Fatemeh Mollaei

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Lecturer
Areas of interest
My interest is in motor speech disorders. I have two line of research. The first line of my research focuses on the separated and integrated role of sensory and motor control systems and how they influence each other during movement control specifically in speech production in Parkinson’s disease (PD). I use a combination of behavioural, electrophysiological and neuroimaging techniques such as altered feedback paradigm, EEG, auditory brainstem responses, functional and structural MRI, and MEG. The second line of my research is focused on using the findings from these investigations to develop new rehabilitation methods for the treatment of motor speech disorders. For this, I use non-invasive brain stimulation techniques such as transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) as novel neuro-rehabilitation methods. In summary, my research aims to understand and impact the rehabilitation practice of motor and sensory deficits of speech in acquired neurogenic disorders.
- Speech motor control
- Motor speech disorders
- Neurodegenerative disorders
- Parkinson’s disease
- Neuromodulatory interventions in motor speech disorders
Teaching
- Undergraduate: Speech Language and Communication Disorders 1
- Graduate: Communication Impairments 1
Research centres and groups
Academic qualifications
- PhD in Communication Sciences and Disorders, McGill University, 2016
- BSc in Speech Therapy, 2010
Publications
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Mollaei, F.
ORCID: 0000-0003-2916-9750 , Shiller, D. , Baum, S. , Gracco, V. (2022) Early auditory responses to speech sounds in Parkinson’s disease: preliminary data. Scientific Reports , 12 ISSN: 2045-2322 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-05128-8
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De Nil, L.
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Isabella, S.
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Jobst, C.
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Kwon, S.
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Mollaei, F.
ORCID: 0000-0003-2916-9750 , Cheyne, D. (2021) Complexity-dependent modulations of beta oscillations for verbal and nonverbal movements. Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research , 64 (6S). pp. 2248-2260. ISSN: 1558-9102 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1044/2021_JSLHR-20-00275
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Mollaei, F.
ORCID: 0000-0003-2916-9750 , Mersov, A. , Woodbury, M. , Jobst, C. , Cheyne, D. , De Nil, L. (2021) White matter microstructural differences underlying beta oscillations during speech in adults who stutter. Brain and Language , 215 ISSN: 0093-934x | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bandl.2021.104921
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Mollaei, F.
ORCID: 0000-0003-2916-9750 , Shiller, D. , Baum, S. , Gracco, V. (2019) The relationship between speech perceptual discrimination and speech production in Parkinson's Disease. Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research , 62 (12). pp. 4256-4268. ISSN: 1558-9102 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1044/2019_JSLHR-S-18-0425
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Mollaei, F.
ORCID: 0000-0003-2916-9750 , Shiller, D. , Baum, S. , Gracco, V. (2016) Sensorimotor control of vocal pitch and formant frequencies in Parkinson's disease. Brain Research , 1646 pp. 269-277. ISSN: 0006-8993 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.brainres.2016.06.013
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Mollaei, F.
ORCID: 0000-0003-2916-9750 , Shiller, D. , Gracco, V. (2013) Sensorimotor adaptation of speech in Parkinson's disease. Movement Disorders , 28 (12). pp. 1668-1674. ISSN: 0885-3185 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mds.25588