Moya-Gale, Gemma (gm2446)

Gemma Moya-Galé

Assistant Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders
Director, Communication, Technology, and Language Diversity Lab
212-678-3323

Office Location:

1056 Building 528

Educational Background

2009 B.A. English Linguistics & Literature, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain

2010 M.A. Applied Linguistics & Second Language Acquisition, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain

2012 M.S. Speech-Language Pathology, Teachers College, Columbia University, NY

2016 Ph.D. Speech-Language Pathology, Columbia University, NY

Scholarly Interests

Treatment research; motor speech disorders; automatic speech recognition; bilingualism; artificial intelligence; voice disorders

Selected Publications

Moya-Galé, G. (accepted). Participant satisfaction and directions for growth in online group speech rehabilitation. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology.

Moya-Galé, G., Gyawali, S.*, & Norman, C. S. (accepted). Graduate students' clinical self-efficacy through online group speech treatment for individuals with Parkinson's disease: A qualitative study using written reflective practice. Perspectives of the ASHA Interest Groups.

Delgado-Hernández, J., & Moya-Galé, G. (2025). Cepstral changes following intensive voice-focused treatment in Parkinson's disease. Journal of Voice, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvoice.2024.12.001

Moya-Galé, Ahson, S.*, Gyawali, S.*, Lee, C.*, O’Riordan, C.*, & Rossi, L*. (2025). Stronger together: Examining social connectedness in Parkinson’s disease in the digital era. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 34, 281-296. https://doi.org/10.1044/2024_AJSLP-24-00246

Moya-Galé, G., Pagano, G., & Walsh, S. J. (2025). Perceptual consequences of online group speech treatment for individuals with Parkinson’s disease: A pilot study case series. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 27(2), 205–220. DOI: 10.1080/17549507.2024.2330538

Levy, E. S., & Moya-Galé, G. (2024). Revisiting dysarthria treatment across languages: The hybrid approach. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 67, 2893-2902. https://doi.org/10.1044/2023_JSLHR-23-00629

Moya-Galé, G., Delgado-Hernández, J., Goudarzi, A., & Walsh, S. J. (2024). ¿Notas la diferencia? [Do you Hear the Difference?]: Perceptual consequences of intensive voice treatment in Spanish speakers with Parkinson’s disease. Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, 67, 2872-2892. https://doi.org/10.1044/2023_JSLHR-23-00379

Moya-Galé, G., Kim, Y-J., & Fabiano, L. (2024). Raising awareness about language- and culture-specific considerations in the management of dysarthria associated with Parkinson’s disease within the United States. Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, 67, 2813-2821. https://doi.org/10.1044/2023_JSLHR-23-00365

Moya-Galé, G., Spielman, J., Ramig, L.A., Campanelli, L., & Maryn, Y. (2024). The Acoustic Voice Quality Index (AVQI) in people with Parkinson’s disease before and after intensive voice therapy: Secondary outcome of a randomized control trial. Journal of Voice, 38, 15129.e7-1529.e16.

Pagano, G., Teytel-Cocozza, M., & Moya-Galé, G. (2024). Addressing the Gap: A pilot study to improve graduate student’s counseling self- efficacy through online support groups for care partners of people with acquired brain injuries. Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, 9, 1478-1488. https://doi.org/10.1044/2024_PERSP-24-00056

Nair, V. K. K., Khamis, R., Ali, S., El Amin, M., Aveledo, F., Biedermann, B., Blake, O., Brea, M. R.,  Cheng, L., Chiou, H. S., Cruz, D., Cushing, I., de Diego-Lázaro, B., Eads, A., Fabiano-Smith, L., Morrison Fagbemi, A., Brown Gandhi, A., Saldívar García, E., Hackett, A., Henner, J., Hsieh, L., … Zisk, A. H. (2023). Prosodies of Power: Accent Modification as a Racist Ideology. Journal of Critical Study of Communication & Disability, 1, 105-112. https://doi.org/10.48516/jcscd_2023vol1iss1.21

McAllister, T., Nightingale, C., Moya-Galé, G., Kawamura, A., & Ramig, L. (2023). Crowdsourced perceptual ratings of voice quality in people with Parkinson’s Disease before and after intensive voice and articulation therapies: Secondary outcome of a randomized controlled trial. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 66, 1541-1562. https://doi.org/10.1044/2023_JSLHR-22-00694

Moya-Galé, G., Wisler, A., Walsh, S. J., McAuliffe, M., & Levy, E. S. (2023). Acoustic predictors of ease of understanding in Spanish speakers with dysarthria associated with Parkinson’s diseaseJournal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 66, 2999-3012. https://doi.org/10.1044/2022_JSLHR-22-00284

Moya-Galé, G., Walsh, S. J., & Goudarzi, A. (2022). Automatic assessment of intelligibility in noise in Parkinson’s disease: Validation study. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 24(10): e40567.  DOI: 10.2196/40567

Goudarzi, A., & Moya-Galé, G. (2021). Automatic speech recognition in noise for Parkinson’s disease: A pilot study. Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence, 4, 1-6.  DOI: 10.3389/frai.2021.809321

Moya-Galé, G.Galgano, J., Ferrone, C., Chang, Y. M., & Ramig, L. A. (2021). LSVT LOUD ® applied to an adult with cerebral palsy: Acoustic findings. Communication Disorders Quaterly, 43, 119-127. https://doi.org/10.1177/1525740121993802

Moya-Galé, G., Rossi, A., & States, R. A. (2020). A community-based program for exercise and social participation for individuals with Parkinson’s disease: A Multidisciplinary Model. Perspectives of the ASHA Interest Groups5, 1290-1296. https://doi.org/10.1044/2020_PERSP-20-00031

Moya-Galé, G., Goudarzi, A., Bayés, A., McAuliffe, M., Bulté, B., & Levy, E. (2018). The effects of intensive speech treatment on conversational intelligibility in Spanish speakers with Parkinson’s disease. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 27, 154-165. https://doi.org/10.1044/2017_AJSLP-17-0032

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