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.
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
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
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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
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
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Elecromagnetic Articulography
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Optotrak
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Audapter
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Phantom
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Praat
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SPSS
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R
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Matlab (novice)
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Presentation (novice)
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
MEDIA​ APPEARANCES
2017
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
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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