Gregory Snyder

Associate Professor of Communication Sciences & Disorders

Gregory John Snyder

Greg Snyder publishes a variety of articles on stuttering and other fluency disorders in the areas of perceptions of those with fluency disorders, disclosure of fluency disorders, stuttering in non-spoken expressive modalities, prosthetic stuttering management, and other areas within the neuroscience of stuttering.

Research Interests

  • Applying neuroscience and speech science to create better scientific models of the stuttering, such that stuttering can be treated at the cellular level.
  • Documenting stuttering in its multiple expressive modalities, including speech, signing, and handwriting. Create effective treatment options for stuttering in all its expressive modalities.
  • Creating better treatment options for stuttering, such as prosthetic stuttering treatment and the treatment of stuttering using vitamin and mineral supplementation.
  • Improving the quality of lives for children and adults who stutter through personal advocacy, disclosure, and emotional resilience training.
  • Creating alternative treatment options for ADHD/ADD, particularly for children who stutter.
  • Improve the quality of life for those with autism via improved Augmentative and alternative communication devices, prosthetics, and natural products.

Biography

Greg Snyder is a speech scientist, stuttering researcher, and ASHA certified Speech-Language Pathologist, focusing on the application of the genetic and neurological stuttering data, while leveraging motor theory and mirror neuron networks as a means of creating new treatment alternatives for the stuttering community. Dr. Snyder’s innovations include the use of a voiced sonorant side tone relative to the accessible and inexpensive prosthetic stuttering management. In addition, Dr. Snyder has patented the use of tactile speech feedback as a means of prosthetically managing and treating stuttering. His funded research is developing wireless and wearable tactile prosthetic device that supplements conventional therapy and services to reduce stuttering frequency and improve quality of life for the stuttering community. As stuttering continues to be a medical disease with no known cure, Dr. Snyder has also developed a stuttering treatment paradigm focusing on various forms of client-lead self-advocacy strategies, including pediatric and adult self-disclosure statements, stuttering advocate disclosure statements, verbal and written disclosure strategies, as well as emotional intelligence / resilience training for children who stutter. In addition, Dr. Snyder is researching the treatment of stuttering via vitamin and mineral supplementation.  

Dr. Snyder served as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Hearing, Speech, and Language Sciences at Gallaudet University in Washington DC between 2003 and 2005. Dr. Snyder then transitioned to The University of Mississippi, joining as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders in 2005. Dr. Snyder was later promoted and tenured to Associated Professor at The University of Mississippi in 2010. In 2016, Dr. Snyder was awarded patent US9263043B2 (Stuttering inhibition method and device) relative to his innovation in the use of tactile speech feedback for the stuttering community. Dr. Snyder was invited to serve as an Associate Editor of the Journal of Fluency Disorders in 2022.  

Publications in visual choral speech, synchronous and asynchronous visual feedback, tactile speech feedback, stuttering and mirror neuron networks, prosthetic stuttering management, assessment and treatment of hypokinetic dysarthric speech, and effective advocacy techniques for the pediatric and adult stuttering community. 

Publications

PUBLISHED REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES 

Snyder, G.J., McKnight-Sidak, P., Manahan, A., Kornisch, M., Blanchet, P.  (2023).  The Effects of Different Sources and Modalities of Stuttering Disclosure on Listeners' Perceptions of a Child who Stutters, Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica.  doi: 10.1159/000529499. 

Snyder, G.J., Manahan, A., McKnight, P., Kornisch, M.  (2021).  The Effects of Written Stuttering Disclosure on the Perceptions of a Child Who Stutters.  Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools.  doi: 10.1044/2021_LSHSS-20-00119. 

Snyder, G.J., Williams, M.G., Adams, C., Blanchet, P. (2020).  The effects of different sources of stuttering disclosure on the perceptions of a child who stutters.  Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools.  doi: 10.1044/2020_LSHSS-19-00059.  

Snyder, G.J., Williams, M.G., Gough, M.E., & Blanchet, P. (2018). Fluency-enhancing strategies for hypokinetic dysarthria exacerbated by subthalamic nucleus brain stimulation: A case study. Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, 3(SIG 4), 4–21. doi: 10.1044/persp3.SIG4.4  

Snyder, G., Jones, M. (2017). The Role of Mirror Neurons relative to the Core Stuttering Pathology and Compensatory Stuttering Behaviors. Clinical Archives of Communication Disorders, 2(1): 1-6.  doi: 10.21849/cacd.2017.00059. 

Blanchet, P.G., & Snyder, G. (2017). Perceptions of cluttering among communication sciences and disorders and non-communication sciences and disorders students. Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups (SIG 4), 2(2), 43-53.  doi:10.1044/persp2.SIG4.43. 

Blanchet, P.G., Farrell, L.M., & Snyder, G. (2017). University Students' Perceptions of a Person Who Clutters With or Without Video Education.  Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, April 2017, Vol. 2 (SIG 4), 28-40. doi:10.1044/persp1.SIG4.28 

Snyder GJ, Waddell DE, Blanchet, PG.  (2016).  Mirror neurons as a model for the science and treatment of stuttering.  Neuroreport.  Jan 6; 27(1); 56-60. 

Waddell DE, Goggans PM, Snyder GJ.  (2012). Novel tactile feedback to reduce overt stuttering.  Neuroreport. Aug 22;23(12):727-30. 

Blanchet PG, Snyder GJ.  (2010).  Speech rate treatments for individuals with dysarthria: a tutorial.  Perceptual and Motor Skills, Jun;110(3 Pt 1):965-82. 

Blanchet, P., Snyder, G. (2009).  Speech Rate Deficits in Individuals with Parkinson's disease:  A review of the literature. Journal of Medical Speech-Language Pathology, 17(1), 1-7.  

Snyder, G., Hough, M.S., Blanchet, P., Ivy, L., Waddell, D.  (2009). The Effects of Self-Generated Synchronous and Asynchronous Visual Speech Feedback on Overt Stuttering Frequency.  Journal of Communication Disorders, 42, 235-244. 

Snyder, G., Blanchet, P., Waddell, D., Ivy, L.  (2009). Effects of Digital Vibrotactile Speech Feedback on Overt Stuttering Frequency.  Perceptual and Motor Skills, 108, 271-280. 

Reitzes, P., Snyder, G.J. (co-authors).  (2009).  The Infusion of Interactive Digital Media With Self-Help and Stuttering Treatment.  Perspectives on Fluency and Fluency Disorders, 19, 28-38. 

Reitzes, P., Snyder, G.J.  (co-authors).  (2006). Response to Intensive Stuttering Modification Therapy.  Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 49, 1420-1422. 

Snyder, G. J.  (2001). Exploratory Research in the Measurement and Modification of Attitudes Toward Stuttering.  Journal of Fluency Disorders, 26, 149-160. 

Kalinowski, J., Stuart, A., Rastatter, M., Snyder, G., & Dayalu, V. (2000).  Inducement of fluent speech in persons who stutter via visual choral speech.  Neuroscience Letters, 281, 198-200. 

 

PUBLISHED PATENTS, BOOK CHAPTERS, ABSTRACTS, ARTICLES, & PAMPHLETS 

Snyder, G.  2019.  Etiology. In J. S. Damico & M. J. Ball, The SAGE Encyclopedia of Human Communication Sciences and Disorders.  http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483380810.n239 

Snyder, G.  2019.  Regional Cerebral Blood Flow (rCBF). In J. S. Damico & M. J. Ball, The SAGE Encyclopedia of Human Communication Sciences and Disorders.  http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483380810.n514 

Snyder, G., Waddell, D., Goggans, P.   2016.  Stuttering inhibition method and device.  Publication number: US 9263043 B2.  

Snyder, G., Waddell, D., Goggans, P.  Filed Dec, 2010.  Stuttering reduction method and device.  Publication number WO 2011069095 A2. 

Reitzes, P., Snyder, G. (co-authors).  (2008). Stuttering: Myths, Beliefs and Straight Talk.  Memphis, TN: Stuttering Foundation of America, 2008. 

Snyder, G., Reitzes, P., & Jackson, E. (2008, Oct. 14). Digital audio and self-help for people who stutter. The ASHA Leader, 13(14), 19. 

Editor & Contributing Researcher.  "Altered Speech Feedback."  50 Great Activities for Children Who Stutter:  Pro-Ed Publishers. (Reitzes, 2006) 

Snyder, G., Strauss-Hough, M. (2006) The effects of a single silent initiating speech gesture on stuttering frequency.  5th International Conference on Speech Motor Control. In B. Maassen, W. Hulstijn, R. D. Kent & P. H. H. M. Van Lieshout (Eds.), Speech Motor Control in Normal and Disordered Speech. Proceedings 5th International Speech Motor Conference. Nijmegen, The Netherlands: Uitgeverij Vantilt.  

Strauss-Hough, M., Snyder, G. (2006) The effects of a single silent initiating speech gesture on stuttering frequency.  5th International Conference on Speech Motor Control. In B. Maassen, W. Hulstijn, R. D. Kent & P. H. H. M. Van Lieshout (Eds.), Speech Motor Control in Normal and Disordered Speech. Proceedings 5th International Speech Motor Conference. Nijmegen, The Netherlands: Uitgeverij Vantilt. 

Snyder, G.  (2003). Ethics and the Use of Prosthetic Stuttering Management. ASHA Leader, July 22, 2003.   

Snyder, G.  (2001).  Therapies Are Flawed, But Forgiveness Isn't.  In Kenneth O. St. Louis (Ed.), Living with Stuttering (pp. 42-45).  Morgantown, WV: Populore Publishing Company. 

Kalinowski, J., Stuart, A., Rastatter, M.P, Dayalu, V. & Snyder, G. (2001).  Fluency Enhancement in Persons Who Stutter Via Visual Choral Speech. ASHA Leader. 

Snyder, G., Strauss-Hough, M. (2001) Theoretical Implications of an Initiatory Speech Gesture within a Neurological Stuttering Model. In B. Maassen, W. Hulstijn, R. D. Kent & P. H. H. M. Van Lieshout (Eds.), Speech Motor Control in Normal and Disordered Speech. Proceedings 4th International Speech Motor Conference. Nijmegen, The Netherlands: Uitgeverij Vantilt. 

Snyder, G, Kalinowski, J., & Dayalu, V. (2000). Discussion Needed on Stuttering Treatment. ASHA Leader, 5 (4), p 18, July 18, 2000. 

Kalinowski, J., Stuart, A., Rastatter, M. P., Rami, M. K., Snyder, G., Dayalu, V., & Thorne, L. (2000). Gestural feedback, sensory-motor integration, hemispheric relationships, and stuttering. ASHA Leader, 5 (16), 171. 

PUBLISHED REFEREED PROCEEDINGS & INTERNET ARTICLES 

Snyder, G., Grant, M.  (2018).  The Effects of Acetaminophen on Emotional Pain and Stuttering Desensitization.  Joint World Congress on Fluency Disorders, Hiroshima, Japan.  https://theifa.org/ifa-congresses-2/ifa-congress-proceedings/2018-joint-world-congress-proceedings/692-the-effects-of-acetaminophen-on-emotional-pain-and-stuttering-desensitization 

Snyder, G., Williams, M.  (2018).  The Source of Stuttering Disclosure, and its Effects on Attitudes Toward Pediatric Stuttering.  Joint World Congress on Fluency Disorders, Hiroshima, Japan.  https://theifa.org/ifa-congresses-2/ifa-congress-proceedings/2018-joint-world-congress-proceedings/693-the-source-of-stuttering-disclosure-and-its-effects-on-attitudes-toward-pediatric-stuttering 

Snyder, G., Gully, S., Wylot, E.  (2018).  The Clinical Application of Prosthetic Tactile Pacing on Quantitative Stuttering Severity.  Joint World Congress on Fluency Disorders, Hiroshima, Japan.  https://theifa.org/ifa-congresses-2/ifa-congress-proceedings/2018-joint-world-congress-proceedings/696-the-clinical-application-of-prosthetic-tactile-pacing-on-quantitative-stuttering-severity 

Reitzes, P., Snyder, G., Jackson, E., Klein, J.  (2008).  Stuttering is a Gift. Invited Manuscript.  International Stuttering Awareness Day Online Conference. 
[http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad11/papers/gift11/snyder11.html]. 

Snyder, G., Reitzes, P.  (2007).  Extending the Self-Help Movement into the Digital Domain.  Invited Manuscript.  International Stuttering Awareness Day Online Conference. 
[http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad10/papers/snyder10.html]. 

Snyder, G.  (2006). The Existence of Stuttering in Sign Language and other Forms of Expressive Communication.  Invited Manuscript, International Stuttering Awareness Day Online Conference. 
[http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad9/papers/snyder9.html]. 

Snyder, G.  (2002).  The Use of Altered Speech Feedback in Stuttering Management. Invited Manuscript, International Stuttering Awareness Day Online Conference. 
[http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad5/papers/snyder.html].

Education

B.S. Psychology, Wheaton College (1995)

M.S. Communicative Disorders, East Carolina University (1997)

Ph.D. Communicative Disorders, East Carolina University (2004)