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Meghan Darling-White is an Associate Professor in the Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences at the University of Arizona, serving as Director of Graduate Studies and Director of the NIH-funded Communication Participation and Adaptive Listening Support (P.A.L.S.) Lab. Her research focuses on applying precision medicine approaches to develop participation-centered interventions for individuals with motor speech disorders, particularly adolescents with neurodevelopmental conditions. Key areas include speech production analysis (acoustic, kinematic, perceptual), speech breathing mechanics, and interdisciplinary rehabilitation frameworks.
Dr. Darling-White holds a Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and Arizona licensure. She teaches courses such as SLHS 575: Neuromotor Speech Disorders and oversees graduate training programs. Her work integrates quantitative data (e.g., respiratory measurements) with qualitative interview methodologies to address real-world communication challenges.
Research emphases include Parkinson’s disease speech biomarkers, speech motor control in cerebral palsy, and longitudinal changes in speech physiology. She has pioneered frameworks for shared decision-making in intervention design and advocates for client-driven rehabilitation outcomes. The P.A.L.S. Lab collaborates on adaptive technologies to enhance communication participation in clinical populations.
Key contributions include studies on sentence length effects in neurodevelopmental disorders, respiratory calibration methods, and the impact of loud speech cues in Down syndrome. Her scholarship bridges clinical practice with cutting-edge measurement techniques, aiming to improve speech-language pathology interventions through evidence-based practices.
