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Anne L. van Zelst, Ph.D. CCC-SLP is a speech-language pathologist and assistant professor in Communication Sciences and Disorders at Â鶹¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ (FAU). Her research focuses on speech-motor learning and memory consolidation with the future goal of informing the diagnosis and treatment of speech sound disorders. Likewise, Dr. van Zelst is a mentor and faculty member of the Â鶹¾«Æ·ÊÓƵStiles-Nicholson Brain Institute. Clinically, she is Apraxia Kids Recognized for Advanced Training & Clinical Expertise in Childhood Apraxia of Speech and has been an instructor for the Apraxia Kids' school-based intensive training and several Apraxia Kids webinars. In addition, she is Level 2 trained in PROMPTs for Restructuring Oral Muscular Phonetic Targets.

speeCH And Time (C H A T) Lab

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College of Education, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
P.I.- Anne L. van Zelst, PhD CCC-SLP-L

Using electrophysiological indices of learning, including EEG ERPs, the CHAT lab investigates speech learning and the passage of time. Specifically, the lab studies the impact of post-practice time spent in rest or sleep. Known as offline learning, these periods following active or online learning and may result in changes to speech perception and production in the absence of further practice. Additionally, the lab explores the effect of time-of-day on procedural and declarative learning and its relationship to chronotype synchrony and asynchrony. The Â鶹¾«Æ·ÊÓƵCHAT lab is located in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, College of Education and is fully equipped with a nap room and state of the art EEG equipment.

Courses taught at FAU

• Disorders of Articulation and Phonology
• Anatomy and Physiology of Speech, Language, and Hearing
• Clinical Phonetics
• Normal Language Development

Publications

Peer-reviewed publications

1. van Zelst, A. L., & Earle, F. S. (2023) A matter of time: A web-based investigation of rest and sleep effects on speech-motor learning. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 1-13.
2. van Zelst, A. L., & Earle, F. S. (2020). A case for the role of memory consolidation in speech-motor learning. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 1-15.

Published abstracts

1. van Zelst, A., & Earle, F. S. (2022). A matter of time: An online experiment investigating the impact of post-practice rest and sleep on speech-motor learning. Stem-, Spraak-en Taalpathologie.
2. van Zelst, A., & Maas, E. (2017). Speech timing in children with and without speech sound disorders: Acoustic measures of absolute and relative timing accuracy. Stem-, Spraak-en Taalpathologie.

Non-peer-reviewed publications

1. van Zelst, A. (2017). Riding the rails to treatment success: Maximizing client participation in speech-language therapy. https://www.medbridgeeducation.com/blog/2017/12/riding-rails-treatment- success-maximizing-client-participation-speech-language-therapy/
2. van Zelst, A. (2016). Mining for gold: Ten tips for finding motor speech targets when treating CAS. 
3. van Zelst, A. (2015). A clinician’s roadmap for childhood apraxia of speech.