Nancy E. Hall, PhD, CCC-SLP

nhall@maine.edu

Nancy E. Hall, Professor Emerita, is recognized for her expertise in fluency disorders. Her areas of research include examining the needs and concerns of families raising children with communication disorders, and the relationship between language and fluency in early language acquisition in both typically developing children and those with communication disorders. Currently, Dr. Hall serves as Editor for Fluency & Fluency Disorders and Professional Issues for the American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. She recently completed the Health Leadership Development program through the Hanley Center for Health Leadership and the UNH-UMaine Leadership in Neurodevelopmental Disorders (LEND) training program. Dr. Hall was awarded Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association in 2019. Dr. Hall was also the founding Director of the University of Maine’s Center for Undergraduate Research and served in that capacity for five years.

Education

  • PhD (1992) Case Western Reserve University
  • MA (1985) Case Western Reserve University
  • BA (1982) College of Wooster

Courses

  • CSD 300: Clinical Observation in Communication Sciences and Disorders
  • CSD 490: Senior Capstone: The Research Process
  • CSD 583: Fluency Disorders
  • CSD 586: Counseling in Communication Sciences and Disorders

Association Memberships

  • American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA); Special Interest Divisions 4 (Fluency and Fluency Disorders),10 (Issues in Higher Education), and 16 (School-based Issues)
  • Maine Speech-Language-Hearing Association
  • International Fluency Association

Selected Publications

  • Hall, N.E., Garbarino, J., & Bernstein Ratner, N. (In press).  Language and phonological considerations (Ch. 13). In J. Anderson, P. Zebrowski, & E.G. Conture (Eds.). Stuttering & related disorders of fluency (4th ed.). New York: Thieme.
  • Hall, N.E., Singer, C.M., Sawyer,  J. (2022). Treating concomitant language and/or phonology impairment in children who stutter. Seminars in Speech and Language, 43, 101-116, doi: https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0042-1744515
  • Hall, N.E. (2020). Chapter 13: Clinical observation. In R. Paul (Ed.), Introduction to clinical methods in communication disorders (4th Ed., pp. 329-343).  Baltimore, MD: Brookes Publishing.
  • Luckman, C., Wagovich, S., Weber, C., Brown, B., Chang, S-E., Hall, N.E., & Ratner, N.B. (2020). Lexical diversity in children who stutter. Journal of Fluency Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfludis.2020.105747
  •  Hall, N.E. & Martins, K. (2020). Worldwide speech-language pathology practices: Stuttering and multilingualism. Proceedings of the International Fluency Association’s 9th World Congress, Hiroshima, Japan. International Fluency Association. https://theifa.org/ifa-congresses-2/ifa-congress-proceedings/2018-joint-world-congress-proceedings/687-worldwide-speech-language-pathology-practice-stuttering-and-multilingualism
  • Hall, N.E. (2019). Clinical Observation in Communication Sciences and Disorders. San Diego: Plural Publishing Inc.
  • Wagovich, S.A. & Hall, N.E. (2017). Stuttering frequency in relation to lexical diversity, syntactic complexity, and utterance length. Communication Disorders Quarterly, 39, 335-345.
  • Hall, N.E. (2016). Maternal postpartum depression and communication development in infants: Is there a role for the speech-language pathologist? Perspectives on Language Learning and Education, 1 (SIG 1), 175-181.
  • Hall, N.E. (2016). The role of observation in clinical practice. Contemporary Issues in Communication Sciences and Disorders, 43, 97-104.
  • Hall, N.E. & Martins, K. (2016). Parent concerns about raising a child who stutters. Proceedings of the International Fluency Association’s 8th World Congress.

Selected Presentations

  • Hall, N.E. , Singer, C, Et Sawyer, J. (May, 2022).  Treating stuttering in chlidren with concomitant language impairment.  Presented to the Joint World Congress on Stuttering and Cluttering, Montreal, Quebec, CA.
  • Hall, N.E. (November, 2019). Social determinants of health and the prevention and treatment of communication disorders. Seminar presented to the Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Orlando, FL.
  • Hall, N.E., Hammond, S-A., Kutzer, R., Lewis, S.A., Libby, M., Podolski, S., & Sidell, A. (April, 2019). Return on investment for projects addressing social determinants of health: A review and case presentation. Presented to the Hanley Center for Health Leadership.
  • *Luckman, C., Choo, A., Hall, N.E., Johnson, K., Wagovich, S., Weber, C., & Bernstein Ratner, N. (November, 2018). Lexical diversity in children who stutter. Presented to the Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Boston, MA. National
  • *+Hall, N.E. & Martins, K. (July, 2018). Worldwide practices in stuttering and multilingualism. Presented to the Joint World Congress of the International Cluttering Association, the International Fluency Association and the International Stuttering Association, Hiroshima, Japan. International
  • Pierce, M., Philippone, M., Hamm, J., & Hall, N.E. (2017, November). Early speech and language development: A resource for parents. Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Los Angeles, CA.
  • Hall, N.E., Caramihalis, K., Clifford, J., & Miller, E. (2015, November). Mothers with post partum depression and their infants: Are SLPs involved? Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Denver, CO.
  • Pierce, M., O’Neil, S., Martins, K., & Hall, N.E. (2015, November). Families raising children with disabilities: Concerns and advice. Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Denver, CO.
  • Beilby, J., Hall, N.E., Martins, K., & Brundage, S. (2015, July). Perspectives of parents of children who stutter. 8th World Congress on Fluency Disorders, International Fluency Association, Lisbon, Portugal.
  • Baumann, J., Hall, N.E., Wagovich, S.A., Weber-Fox, C., & Ratner, N. (2015, July). Comparison of DSS, IPSyn and MLU in preschool-age children who stutter. 8th World Congress on Fluency Disorders, International Fluency Association, Lisbon, Portugal.