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Maria Grigos

Professor; Department Chair

Communicative Sciences and Disorders

212-998-5228

Maria Grigos is a Professor and Chair in the Department of Communicative Sciences and Disorders at New York University. Dr. Grigos also directs the Motor Speech Lab at NYU. Her scholarly work combines the use of perceptual, acoustic and kinematic methods to pursue two lines of research. The first centers on the study of speech motor control and motor learning across the lifespan. The second focuses on translational research where she studies the efficacy of motor-based intervention in childhood apraxia of speech (CAS). Research in the Motor Speech Lab is funded by the NIH National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders and the Once Upon a Time Foundation. Dr. Grigos holds clinical certification from the American Speech, Language and Hearing Association, and is licensed in speech-language pathology in New York State.

Selected Publications

  • Grigos, M.I., Case, J., Lu, Y. and Lye, Z. (2024). Dynamic Temporal and Tactile Cueing (DTTC) in young children with childhood apraxia of speech: A multiple single-case design. Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, 67(4), 1042-1071. PMID: 38512002
  • Wang, E.W., & Grigos, M. I. (2024). Effects of Speaking Rate Changes on Speech Motor Variability in Adults. Language and Speech, PMID: 38783611
  • Grigos, M.I., Case, J., Lu, Y and Lye, Z. (2023). Dynamic Temporal and Tactile Cueing: Quantifying speech motor changes and individual factors that contribute to treatment gains in childhood apraxia of speech, Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, 1-18. PMID: 37379241
  • Wang, E.W. & Grigos, M.I. (2023).  Naïve listener perceptions of speech intelligibility in children with apraxia of speech. Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, 1-15. PMID: 37486797
  • Iuzzini-Siegel, J, Case, J., Grigos, M.I., Velleman, S., Thomas, D & Murray, E. (2023). Dose frequency randomized controlled trial for Dynamic Temporal and Tactile Cueing (DTTC) treatment for childhood apraxia of speech: protocol paper. BMC pediatrics23(1), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-023-04066-2
  • Case, J., Wang, E.W. & Grigos, M. I. (2023). The Multilevel word Accuracy Composite Scale (MACS): A novel measure of speech production in childhood apraxia of speech, American Journal of Speech Language Pathology, 1-18. PMID: 37195724
  • Jing, L.  & Grigos, M.I. (2022). Listener ratings of speech accuracy in children with speech sound disorders. American Journal of Speech Language Pathology, 31(1), 419-430. PMID: 34788553
  • Jung, S., Jing, L., & Grigos, M.I. (2022). Graduate Student Clinicians' Perceptions of Child Speech Sound Errors. Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, 7(4), 1275-1283. https://doi.org/10.1044/2022_PERSP-21-00332
  • Li, J. & Grigos, M.I. (2021). Production of English lexical stress by Mandarin speakers: acoustics and kinematics. Second Language Research, 39 (3), 667-695. https://doi.org/10.1177/0267658321106
  • Case, J. & Grigos, M.I. (2021). The effect of practice on variability in CAS: A multidimensional analysis. American Journal of Speech Language Pathology, 30 (3), 1477-1495. PMID: 33826355
  • Case, J. & Grigos, M.I. (2020). A Framework of Motoric Complexity: An Investigation in Children with Typical and Impaired Speech Development. Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, 63(10), 3326-3348. PMID: 32946304
  • Levy-Lambert, D., Grigos, M.I., LeBlanc, E., Alfonso, A., Ramly, E., Kanter, R. & Rodirguez, E. (2020). Communication Efficiency in a Face Transplant Recipient: Determinants and Therapeutic Implications. Journal of Craniofacial Surgery, 31(6), 528-530. PMID: 32649536
  • Case, J. & Grigos, M.I. (2020). How the study of speech motor control informs intervention in CAS. Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1044/2020_PERSP-19-00114
  • Grigos, M. I., LeBlanc, É., Rifkin, W. J., Kantar, R. S., Greenfield, J., Diaz-Siso, J. R., & Rodriguez, E. D. (2020). Total Eyelid Transplantation in a Face Transplant: Analysis of Postoperative Periorbital Function. Journal of Surgical Research, 245, 420-425. PMID: 31442745
  • Kopera, H. & Grigos, M.I. (2019). Lexical stress in childhood apraxia of speech: Acoustic and kinematic findings. International Journal of Speech Language Pathology, 1-12. PMID: 30744428
  • Grigos, M.I., LeBlanc, E., Hagedorn, C., Diaz-Siso, J.R, Plante, N. & Rodriguez, E.D. (2019). Changes in articulatory control pre and post-facial transplant: A case report. Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, 62, 297-306. PMID: 30950699
  • Small, H. C., McAllister, T., & Grigos, M. I. (2018). Investigating the Use of a Nonspeech Task to Measure Tongue–Jaw Differentiation: Findings Across Typical Development. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 27(3), 1030-1038. PMID: 29998348
  • Grigos, M.I. & Case, J. (2017). Changes in movement transitions across a practice period in childhood apraxia of speech. Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics, 32(7), 661-687. PMID: 29281317
  • Case, J. & Grigos, M.I. (2016). Articulatory control in childhood apraxia of speech in a novel word-learning task. Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research. 59, 1253–1268. PMID: 27750297
  • Grigos, M. I. (2016). Speech Sound Disorders: What's Motor Got To Do With It? Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, 1(1), 75-87. https://doi.org/10.1044/persp1.SIG1.75
  • Reuterskiöld, C. & Grigos, M.I. (2015). Non-word repetition and speech motor control in children. Special Issue on Phoniatrics, Biomed Research International. Volume 2015, Article ID 683279. PMID: 26557688
  • Grigos, M.I., Moss, A. & Lu, Y. (2015). Oral articulator movement in childhood apraxia of speech. Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, 58, 1103-1118. PMID: 25951237

Programs

Communicative Sciences and Disorders

The Communicative Sciences and Disorders Program offers rigorous training for students seeking high-quality education in speech-language pathology.

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Courses

Communicative Sciences and Disorders Research Colloquium I

This course provides a forum for the presentation of research by eminent researchers in the field of communication sciences and disorders and related disciplines. Students and professional participants are invited to comment, ask questions, and engage in an array of topics in basic science as well as clinical areas. Research papers will be read in advance to prepare for upcoming colloquia. Students in the course will develop their writing skills and learn to formally and concisely write papers about research in CSD.
Course #
CSCD-GE 2420
Credits
0 - 1
Department
Communicative Sciences and Disorders

Neurogenic Speech Disorders in Children

Analysis of etiological conceptions of cerebral palsy and related linguistics, articulatory, and phonatory disorders. Clinical tests and procedures for general and specific therapy.
Course #
CSCD-GE 2023
Credits
2
Department
Communicative Sciences and Disorders

Speech Sound Disorders in Children

Emphasis on research in phonological development and the application of theories of development to assessment and intervention procedures with the phonologically impaired. Phonological disorders are analyzed within the framework of a linguistic system, with reference to distinctive features, phonological rules, and simplification processes.
Course #
CSCD-GE 2108
Credits
3
Department
Communicative Sciences and Disorders