The Illinois International Stuttering Research Program

CURRICULUM VITAE(January, 2007)

Ruth Ezrati-Vinacour, Ph.D.

Professional Address:
Tel Aviv University
Sackler
Faculty of Medicine,
Department of Communication Disorders
Sheba Medical Centre, Tel Hashomer, ISRAEL
Telephone: + 03-5349817/6409217

Home Address:
42 Tagor St. Ramat-Aviv, Tel-Aviv
69341
03-6427722/052-8989898

EDUCATION

Dept. of Communication Disorders, B.A, 1973, Tel Aviv University, Israel

School of Education , M.A., 1979, Tel Aviv University, Israel

School of Education , Ph.D.,1997 Tel Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel

Title of Master's Thesis:

The efficiency of parent counseling in the treatment of pre- school Stutterers. Under Dr. Yolanda Gampell

Title of Doctoral Dissertation:

Time estimation of Stutterers in communication situations as a function of stuttering severity and stress level.Under Prof. Iris Levin

Further studies

1981-1983 Dept. of Social Work, Tel-Aviv University . Group Therapy, Specialization Certificate

1991 Northwestern University Illinois, USA.,Stuttering Therapy Workshop for Specialists, Specialization Certificate

1997-2000 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA., Post Doctoral Fellowship Supervised Prof. Ehud Yairi

2006 Michael Palain Centre for Stammering Children, Specialization in Cognitive therapy and Solution focused, Brief therapy.

Academic and professional experience

1972-1990 Soraski Medical Center ( Ichilov Hospital), Tel-Aviv, Israel Diagnosis and Therapy in Communication Disorders, Department of Audiology and Speech, Senior Speech Therapy

1972-2003 Lewinski College, Tel-Aviv, Israel Voice Therapy and Lectures in Speech Development and Disorders, Department of Special Education, Speech Clinician and Teacher

1982-1996 Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel, Department of Communication Disorders

2000- Senior Teacher

Active participation in scientific meetings

1981 The 17 th Annual Convention of The Israeli Speech Hearing and Language Association, Tel-Hashomer, Israel. Paper presented: The efficiency of parent counseling in the treatment of pre-school stutterers.

1988 The 25 th Annual Convention of The Israeli Speech Hearing and Language Association, Jerusalem, Israel. Paper Presented by: Stuttering therapy through Rational Emotive Therapy.

1992 The 28 th Annual Convection of the Israeli Speech Hearing and Language Association, Haifa, Israel. Paper Presented: Stuttering therapy for kindergarten children.

1993 The 29 th Annual Convention of the Israeli Speech Hearing and Language Association, Tiberias, Israel. Paper Presented: The termination stage of the stuttering therapy.

1996 Scientific Workshop Tel-Aviv Univ., Tel Hashomer. Paper Presented by Hokes-Engel Meirav and Ezrati Ruth: Motor Timing ability in stuttering children.

1996 Paper Presented by Shochat Shira and Ezrati Ruth: The influence of interacting with the stutterer on the verbal behavior of the listener.

1998 24 th World Congress of the IALP-International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics, Amsterdam. Paper Presented by Ezrati-Vinacour Ruth and Levin Iris: Time estimation by adults who stutter.

1999 The 36 th Annual Convention of the Israeli Speech Hearing and Language Association, Zichron-Jakov, Israel. Chairman Ezrati Ruth: A full day on novelties in therapy for PWS.

1999 The Fifth Oxford Dysfluency Conference, Oxford university, England. Paper Presented by Platzky Rozanne, Ezrati-Vinacour Ruth and Yairi Ehud: The young child's awareness of dysfluency.

2000 3rd World Congress on Fluency Disorders, Nyborg, Denmark. Paper Presented by Ezrati-Vinacour Ruth and Levin Iris: Anxiety and coping strategies in people who stutter.

2001 The 37 th Annual Convention of the Israeli Speech Hearing and Language Association, Haifa, Israel. Paper presented by Ezrati-Vinacour Ruth: The Efficacy of Stuttering Intervention.

2002 The Sixth Oxford Dysfluency Conference, Oxford university, England. Paper Presented by Greenstein Anat, Nissan-Porat Einat and Ezrati-Vinacour Ruth: Gender Based Differences in Stuttering.

2003 The 4th World Congress on Fluency Disorders, Montreal, Canada. Paper Presented by Freud Dvora, Sharir Ronit and Ezrati-Vinacour Ruth: Verbal Behavior of Listeners Interacting with a PWS.

Academic and professional awards

1993-1996 Grant from the Israel Foundation. Tel-Aviv Univ., Education Department, Trustees for the Ph.D. Thesis. Time Estimation by PWS, $6000

2001 Conference in Nijmegen, 4 th International Speech Motor, Netherlands. Poster Competition, P300 Brain Potential in Adult Stutterers Evoked in Response to Communication -Related Stimuli. First Prize

2001 Excellence in off Department teaching

2006 Distinguished Teacher

Membership in professional societies

The Israeli Speech Hearing and Language Association ISRAEL

American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA) USA International Affiliate.

International Fluency Association (IFA) USA

AMBI-The Israeli Self Help Group Association ISRAEL

Doctoral Students (Consulted by candidate)

2000- Liora Emanuel , Families with school -aged stuttering children and coping strategies with the child's problem.Dortmund Univ. Germany. Supervised by N. Kats-Bernstein

2002-2006 Galia Tubul, The Phonology of dyspraxic children who are Hebrew speakers. School of Cultural Studies, Faculty of Humanities, T- A Univ.. Supervised by Uti Bat-El.

M.A. Students (Consulted by candidate)

1990-1993 Lilach Katz,Phonology as a Human Behavior - Clinical application. Dept. of Communication Disorders, Tel-Aviv Univ.

1992-1994 Niva Issan, Phonetic articulation characteristics in the speech of children with spastic cerebral palsy. Dept. of Communication Disorders, Tel-Aviv Univ.

1994-1998 Ruth Alster, Word finding skills in PWS by using the Penomenon of Tip of the Tongue (TOT). Dept. of Communication Disorders, Tel-Aviv Univ.

1999-2002 Karmia Levin, Applying the theory of Phonology as Human Behavior in Cerebral Palsy Children. Dept. of Communication Disorders, Tel-Aviv Univ.

1999-2002 Inbal Saliternik-Zimmerman, The motorical ability of Children with Sygmatism. Dept. of Communication Disorders, Tel-Aviv Univ.

2000-2002 Alona Oren, Motor Ability of Stuttering Children. Dept. of Communication Disorders, Tel-Aviv Univ.

2000-2004 Yaron Kaplan, The influence of stuttering of job applicants on employers' hiring decisions. Bar-Ilan Univ.

2001- Tova Lantser., Early Production and Perception of Hebrew Phonological Development. Dept. of Communication Disorders, Tel-Aviv Univ.

2002-2005 Ayelet Beisa-Lerman, The relation between attention processes and stuttering severity. Dept. of Communication Disorders, Tel-Aviv Univ.

2002-2006 Einat Nissan-Porat, Language learning by PWS through artificial language. Dept. of Communication Disorders, Tel-Aviv Univ.

2003-2005 Hagar Madenik, Attachment characteristics and Couple characteristics in PWS. Dept. of Communication Disorders, Tel-Aviv Univ.

2003- Debora Freud , Nonverbal communication in PWS. Dept. of Communication Disorders, Tel-Aviv Univ.

1988-1990 Yael Bernstein, The temperament of the stuttering child and his parents. Dept. of Communication Disorders, Tel-Aviv Univ.

M.A. Projects (Supervised by candidate)

1988-1990 Francis Berger, Phonological awareness of Distinctive Features in kindergarten children first graders, youth and adults.

2000-2002 Galia Shaked, Phonological Processes in 19 months old to 31 months old.

2002-2002 Revital Mizrachy, Speech characteristic, awareness and attitudes of retarded stutterers.

2003-2005 Orly Rop, Variations in the feminine voice throughout life.

2003-2005 Iris Tal, The positive effect of free play in the treatment of stuttering of school-age children.

SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS: Original articles

Ezrati, R. and Ferman, S. (1983). Voice and personality, Steps in Education, Teaching and Teacher Training. Tel-Aviv: Levinski College for Education. pp. 244-250.

Ferman, S. and Ezrati, R. (1983). Voice disorders and, preventive treatment. Steps in Education, Teaching and Teacher Training. Tel-Aviv: Levinski College for Education. pp. 209-214.

Rapaport, S, and Ezrati, R. (1994). The influence of quantity and the level of cognitive demand of questions on the fluency of the stuttering child. "DASH" - Speaking and Hearing, 17, 47-54.

Troomer, V., Lapidot, M., Tubin, I. and Ezrati, R. (1996). Performing phonemic segmentation by Hebrew speaking children compared English speakers. Khelkat Lashon (Language), SCRRIPT file, 22, 143-146.

Muchnik, H., Hertsberg, O., Makai, E., Chbtai, E., Yedvav, D., Ezrati, R., Kishon-Rabin, L., Puter, H. and Hildesheimer, M. (2001). A community project of preventing voice disorders among teachers 1996-1999. Seeing Voices-The Cathedra of Professional Publicationsin the field of Hearing Impaired, 1, 66-73.

Ezrati-Vinacour, R. and Levin, I. (2001). Time estimation by adults who stutter. Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, 44, 144-155.

Ezrati-Vinacour, R., Platzky, R. and Yairi, E. (2001). The young child's Awareness of stuttering-Like disfluency. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 44, 368-380.

Amir, O. and Ezrati-Vinacour, R. (2002). Stuttering in a volatile society - Israel. Perspectives on Communication Disorders and Science in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Populations, 8, 13-14.

Ezrati-Vinacour, R. and Levin, I. (2004). The relationship between anxiety and stuttering: a multidimensional approach. Journal of Fluency Disorders, 29, 135-148.

Kishon-Rabin, L., Taitelbaum-Swead, R., Ezrati-Vinacour, R. and Hildesheimer, M. (2005). Prelexical vocalization in infants with normal hearing, cochlear implants, and hearing aids, and its relationship to auditory perception. Ear and Hearing, 26, 17-29.

Ezrati-Vinacour, R. and Amir, O. (2005). Stuttering research and therapeutic approaches in Israel 2005. the ASHA leader-American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.

Suresh, R., Ambrose, N. Roe, C., Pluzhnikov, A., Wittke-Thompson, J., C-Y Ng, M., Cook, E., Lundstrom, C., Garsten, M., Ezrati, R., Yairi, E., and Cox, N. (2006). New Complexities in the Genetics of Stuttering: Significant Sex-specific Linkage Signals. American Journal of Human Genetics, 78, 554-563.

PAPERS PRESENTED AT SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS PUBLISHED AS PROCEEDINGS/ ABSTRACTS

Inbar, A. and Ezrati R. (1996). Stuttering behavior of bilingual speakers: consistency, adaptation and morphological factors. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Communication Disorders in Bilingual Populations. Israel, pp. 279-286.

Gan, R., Ezrati, R. and Tobin, Y. (1996). Phonological processes in Hebrew-English bilingual children (3:0-4:6). Proceedings of the International Symposium on Communication Disorders in Bilingual Populations. Israel, pp. 247-254.

Ezrati, R. (1998). Time estimation by adults who stutter in communication situations as a function of stuttering severity. Ph. Dejonckere and H.F.M. Peters (Eds.), Proceedings 24 th Congress International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics Symposium on Communication Disorders in Bilingual Populations. Amsterdam. pp.697-701.

Send questions and comments to:
Dr. Nicoline Ambrose
Stuttering Research Program
The Department of Speech and Hearing Science
901 S. Sixth St.
Champaign, IL 61820
Phone:217-333-2230