Katarina Haley, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Phone: (919)-966-9460
Fax: (919)-966-0100
Email: khaley@med.unc.edu

Education

•  Ph.D. Vanderbilt Univ 1997
• M.S. Vanderbilt Univ 1992
• B.S. Karolinska Institutet 1986

Personal Statement

I grew up in Sweden, in the small northern town know as Skelleftea. Following my graduation from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, I worked as a certified speech-language pathologist, or "logoped," in my home country until 1990. My first US home was in Nashville, TN, where I completed my doctoral training at Vanderbilt University under the direction of Drs. Ralph Ohde and Terry Wertz. In the fall of 1996, I joined the faculty in the UNC-CH Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences and settled in lovely Chapel Hill. Over the years, I have examined both perceptual and acoustic aspects of speech production in children and adults, and I have been concerned with effects both in the presence and absence of neuropathology. Most of my research has focused on the acquired disorder known as apraxia of speech. A major goal of my research program is to develop tools and guidelines to overcome the challenges and controversies that surround differential diagnosis, assessment strategies, and treatment principles for this disorder and its diagnostic neighbors. Other research projects in my laboratory target treatment effectiveness for aphasia and related disorders and clinical applications for integrating perceptual and acoustic speech analysis tools. My clinical responsibilites include directing and coordinating the aphasia conversation groups through the UNC Center for Aphasia and Related Disorders and engaging in clinical instruction of graduate students in our M.S. and Ph.D. programs.

Courses Taught

•   SPHS 540 Speech Science
•   SPHS 744 Motor Speech Disorders
•   SPHS 996 Research Design B

Research/Clinical Interests

•   Aphasia
• Apraxia of speech
• Speech Intelligibility
• Speech Acoustics and Perception

Recent Publications and Presentations

Ohde, R. N., Haley, K. L., and Barnes, C. M. (2006). Perception of the [m]-[n] distinction in consonant-vowel (CV) and vowel-consonant (VC) syllables produced by child and adult talkers. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 119, 1697-1711.

Haley, K., Jenkins, K., Hadden, C., Womack, J., Hall, J., & Schweiker, C. (2005). Sorting Pictures to Assess Participation in Life Activities. Perspectives on Neurophysiology and Neurogenic Speech and Language Disorders. October, 11-15.

Haley, K. L., & Gottardy, G. (2005). Computerized speech intelligibility assessment in apraxia of speech: preliminary findings. American Speech Language Hearing Association, San Diego, CA

Haley, K. L., Jenkins, K., Hadden, P.C., Womack, J., Schweiker, C., & Hall, J. (2005). Strategies for Assessment of Life Participation in Persons with Aphasia. American Speech Language Hearing Association, San Diego, CA

.Haley, K. L., Helm-Estabrooks, N., & Miller, K. (2005). A case of foreign accent syndrome with multiple sclerosis? Academy of Neurologic Communication Sciences and Disorders, San Diego, CA

Haley, K. L. (2004). Vowel duration as a cue to postvocalic stop voicing in aphasia and apraxia of speech, Aphasiology, 18, 443-456.

Haley, K. L. & Eaton, C. (2004). Articulatory consistency in speakers with aphasia and apraxia of speech. American Speech Language Hearing Association, Philadelphia, PA.

Haley, K. L. (2003). Postvocalic stop voicing in aphasic and apraxic speech. Clinical Aphasiology Conference, Orcas Island, WA

Helms, S. & Haley, K. L. (2003). Effects of listening environment on intelligibility in aphasic and apraxic speech. American Speech Language Hearing Association, Chicago, IL.

Haley, K. L., & Diakaki, A. (2002). Reliability and effectiveness of computer-mediated single word intelligibility testing in speakers with aphasia and apraxia of speech. Journal of Medical Speech-Language Pathology, 10 (4), 257-261)

Duff, M. C., Proctor, A., & Haley, K. (2002). Mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI): Assessment and treatment procedures used by speech-language pathologists. Brain Injury, 16 (9), 773-787.

Haley, K. L. (2002). Temporal and spectral properties of voiceless fricatives in aphasia and apraxia of speech. Aphasiology, 16, 595-607.

Haley, K. L. (2002). Postvocalic stop voicing in aphasic and apraxic speech. American Speech Language Hearing Association, Atlanta, GA.

Hagle, E. L, & Haley, K. L. (2002). Spectral moment analysis in voiceless sibilant fricatives. American Speech Language Hearing Association, Atlanta, GA.