Katie Hustad, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Position title: Professor, Oros Bascom Professorship
Email: katie.hustad@wisc.edu
Address:
377 Goodnight Hall
1975 Willow Drive
Madison, WI 53706
Wisconsin Intelligibility, Speech, and Communication Laboratory
Education
B.A., University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire
M.S., University of Wisconsin–Madison
Ph.D., University of Nebraska at Lincoln
Courses Taught
CS&D 705: Dysarthria/Augmentative Communication Systems
CS&D 752: Capstone in Speech Language Pathology
Research Statement
Dr. Hustad’s research centers around children and adults with significant speech intelligibility problems associated with dysarthria. Her work has three main themes: 1) identification of variables that influence speech intelligibility, including factors related to the listener, the communicative context, and the speaker; 2) augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) interventions to enhance communication effectiveness for individuals with reduced speech intelligibility; and 3) longitudinal development of speech, language, and communication in young children with cerebral palsy. Most of her research takes place at the Waisman Center, where she works closely with several clinical programs including the Communication Aids and Systems Clinic.
Representative Publications
Hustad, K. C., Sakash, A., Broman, A. T., & Rathouz, P. J. (2018). Longitudinal growth of receptive language in children with cerebral palsy between 18 months and 54 months of age. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 60(11), 1156-1164. https://doi.org/10.1111/dmcn.13904 PMCID: PMC6175617
Hustad, K. C., Sakash, A., Natzke, P. E., Broman, A. T., & Rathouz, P. J. (2019). Longitudinal growth in single word intelligibility among children with cerebral palsy from 24 to 96 months of age: Predicting later outcomes from early speech production. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 62(6), 1599-1613. https://doi.org/10.1044/2018_JSLHR-S-18-0319. PMCID: PMC6808366
Sakash, A., Mahr, T. J., Natzke, P. E., & Hustad, K. C. (2020). Effects of Rate Manipulation on Intelligibility in Children With Cerebral Palsy. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 29, 127-141. https://doi.org/10.1044/2019_AJSLP-19-0047. PMCID: PMC7231911
Molinaro, M., Broman, A. T., Rathouz, P. J., & Hustad, K. C. (2020). Longitudinal Development of Receptive Vocabulary in Children with Cerebral Palsy and Anarthria: Use of the MacArthur-Bates CDI. Developmental neurorehabilitation, 23(5), 285-293. https://doi.org/10.1080/17518423.2019.1646829. PMCID: PMC6986977
Mahr, T. J., Rathouz, P. J., & Hustad, K. C. (2020). Longitudinal Growth in Intelligibility of Connected Speech From 2 to 8 Years in Children With Cerebral Palsy: A Novel Bayesian Approach. Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, 63(9), 2880-2893. https://doi.org/10.1044/2020_jslhr-20-00181. PMCID: Journal in Process
Sakash, A., Mahr, T.J., & Hustad, K.C. (2021). Validity of Parent Ratings of Speech Intelligibility for Children with Cerebral Palsy. Developmental Neurorehabilitation.
Soriano, J., & Hustad, K.C. (2021). Speech-Language Profile Groups in School Aged Children with Cerebral Palsy: Nonverbal Cognition, Receptive Language, Speech Intelligibility, and Motor Function. Developmental Neurorehabilitation.
Mahr, T.J., Berisha, V., Kawabata, K., Liss, J.M., & Hustad, K.C. (2021). Performance of forced-alignment algorithms on children’s speech. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research.
Hustad K.C., Mahr, T.J., Natzke, P.M.E., Rathouz, P.J. (2021). Speech development between 30 and 119 months I: Speech intelligibility growth curves for single word and multiword utterances. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research.