Associate Professor & Department Chair

Director, Miller Speech & Hearing Clinic

Phone: 817.257.7621

Email: C.Watts@tcu.edu

 

Educational Background

B.S. (University of South Alabama)

Ph.D. (University of South Alabama)

 

Teaching Responsibilities

Voice Laboratory

Motor Speech Disorders

Dysphagia

 

Research Interests

Voice Production and Disorders

Genetics and Voice

Motor Speech Disorders

 

Selected Publications

Watts C, Awan S, Marler J. (2008).  An investigation of voice quality in individuals with inherited elastin gene abnormalities.  Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics. 22(3), 199-213.

 

Watts C, Hall M. (2008). Timbral influences on vocal pitch-matching accuracy.  Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology, 33(2), 74-82.

 

Watts C, Truong D, Nye C. (2008). Evidence for the effectiveness of botulinum toxin for spasmodic dysphonia from high-quality research designs.  Journal of Neural Transmission. 115 (4): 625-630.

 

Moore R, Estis J, Hickey S, Watts C (2008).  Pitch Matching and Pitch Discrimination Abilities with Vocal and Non-vocal Stimuli.  Journal of Voice, 22(4), 399-407.

 

Watts C, Marler J, Urban Z.  (2007). The effects of supravalvular aortic stenosis elastin gene mutation on voice production.  Journal of Medical Speech-Language Pathology, 15(4), 395-406.

 

Moore R, Keaton C, Watts C (2007).  The Role of Pitch Memory in Pitch Discrimination and Pitch Matching.  Journal of Voice, 21(5), 560-567.

 

McCrea, C.R., & Watts, C.R. (2007). Relations of singing talent with voice onset time of trained and untrained female singers. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 105, 133-142.

 

Moore R, Estis J, Zhang F, Watts C, Marble E.  (2007). Relations of pitch matching, pitch discrimination, and otoacoustic emission suppression in individuals not formally trained as musicians.  Perceptual and Motor Skills, 104 (4): 777-784 .

 

Watts C, Barnes-Burroughs K, Estis J, & Blanton, D. (2006).  The singing power ratio as an objective measure of singing voice quality in talented and non-talented singers.  Journal of Voice, 20 (1): 82-88.

 

Watts C, Nye C, Whurr C. (2006). Botulinum Toxin for Treating Spasmodic Dysphonia (Laryngeal Dystonia): A Systematic Cochrane Review.  Clinical Rehabilitation, 20 (2): 112-122.

 

Watts C, Moore R, McCaughren K, Carr M. (2005).  The relationship between vocal pitch-matching-skills and pitch discrimination skills in untrained accurate and inaccurate singers.  Journal of Voice, 19 (4): 534-543.

 

Recent Presentations

Watts C, Marler, J, Awan, SN.  (2008, October). The Elastin Gene, Elastic Fibers, and Vocal Fold Biomechanics: Evidence from Connective Tissue Disorders.  UCSF Voice Conference. San Francisco, CA.

 

Watts C., Rousseau, B. (2008, June).  The Biochemistry of Slippery Elm (Ulmus Rubra) and Its Use as a Complimentary and Alternative Medicine. 37th Annual Symposium: Care of the Professional Voice.  Philadelphia, PA.

 

Watts, C, Awan N, Marler J. (2007, November).  Auditory-Perceptual Characterization of Voice Production in Connective Tissue Disorders.  ASHA Convention, Boston, MA.

 

Watts C, Awan N, Marler J. (2007, May).  Vocal Characteristics of Individuals with Elastin Haploinsufficiency Secondary to Inherited Connective Tissue Disorders. 36th Annual Symposium: Care of the Professional Voice.  Philadelphia, PA.

 

Watts C, Marler J (2006, November).  Dysphonia and Salient Voice Characteristics Secondary to Connective Tissue Disorders.  ASHA Convention, Miami, FL.

 

Watts C, O’Donoghue C, Marler J (2006, November).  Motor Speech Profiles in Subtypes of Parkinson’s Disease.  ASHA Convention, Miami, FL.

 

O’Donoghue C, Watts C, Marler J (2006, November).  Differential Cognitive-Linguistic Profiles in Subtypes of Parkinson’s Disease.  ASHA Convention, Miami, FL.

 

Hickey S, Moore R, Estis J, Watts C  (2006, November). Pitch-Matching and Pitch Discrimination to Vocal and Tonal Stimuli. ASHA Convention, Miami, FL.

 

Watts C, O’Donoghue C, Marler J. (2006, June).  The Clinical Relevance Of Tremor-Dominant and Akinetic-Rigid Dominant Subtypes of Parkison's Disease. 5th International Conference on Speech Motor Control.  Nijmegen, Netherlands.

 

O’Donoghue C, Watts C, Marler J. (2006, June). Cognitive-linguistic and motor speech performances in tremor-dominant and akinetic rigid dominant subtypes of Parkinson's disease.  5th International Conference on Speech Motor Control.  Nijmegen, Netherlands.

 

Marler J, Watts C. (2006, June). Speech encoding as reflected in phonological processing tasks in children with Williams syndrome.  5th International Conference on Speech Motor Control.  Nijmegen, Netherlands.

 

Professional Affiliations

Member, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

Member, The Voice Foundation

Member, ASHA SID 3, Voice and Voice Disorders

Member, ASHA SID 2, Neurophysiology and Neurogenic Speech and Language Disorders