Our Faculty

Nancy E. Hall, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
(207) 581-2404
nhall@maine.edu

Nancy E. Hall, associate professor, holds specialty recognition in fluency disorders and serves as the director of the Stuttering Clinic at the Conley Speech, Language and Hearing Center. Her areas of research include the relationship between language and fluency in early language acquisition in both typically developing children and those with communication disorders. Dr. Hall recently served on the ASHA Joint Coordinating Committee on Evidence Based Practice, and is the past editor of Perspectives in Fluency and Fluency Disorders, the peer-reviewed publication of ASHA's Special Interest Division in Fluency and Fluency Disorders.

Education
Ph.D. 1992  Case Western Reserve University (Communication Sciences)
M.A. 1985  Case Western Reserve University (Communication Sciences)
B.A.  1982  College of Wooster (Major: Speech, Minor: History)

Courses
CSD 291  Introduction to Scholarship and Inquiry in CSD
CSD 490  Senior Capstone: The Clinical Process I
CSD 491  Senior Capstone: The Clinical Process II
CSD 583  Fluency Disorders

Association Memberships
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA); Special Interest Divisions 4 (Fluency and Fluency Disorders) and 10 (Issues in Higher Education)
Maine Speech-Language-Hearing Association
International Fluency Association

Selected Recent Publications
Hall, N. E. & Segarra, V. R. (2007). Predicting academic performance in children with language impairment: The role of parent report. Journal of Communication Disorders, 40, 82-95.

Hall, N. E., Wagovich, S., & Ratner, N. B. (2007). Chapter 11: Language considerations in developmental stuttering. In E. G. Conture & R. Curlee (Eds.), Stuttering and related disorders of fluency (3^rd. ed. pp. 153-167). New York: Thieme.

Anderson, J. D., Wagovich, S. A., & Hall, N. E. (2006). Nonword repetition skills in young children who do and do not stutter. Journal of Fluency Disorders, 31, 177-199.

Hall, N. E. (2005). Evidence-based practice: A primer. MSLHA Matters, 40(1), 8-10.

Hall, N. E., & Evans, D. L. (2004). Examining adaptation and bilingualism in stuttering. Theory, research and therapy in fluency disorders: Proceedings of the Fourth World Congress on Fluency Disorders (pp. 363-368). Nijmegan, The Netherlands, Nijmegan University Press.

Hall, N. E. (2004). Lexical development and retrieval in treating children who stutter. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 35, 57-69.

Gottwald, S. R., & Hall, N. E. (2003). Stuttering treatment in schools: Developing family and teacher partnerships. Seminars in Speech and Language, 24, 41-46.

Selected Recent Presentations
Howell, D., Wagovich, S., & Hall, N.E. (November, 2006). Effect of response time on fluency in children who stutter. Presented to the Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Miami, FL.

Hall, N.E., Higgins, K., Wagovich, S.A., Farkas, L., Cote, E., Russell, L., & Ward, J. (August, 2006)A developmental study of normal fluency and language. Presented to the 5^th World Congress on Fluency Disorders. Dublin, Ireland.

Wagovich, S.A. & Hall, N.E. (August, 2006). Lexical and fluency changes in young children who stutter. Presented to the 5^th World Congress on Fluency Disorders. Dublin, Ireland.

Hall, N.E. (April, 2006). A primer on evidence-based practice. Presented to the Spring Conference of the New Hampshire Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Concord, NH.

Hall, N.E. (April, 2006). EBP and stuttering. Presented to the Spring Conference of the New Hampshire Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Concord, NH.

Hall, N.E., Higgins, K., & Farkas, L. (November, 2005). Speech disruptions in early language acquisition: A developmental study. Presented to the Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. San Diego, CA.

Hall, N. E., Lambrecht Smith, S., Smith A. B., & Walker, J. P. (2005 October). Explorations in research: Evidence-based practice and the clinician-researcher collaborative. Presentation at the fall meeting of the Maine Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Portland, Maine.

Hall, N. E., Sawlivich, L., Higgins, K., & Zubik, C. (2004, November). Children's use of "uh" and "um" in spontaneous speech. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Philadelphia, PA.

Sawlivich, L., & Hall, N. E. (2004, November). Phonological neighborhood analysis of young children's productive vocabularies. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Philadelphia, PA.

Silverman, S., Hall, N. E., Scheneman, M. A., & Malone, M. (2004, November). Relationship between language and fluency over time: A case study. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Philadelphia, PA.

Joint Coordinating Committee on Evidence-Based Practice. (2004, November). Evidence-based practice in ASHA: Joint Coordinating Committee results. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Philadelphia, PA.

Hall, N. E., & Giles, J. (2003, November). Stuttering, phonology, & their interaction: A case study. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Chicago, IL.

Hall, N. E., Sawlivich, L., Giles, J., Norman, C., & Ricker, E. (2003, November). Developmental exploration of fluency and language interactions. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Chicago, IL.

Hall, N. E., & Evans, D. L. (2003, August). A methodology for examining adaptation and bilingualism in stuttering. Poster presented at the International Fluency Association 4th World Congress on Fluency Disorders, Montreal, Quebec.

Gottwald, S. R., & Hall, N. E. (2003, August). Stuttering treatment in schools: Developing family partnerships. Seminar presented at the International Fluency Association 4th World Congress on Fluency Disorders, Montreal, Quebec.

Hall, N. E., & Segarra, V. R. (2002, November). Predicting school performance using preschool language measures. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Atlanta, GA.

Hall, N. E., Logan, K., & Scott Trautman, L. (2002, November). Treating concomitant stuttering, phonology and language disorders. Seminar presented at the annual meeting of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Atlanta, GA.