Richard D. Andreatta, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Division of Communication Sciences & Disorders
Department of Rehabilitation Sciences
Richard D. Andreatta is an Associate Professor in the Division of Communication Sciences & Disorders within the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences. He is also a faculty associate in the Spinal Cord & Brain Injury Research Center (SCoBIRC) at the UK College of Medicine.
Dr. Andreatta received his Ph.D. in Speech Physiology and Neuroscience in 1999 from Indiana University, Bloomington. At the University of Kentucky, Dr. Andreatta is the director of the Laboratory of Speech-Orofacial Sensorimotor Physiology. This facility contains several specialized hardware and software systems for testing, recording and analyzing orofacial muscle force, vocal tract aerodynamics, lip-jaw kinematics, orofacial perception, and mechanically evoked perioral reflex responsiveness and modulation.
Scholarly/Research Interests
Dr. Andreatta’s lab work seeks to understand how the central nervous system (CNS) functionally gates (changes) the transmission of somatosensory (touch and motion sense) signals during the performance of skilled force-controlled tasks in the human lower face. Other research interests include principles of rehabilitation neuroplasticity, orofacial force dynamics, laryngeal neurophysiology, aerodynamic assessment of the vocal tract, and sensory psychophysics and physiology.
Educational Focus
Dr. Andreatta teaches undergraduate courses in the Communication Sciences & Disorders program including: CD 378 – Anatomy & Physiology of Speech, and CD 571 – Neural Bases of Speech & Language. He also teaches and mentors doctoral-level students in courses such as RHB 710 – Neuroplasticity in Rehabilitation Sciences, and in a variety of independent study experiences within the topic areas of communication neuroscience, sensorimotor integration and speech motor control.
Representative Publications
Andreatta, R.D., & Barlow, S.M. (in press). Somatosensory Gating is Dependent on the Rate of Force Recruitment in the Human Perioral System. Journal of Speech-Language-Hearing Research.
Thomas, LB, Stemple, JC, Andreatta, RD, & Andrade, FH (in press). Establishing a New Animal Model for the Study of Laryngeal Function and Disease: An Anatomic Study of the Mouse Larynx. Journal of Speech-Language-Hearing Research.
Davidow, J.H., Bothe, A.K., Andreatta, R.D., & Ye, J. (2009). Measurement of Phonated Intervals during Four Fluency-Inducing Conditions. Journal of Speech-Language-Hearing Research. 52(1):188-205.
Andreatta, R.D. (2008). Sensorimotor Elements of the Orofacial System: Reviewing the Basics. Perspectives on Speech Science and Orofacial Disorders, 18 (2).
Davidow, J.H., Bothe, A.K., Andreatta, R.D., & Ye, J. (submitted) Measurement of Phonated Intervals during Four Fluency-Inducing Conditions. Journal of Speech-Language-Hearing Research.
Barlow, S.M., Finan, D.S. Andreatta, R.D. & Boliek, C (2006). Kinematic measurement of the human vocal tract. The Clinical Management of Sensorimotor Speech Disorders, 2nd ed (M. McNeil, Ed.). Thieme Medical Publishers.
Andreatta, R.D. & Davidow J.H. (2006). Mechanical frequency and stimulation site related differences in vibrotactile detection capacity along the lip vermilion in young adults. Clinical Oral Investigations, 10(1), 17-22
Bothe, A.K., & Andreatta, R.D. (2004). Quantitative and Qualitative Research Paradigms: Thoughts on the Quantity and the Creativity of Stuttering Research. Advances in Speech Language Pathology, 6, 167-173.
Andreatta, R.D., Davidow, J.H., & Scott, A.T. (2003). Low-level static lip force control does not alter vibrotactile detection thresholds in the human orofacial system. Experimental Brain Research, 151, 548-52.
Andreatta, R.D., & Barlow, S.M. (2003). Force-related mechanosensory gating of perceptual detection thresholds in the human orofacial system. Experimental Brain Research, 149, 75-82.
Andreatta, R.D., Mann, E.A., Poletto, C., & Ludlow, C.L. (2002). Mucosal Afferents Mediate Laryngeal Adductor Responses in the Cat. Journal of Applied Physiology 93, 1622-1629.
Barlow, S.M., Andreatta, R.D., & Kahane, J. (1999). Muscle systems of the vocal tract. In S.M. Barlow (Ed.), Handbook of Clinical Speech Physiology (pp. 1-99). San Diego, CA: Singular.
Barlow, S.M., Farley, G.R., & Andreatta, R.D. (1999). Neural systems in speech physiology. In S.M. Barlow (Ed.), Handbook of Clinical Speech Physiology (pp. 101-163). San Diego, CA: Singular.
Barlow, S.M., Finan, D.S., & Andreatta, R.D. (1997). Neuronal groups selection and emergent orofacial motor control: Towards a unifying theory of speech development. In W. Hulstijn, H.F.M. Peters, & P.H.H.M. Van Leishout (Eds.), Speech Production: Motor control, brain research, and fluency disorders (pp. 529-546). Netherlands: Elsevier.
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