children with childhood apraxia of speech
Turner Swartz, M., Hitchcock, E. R., Leece, M. C., Herbst, B. M. & Preston, J. L., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Comparing online versus laboratory measures of speech perception in older children and adolescents
McAllister, T., Preston, J. L., Ochs, L., Hill, J. & Hitchcock, E. R., Feb 2024, In: PLoS ONE. 19, 2 February, e0297530.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Evaluating acoustic representations and normalization for rhoticity classification in children with speech sound disorders
Benway, N. R., Preston, J. L., Salekin, A., Hitchcock, E. & McAllister, T., 1 Feb 2024, In: JASA Express Letters. 4, 2, 025201.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Preliminary Speech Perception Performance Profiles of School-Age Children With Childhood Apraxia of Speech, Speech Sound Disorder, and Typical Developmentt
Hitchcock, E. R., Swartz, M. T. & Cabbage, K. L., Sep 2024, In: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. 67, 9s, p. 3480-3494 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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