Betty Kollia

William Paterson University · Department of Communication Disorders and Sciences

Micromobility vehicles (MMVs) have become increasingly popular, particularly in urban areas where infrastructure has improved in recent years to facilitate their use. The purpose of this study was to observe protected bike lanes in 10 zones of Manhattan, NYC to: (1) describe the MMVs in bike lanes by type, phone and helmet use; and (2) document MMV...

The term COVID-19 “long haul” originated on social media and was later studied by the scientific community. This study describes content related to persistent COVID-19 symptoms on YouTube. The 100 most viewed English-language videos identified with the keywords “COVID-19 long haul” were assessed for video origin, engagement, and content related to...

A number of the people who have recovered from the acute effects of COVID-19 are facing long term sequelae from the infection. As the COVID-19 pandemic is still evolving, so is knowledge of the long-term effects of the virus on patients who still experience symptoms. Clearly, news media play a crucial role in distributing information and this distr...

Background: Total confirmed cases for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) have been increased quickly worldwide after the emergence of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. As of January 21, 2021, the total confirmed coronavirus cases are 97,736,758 worldwide with 25,124,602 in the United States (Worldometer). Prior...

Background Parkinson’s disease (PD), a neurodegenerative disorder causing declining motor, sensory, cognitive, language, and speech functions for millions worldwide, is becoming increasingly prevalent. Since YouTube is the most visited free online site, and often the first stop for information for the public, we examined the type and source of info...

IntroductionConcussion affects one’s ability to function in everyday life, and many students who suffer from related symptoms have difficulty adjusting to the academic and social demands of college. The purpose of this study was to examine college students’ knowledge, beliefs, and behaviors regarding concussion.Methods This cross-sectional study to...

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, speech-language pathology telepractice was used by a small percentage of consumers. The 2020 pandemic necessitated the transition of most services to an online format. This article reports on a brief, electronic survey that was completed by 145 speech-language pathologists (SLPs) during the early months (June 2020) o...

Patients with COVID-19 may present with neurological manifestations, lack of oxygenation, or clotting disorders such as ischemic or hemorrhagic strokes. This has been observed in even young patients with mild symptoms. The aim of this study was to explore current online news coverage of acute stroke associated with COVID-19 in the four-month period...

Background The COVID-19 pandemic necessitated a rapid shift to remote instruction. This may have caused particular challenges for students with disabilities. Objective We aimed to describe the availability of remote instruction and counseling resources on the disability/accessibility websites of colleges and universities in the greater New York Ci...

Objectives Stuttering is a neurodevelopmental disorder that begins in early childhood. Information about the disorder and intervention is important for persons who wish to speak more easily and communicate more effectively. The internet is usually the first source of information for adults who stutter and parents of children who stutter. This study...

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) was for many years considered to be one of five pervasive developmental disorders (PDD) as defined in the 4th edition of the Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR) published by the American Psychiatric Association (APA, 2000). These disorders included Autism, Rett Syndrome, Childhood Disintegrat...

Objectives The incidence of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) in children has been increasing steadily in the USA. The material that is available online is not always reader-friendly and may leave readers unclear on their questions. Considering the prevalence of ASD in the USA and the general population’s limited reading abilities, the purpose of thi...

The prevalence of feeding problems is over 20% in typically developing children and over 70% in children with developmental disabilities. Oral motor therapy targeting feeding disorders may have secondary/indirect positive effects on co-morbid articulation disorders in young children. The purpose of this study was to examine such indirect effects. S...

Community water fluoridation has been deemed one of the greatest public health achievements, yet it remains a controversial topic. As those who are concerned about the benefits and safety of community water fluoridation are likely to turn to the Internet to find information, it is important to know the ease with which a person can read popular mate...

Background Considering how many people obtain information about their health online, the aim of this study was to describe the content of the currently most widely viewed YouTube videos related to concussions and to test the hypothesis that consumer videos would be anecdotal, while other sources would be more informational. Methods The term “concu...

Purpose: To examine the information about tinnitus contained in different video sources on YouTube. Materials and methods: The 100 most widely viewed tinnitus videos were manually coded. Firstly, we identified the sources of upload: consumer, professional, television-based clip, and internet-based clip. Secondly, the videos were analyzed to asce...

Parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) face many challenges, not the least of which can be dealing with their own depression. Depression decreases an individual's capacity for self-care and is often overlooked in this population striving to manage the demands of parenting their child with ASD. This article examines current literatu...

The goal of this research was to investigate children’s recall of optional and obligatory elements of a script-based story as the retention period increased. Typically developing children, 20 kindergarteners and 20 second graders, participated. Children were asked to retell a story immediately after exposure to it, as well as one week post-, and tw...

Background: Our study aimed to determine source of upload and content portrayed in the100 most-viewed videos on autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) on the video sharing public forum, YouTube. ASDs have become highly prevalent in the last decade, arousing a significant response from the media and psycho-educational health professions. Utilization of an...

Research suggests that two prenatal factors, advanced parental age and use of assisted reproductive technology (ART), may independently increase the likelihood for the development of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and other neurodevelopmental disorders. Our study evaluated the effect of advanced maternal and paternal ages (i.e., ages 35 and over) a...

The association between older adults’ self-perceived physical competence and continued involvement in physical activity (PA) was examined. Seventy-two older adults (60–79 years) completed the Physical Self Perception Profile (PSPP; Fox and Corbin, 1989) and International Physical Activity Questionnaire to assess the relationship between physical se...

Objective: Depression and inactivity in the elderly are major health problems with significant ramifications for healthy aging. Research shows an inverse relationship between depression and physical activity levels. The purpose of the current investigation is to examine the relationship between physical activity and depressive symptoms in healthy o...

A wait-and-see approach may not be best for the child exhibiting delayed development. This review--complete with extensive resource lists--can facilitate an expeditious referral.

In this study, we explored the relationship between the rise in the incidence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), the rise in the use of assisted reproductive technology (ART), and the role of infertility. We compared the incidence of ASD in children conceived with and without the use of ART. We also considered the incidence of ASD in children whose...

Models of collaboration between education professionals extol the advantages of inclusive classrooms and encourage Speech Language Pathologists (SLPs) and General Education Teachers (GETs) to apply the practice. However, instruction in a general education classroom may conflict with the therapeutic process, as the roles of the two professionals dif...

BACKGROUND: There is still a dearth of information about grammatical aspects of language production in aphasia. AIMS: Making novel use of methods of elicited production aimed at testing the limits of competence, we studied three cases of chronic aphasia, stemming from major stroke. We asked: (1) Whether the elicited production method reveals sparin...

In this study we investigate the acquisition and development of phrase‐final lengthening in children ages 3 to 7 years of age. Fifteen subjects participated in the study. Preliminary data indicate that subjects produced more adultlike phrase‐final lengthening at younger ages, with phrase‐final lengthening duration decreasing with increasing age. St...

Four hearing-impaired children with prelingual, bilateral, severe-to-profound hearing loss were grouped by age, gender, and age at implantation; the younger group consisted of females approximately 6 years old and implanted between 1-2 years of age and the older group consisted of males approximately 14 years old and implanted at 9 years of age. Ea...

In previous works [J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 102, 3164–3165(A) (1997) and 105, 2(A), 1354(A) (1999)] the following problem was presented. Assuming that two‐dimensional data (such as that obtained in most kinematic speech studies) are approximately linear with error terms about the mean coming from a quadratic—rather than a normal—distribution, then the r...

Statistical analysis of data variability in speech production research has traditionally been addressed with the assumption of normally distributed error terms. The correct and valid application of statistical procedure requires a thorough investigation of the assumptions that underlie the methodology. In previous work [Kollia and Jorgenson, J. Aco...

In previous work [J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 102, 3164?3165(A) (1997)] an analysis of speech production data [from Kollia et al., J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 98, 1313?1327 (1995)] was initiated using Maximum Likelihood methodology in order to introduce a more realistic description of the behavior of the articulators. In this way the kinematic measures are describ...

The shape of the pharynx greatly affects the formants of vowels, yet the measurement of pharyngeal shape is relatively difficult. Using midsagittal MRI images of a male speaker producing eleven English vowels, the predictability of pharyngeal shape during vowel production was assessed. There were two categories of predictors: measured and categoric...

It has been shown that articulator movements during speech are adjusted along a number of spatiotemporal dimensions. For example, variations in the extent of lip, jaw, or tongue motion are associated with proportional changes in the respective articulators' peak velocity. Modifications in the timing of lip and jaw actions are apparently constrained...

It is an established notion that the actions of the articulators are functionally constrained during speech production. Articulator tasks toward attainment of a specific goal appear to be distributed to the structures involved. This implies a global organization of the speech motor control mechanism. The present kinematic study examines the time de...

It was recently shown that anatomically linked and remote articulators such as the jaw, the lips, and the velum are functionally constrained during bilabial closing, exhibiting temporal stability in the patterns of interarticulatory cohesion [Kollia et al., J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 92, 2390 (A) (1992)]. Further, it was found that, when functionally rela...

Although Lisker and Abramson (1967) found no effect of the following vowel on the VOT of a stop consonant, Port and Rotunno (1979) found VOT to have greater values for voiceless stops followed by tense than by lax vowels. The purpose of the present study was to obtain a complete database on the VOT characteristics of voiced and voiceless initial st...

One approach to understanding the control of speech motor actions is to identify the manner in which individual articulators are coordinated. A number of recent investigations indicate that the relative timing of the lips, jaw, and larynx are functionally constrained during bilabial closing. The interpretation is that speech movements are not contr...

Mechanical perturbation of the articulators has been used to examine motor control principles underlying speech production. One common observation is that if one member of a group of functionally related articulators is perturbed during articulation, the other members compensate. The compensatory response patterns reflect sensorimotor organization...