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Hi, my name is Paméla Trudeau-Fisette

 

For my master's project, I focused on the contribution of vision to the speech perception and production mechanisms through the analysis of the impact of blindness on the acoustic and articulatory patterns in response to real-time acoustic manipulation (My master's project in video).

 

For my doctoral project, I was interested in the development of phonetic implementation of phonological representations. More specifically, I evaluated the relative contribution of auditory, visual and proprioceptive information (and their relation) in speech perception and production abilities, from childhood to adulthood.

Paméla Trudeau-Fisette

Ph.D 
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ptrudeaufisette@gmail.com

 

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EDUCATION
EDUCATION
2015-2019

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Ph.D. in Linguistics 

Specialization in phonetics

Université of Québec in Montreal

Supervisor: Lucie Ménard

2013-2015

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M.A. in Linguistics - Honorable mention

Specialization in phonetics

Université of Québec in Montreal

Supervisor: Lucie Ménard

2010-2013

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B.A. in Linguistics

Université of Québec in Montreal

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EDUCATION
2015-2021

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Ph.D. in Linguistics 

Concentration: Cognitives Sciences

Specialization in phonetics

Université du Québec à Montréal 

Supervisor: Lucie Ménard

2013-2015

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M.A. in Linguistics - Master with Honours

Concentration: Cognitives Sciences

Specialization in phonetics

Université du Québec à Montréal 

Supervisor: Lucie Ménard

2010-2013

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B.A. in Linguistics

Université du Québec à Montréal 

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PUBLICATIONS
PUBLICATIONS

Articles (peer reviewed)

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Trudeau-Fisette, P., Vidou, C. Uribe, C. & Ménard, L. (In preparation). Acoustical impacts of blindness on speech strategies linked to Lombard speech and audiovisual interaction.

 

Trudeau-Fisette, P. & Ménard, L. (In preparation). The sensory-motor nature of speech production: A review

 

Turgeon, C., Trudeau-Fisette, P., Lazzouni, L., Lepore, F., Lippé, S., & Ménard, L. (Submitted). Impact of Visual And Auditory Deprivation on Speech Perception; an EEG study. Clinical Neurophysiology.

 

Trudeau-Fisette, P., Vidou, C. & Ménard, L. (Revisions submitted). Compensations to real-time auditory feedback perturbations in children and adults. PLoS ONE

 

Ménard, L., Trudeau-Fisette, P. & Tiede, M. (2022). Intelligibility of speech produced by sighted and blind adults. 

PLoS ONE, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0272127 

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Trudeau-Fisette, P., Arnaud L., & Ménard, L. (2022). Audiovisual interaction in speech perception in children and adults. Frontiers in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.740271

 

Ménard, L., & Trudeau-Fisette, P. (2020). English Vowel discrimination abilities in school-aged children. Canadian Acoustics. https://jcaa.caa-aca.ca/index.php/jcaa/article/view/3383

 

Turgeon, C., Trudeau-Fisette, P., Lepore, F., Lippé, S., & Ménard, L. (2020). Impact of visual and auditory deprivation on speech perception and production in adults. Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699206.2020.1719207

 

Ménard, L., Prémont, A., Trudeau-Fisette, P., Turgeon, C., & Tiede, M. (2020). Probing the development of phonemic goals in French through prosodic focus. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. https://doi.org/10.1044/2020_JSLHR-20-000

 

Patri, J-F., Ostry, D. J., Diard, J., Schwartz, J-L., Trudeau-Fisette, P., Savariaux, C. & Perrier, P. (2020). Speakers are able to categorize vowels based on tongue somatosensation. PNAS. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1911142117

 

Trudeau-Fisette, P., Ito, T., & Ménard, L. (2019). Auditory and somatosensory interaction in speech perception in children and adults. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2019.00344

 

Turgeon, C., Trudeau-Fisette, P., Fitzpatrick, E., & Ménard, L. (2017). Vowel intelligibility in children with cochlear implants: An acoustic and articulatory study. In International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, 101, 87–96. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijporl.2017.07.022

 

Ménard, L., Côté, D., & Trudeau-Fisette, P. (2017). Maintaining distinctiveness at increased speaking rate: a comparison between congenitally blind and sighted speakers. Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica, 68, 232–238. https://doi.org/10.1159/000470905 

 

Trudeau-Fisette, P., Tiede, M., & Ménard, L. (2017). Compensations to auditory feedback perturbations in congenitally blind and sighted speakers: Acoustic and articulatory data. PLoS ONE, 12, e0180300. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0180300

 

Ménard, L., Trudeau-Fisette, P., & Côté, D. (2016). Speaking clearly for the blind: Acoustic and articulatory correlates of speaking condition. PLoS ONE, 11, e0160088. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0160088

 

Ménard, L., Turgeon, C., Trudeau-Fisette, P., & Bellavance-Courtemanche, M. (2016). Effects of blindness on production-perception relationships: Compensation strategies for a lip-tube perturbation of the French [u]. Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics, 30, 227–248. http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/02699206.2015.1079247

 

Turgeon, C., Prémont, A., Trudeau-Fisette, P., & Ménard, L. (2015). Exploring consequences of short- and long-term deafness on speech production: a lip-tube perturbation study. Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics, 29, 378–400. http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/02699206.2015.1007527

 

 

Conference Proceedings (peer reviewed)

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Vidou, C., Picard-Lauzon, J., Moisoni, V., Trudeau-Fisette, P., Rapin, L., & Ménard, L. (2018). Étude des caractéristiques perceptives de l’accent d’emphase produit par des enfants atteints d’un trouble du spectre de l’autisme. In Proceedings of the 2018 annual conference of the Canadian Linguistic Association. 15 pages.

 

Ménard, L., Trudeau-Fisette, P., Côté, D., Bellavance-Courtemanche, M., & Turgeon, C. (2015). Acoustic and articulatory correlates of speaking condition in blind and sighted speakers. In Proceedings of the 18th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences. 5 pages.

 

Trudeau-Fisette, P., Bellavance-Courtemanche, M., Granger, T., Rapin, L., Turgeon, C., & Ménard, L. (2015). Auditory feedback perturbation of vowel production: a comparative study of congenitally blind speakers and sighted speakers. In Proceedings of the Acoustical Society of America. 1 page.

 

Rapin, L., Bellavance-Courtemanche, M., Trudeau-Fisette, P., & Ménard, L. (2015). Production of contrastive focus in children with autistic spectrum disorder. In Proceedings of the Acoustical Society of America. 1 page.

 

Ménard, L., Prémont, A., Trudeau-Fisette, P., Turgeon, P., Côté, D., & Tiede, M. (2014). Reaching a goal with limited means: A study of contrasting focus in children and adults. In Proceedings of the 10th International Seminar on Speech Production. 4 pages.

 

Trudeau-Fisette, P., Turgeon, C., & Côté, D. (2013). Vowel production in sighted adults and blind adults: a study of speech adaptation strategies in high intensity background noise. In Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics. 8 pages. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4799432

 

 

Conferences (peer reviewed)

 

Trudeau-Fisette, P., Bellavance-Courtemanche, M., & Ménard, L. (2020). Prosodic strengthening at the edges of prosodic boundaries in sighted and blind adult speakers. 12th International Seminar on Speech Production. Providence, USA (virtually), December 14–18.

 

Ménard, L., Trudeau-Fisette, P., Uribe, C. & Vidou, C. (2019). Vowel production in children with myotonic dystrophy: A lip-tube perturbation study Acoustical Society of America. San Diego, CA, December 2-6.

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Trudeau-Fisette, P., Vidou, C., Ito, T., & Ménard, L. (2019). Auditory and somatosensory interaction in speech perception in children and adults. 18th Annual Auditory Perception, Cognition and Action Meeting. Montreal, Canada, November 14th.

 

Vidou, C., Picard-Lauzon, J., Moisoni, V., Trudeau-Fisette, P., Rapin, L., & Ménard, L. (2018). Étude des caractéristiques perceptives de l’accent d’emphase produit par des enfants atteints d’un trouble du spectre de l’autisme. 37th Canadian Linguistic Association. Regina, Canada, June 26–July 1.

 

Trudeau-Fisette, P., Tiede, M., & Ménard, L. (2017). Contribution of vision in speech production: Acoustic and articulatory compensations to auditory feedback perturbations in congenitally blind and sighted speakers. 11th International Seminar on Speech Production. Tianjin, China, October 16–19.

 

Trudeau-Fisette, P., Bellavance-Courtemanche, M., Turgeon, C., Vidou, C., & Ménard, L. (2017). Exploring the effect of myotonic dystrophy in compensatory strategies to a lip-tube perturbation. Ultrafest VIII. Potsdam, Germany, October 4–6.

 

Trudeau-Fisette, P., Bellavance-Courtemanche, M., Prémont, A., Turgeon C., & Ménard L. (2017). Reaching goals with limited means: An ultrasound study of speech produced by children with myotonic dystrophy. International Conference on Speech Motor Control. Groningen, Netherlands, July 5–8.

 

Vidou, C., Bellavance-Courtemanche, M., Maysounave, M., Granger, T., Trudeau-Fisette, P., & Ménard L. (2017). Les effets de la dystrophie myotonique de type 1 sur la production de la parole: une étude articulatoire et acoustique. Journées de Phonétique Clinique. Paris, France, June 29–30.

 

Trudeau-Fisette, P., M., Maysounave, Vidou, C., & Ménard L. (2017). Development of acoustic speech discrimination abilities in school-aged children. Acoustical Society of America. Boston, MA, June 24–30.

 

Bellavance-Courtemanche, M., Trudeau-Fisette, P., Prémont, A., Turgeon C., & Ménard L. (2017). Maintaining vowel distinctiveness in children with Steinert myotonic dystrophy: An ultrasound study. Acoustical Society of America. Boston, MA, June 24–30.

 

Ménard, L., Trudeau-Fisette, P., & Maysounave, M. (2016). Prosodic strengthening at the edges of prosodic domains in sighted and blind speakers. Acoustical Society of America. Salt Lake City, UT, May 23–27.

 

Trudeau-Fisette, P., Turgeon, C., Bellavance-Courtemanche, M., & Ménard, L. (2015). The effects of blindness on the development of lip and tongue movements in children. Ultrafest VII. Hong Kong, December 8–10.

 

Ménard, L., Trudeau-Fisette, P., Côté, D., Bellavance-Courtemanche, M., & Turgeon, C. (2015). Acoustic and articulatory correlates of speaking condition in blind and sighted speakers. 18th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences. Glasgow, Scotland, August 10–14.

 

Trudeau-Fisette, P., Ménard, L., Bellavance-Courtemanche, M., Granger, T., Rapin, L., & Turgeon, C. (2015). Compensations à la perturbation de la rétroaction auditive: une étude comparative entre locuteurs voyants et non voyants. 83e congrès de l’Association canadienne-française pour l’avancement des sciences. Rimouski, QC, May 25–29.

 

Trudeau-Fisette, P., Bellavance-Courtemanche, M., Granger, T., Rapin, L., Turgeon, C., & Ménard, L. (2015). Auditory feedback perturbation of vowel production: A comparative study of congenitally blind speakers and sighted speakers. Acoustical Society of America. Pittsburgh, PA, May, 18–22.

 

Rapin, L., Bellavance-Courtemanche, M., Trudeau-Fisette, P., & Ménard, L. (2015). Production of contrastive focus in children with autistic spectrum disorder. Acoustical Society of America. Pittsburgh, PA, May 18–22.

 

Ménard, L., Prémont, A., Trudeau-Fisette, P., Turgeon, P., Côté, D., & Tiede, M. (2014). Reaching a goal with limited means: A study of contrasting focus in children and adults. 10th International Seminar on Speech Production. Cologne, Germany, May 5–8.

 

Trudeau-Fisette, P., Turgeon, C., & Côté, D. (2013). Vowel production in sighted adults and blind adults: A study of speech adaptation strategies in high intensity background noise. Acoustical Society of America. Montreal, QC, June 2–7.

 

Trudeau-Fisette, P. (2013). L’apport de la rétroaction auditive sur la production vocalique: analyse de la voyelle /u/ produite par des adultes entendants et des adultes sourds porteurs d’implant cochléaire. 81th congrès de Association canadienne-française pour l’avancement des sciences. Quebec City, QC, May 6–10.

 

 

Other publications (peer reviewed)

 

Trudeau-Fisette, P. (2015). L’apport de la vision dans la perception et la production de la parole: une étude comparative entre locuteurs voyants et non voyants (Master’s thesis, Université du Québec à Montréal). Supervisor: Lucie Ménard

TEACHING EXPERIENCES
TEACHING EXPERIENCE

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W 2021         Lecturer : LNG2400 – Instrumental phonetics  (last third of the semester)                                                                      

Department of Linguistics and translation

Université de Montréal

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W 2021         Lecturer : LNG1400 – Notions of phonetics and phonology                                                                        

Department of Linguistics and translation

Université de Montréal

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W 2021         Lecturer : LIN1621 – Phonetics                                                                        

Department of Linguistics

Université du Québec à Montréal

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A 2018          Lecturer : LIN2692 – Language acquisition                                                                       

Department of Linguistics

Université du Québec à Montréal 

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W 2018         Lecturer : LIN1621 – Phonetics                                                                        

Department of Linguistics

Université du Québec à Montréal  

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W 2018          Teaching Assistant: LIM3610 – Research project 2                                                                        

Department of Linguistics

Université du Québec à Montréal 

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A 2018           Teaching Assistant: LIM3610 – Research project 1                                                                        

Department of Linguistics

Université du Québec à Montréal  

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W 2017         Lecturer : LIN1621 – Phonetics                                                                          

Department of Linguistics

Université du Québec à Montréal                                                                                      

 

S 2016           Lecturer : LIN1016 – Oral expression: Communicative skills

Department of Education

Université du Québec à Montréal   

                                                                                  

A 2015          Lecturer : LIN2622 – Instrumental phonetics                                                                                                              

Department of Linguistics

Université du Québec à Montréal                                                                                      

 

S 2013           Teaching Assistant : LIN1641 – Morphology                                                                              

Department of Linguistics

Université du Québec à Montréal

                                                                                      

A 2012           Teaching Assistant: LIN1075 – Linguistic foundations                                     

Department of Education

Université du Québec à Montréal   

                                                                                  

S 2012           Evaluator: Communicative skills for future teachers                                                    

Department of Linguistics

Université du Québec à Montréal                                                                                     

RESEARCH EXPERIENCES
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Since           Research Associate

2018            Phonetics Laboratory 

Department of Linguistics

Université du Québec à Montréal

Supervisor: Lucie Ménard

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S 2017         Research Experience Abroad                                                                GIPSA-Lab: Speech and Cognition 

Centre Nationnal de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

Institut polytechnique de Grenoble

Supervisor: Pascal Perrier

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2012            Research Assistant

2018            Phonetics Laboratory 

Department of Linguistics

Université du Québec à Montréal

Supervisor: Lucie Ménard

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SKILLS / TECHNIQUES

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  • Ultrasound

  • Elecromagnetic Articulography

  • Optotrak

  • Audapter

  • Phantom

  • Praat

  • SPSS 

  • R

  • Matlab (novice)

  • Presentation (novice) 

FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS

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2021              Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

                      Speech and Language Editor’s Pick (Trudeau-Fisette et al., 2019)

 

2017              Cognitives Sciences Institute (ISC-UQAM)

                      Travel Award 

 

2017              ''La relève en recherche'' (ACFAS)

                      Science outreach award - Video (in French)

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2017              Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplements (SSHRC)

Research Stay – GIPSA-Lab

 

2016-2019     Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarships Program (SSHRC)

Doctoral Scholarships

 

2016-2019     Graduate Scholarships Program Québec – Société et cultures (FRQSC)

Doctoral Scholarships - Declined

 

2015              Recruitment Fellowship of the Faculty of Humanities of UQAM

Doctoral Scholarships

 

2015              Excellence Award of the Institute of Cognitive Sciences of UQAM

Master’s Studies

 

2015              Redaction Award of the  Centre de recherche sur le langage, l’esprit et le cerveau de l’UQAM (CRLEC-UQAM)

Master’s Studies

 

2014              Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarships Program (SSHRC)

Master’s Scholarships

 

2013              Recruitment Fellowship of the Faculty of Humanities of UQAM

Master’s Scholarships

 

2013              Excellence Award of the Faculty of Humanities of UQAM

Master’s Studies

 

2013              Most outstanding article Award

Baccalaureate's Studies

SERVICES
SERVICES

MEDIA​ APPEARANCES

 

2017

La parole entendue et vue

Web capsule – ICI EXPLORA, Radio-Canada

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2017

Le développement des mécanismes de perception de la parole chez l’enfant
    Radio interview 

Les années lumières, Radio-Canada

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2017

Prendre, et étudier, la parole
Journalistic interview

Actualités en société, Le Devoir

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2015

Speech: An eye and ear affair!
    Lay-language

Acoustical Society of America’s World Wide News Room
 

ABSTRACT REVIEW

2020

International Seminar on Speech Production  (ISSP)

2018

Second Language Research Forum (SLRF)

  2018   

Journée montréalaise des Sciences cognitives

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  2017   

Congrès des Algonquinistes

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 2016   

 VocUM - Colloque multidisciplinaire en traduction, linguistique, littératures et langues modernes
 

COMMITTEE MEMBRE

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2018-2020

Junior Committee

Cognitives Sciences Institute

University of Quebec in Montreal

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2016

Graduate Program Committee

Linguistics department

University of Quebec in Montreal

 

2015

Student life reprensentent of the Graduate Student Association

Linguistics department

University of Quebec in Montreal

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2014-2015

Co-president of the Modular Student Association

Linguistics department

University of Quebec in Montreal

OTHER INFORMATIONS
OTHER INFORMATIONS

LANGUAGE SKILLS

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French: Fluent

English: Proficient

AFFILIATIONS

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Centre de recherche sur le langage l’esprit et le cerveau (CRLEC-UQAM)

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Auditory Perception & Cognition Society (APCS)

 

Center for Research on Brain, Language and Music (CRBLM) 

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Cognitives Sciences Institute (ISC-UQAM)

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Acoustical Society of America (ASA)

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CONTACT
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