Bradford L. Swartz, Ph.D., CCC-SLP

  • Position: Chair, Department of Communication Disorders
  • Department: Speech-Language Pathology
  • Campus Address: 2186 Health Professions Building
  • Phone: 989-774-7291
  • Email: swart1b@cmich.edu
  • Courses: CDO 278 Descriptive Phonetics CDO 463 Introduction to Acuostic Phonetics CDO 639 Hypopharyngeal Visualization
  • Vitae: Curriculum Vitae

Degrees and Universities

B.S. Central Michigan University 1975
M.A. Central Michigan University 1976
Ph.D. Michigan State University 1988

Publications

Swartz, B.L. & Lehman M.E. Allophonic variation of /l/: effects of context, position, & gender. Poster presentation, ASHA Convention, Atlanta, November, 2002.

Lehman, M.E. & Swartz, B.L. Advanced multimedia to enhance teaching and learning in communication sciences. Computer Lab, ASHA Convention, New Orleans, November, 2001.

Swartz, B.L. & Lehman, M.E. Training graduate students in hypopharyngeal visualization. Poster presentation, ASHA Convention, New Orleans, November, 2001.

Swartz, B.L., Lehman, M.E., & Van Leeuwen, C.A. A spectrographic comparison of allophonic variations of the /l/ phoneme. Poster presentation, ASHA Convention, Washington, D.C., November, 2000.

Lehman, M.E., & Swartz, B.L. (2000). Electropalatographic and spectrographic descriptions of allophonic variants of /l/. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 90, 47-61.

Swartz, B.L., & Lehman, M.E. Graphical morphokinetics -- Computer generated animations of speech. Technical/Platform session, ASHA Convention, San Francisco, November, 1999.

Swartz, B. L., (1992) Resistance of voice onset time variability to intoxication.  Perceptual and Motor Skills, 75, 415 - 424.

Swartz, B. L., (1992) Gender difference in voice onset time.  Perceptual and Motor Skilss, 75, 983 - 992.

Lehman, M. E. & Swarts, B. L., (2000) Electropalatographic and spectrographic descriptions of allophonic variants of /I/. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 90, 47 - 61.

Research Areas

Voice, acoustic phonetics, pedagogy.