Gabriel J. Cler

Research

Postdoctoral Researcher. Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow 2026-2028.

Keywords: developmental language disorder, stuttering, quantitative neuroimaging, motor control

Research group: Educational Neuroscience and Developmental Disorders

g.cler@bcbl.eu

+34 943 309 300

Publications

2026

Cler, G.J., Asaridou, S.S., Bahar, N., Krishnan, S., Smith, H.J., Willis, H.E., Healy, M.P., & Watkins, K.E. (2026). Subcortical correlates of developmental language disorder: more than the neostriatum. Brain Communications, 8(1). Doi:10.1093/braincomms/fcaf493

Johnson, A., Bullen, A., Sokolov, S., Eadie, T., Kokaly, M., & Cler, G.J. (2026). Listener Ratings of Stuttering: Evaluating Two Auditory–Perceptual Scales. Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research, 69(1), 108-122. Doi:10.1044/2025_JSLHR-25-00109

2025

Wiltshire, C.E.E., Chesters, J., Krishnan, S., Cler, G.J., Healy, M.P., & Watkins, K.E. (2025). An fMRI study of initiation and inhibition of manual and spoken responses in people who stutter. Imaging Neuroscience, 3. Doi:10.1162/IMAG.a.89

2024

Asaridou, S.S., Cler, G.J., Wiedemann, A., Krishnan, S., Smith, H.J., Willis, H.E., Healy, M.P., & Watkins, K.E. (2024). Microstructural Properties of the Cerebellar Peduncles in Children With Developmental Language Disorder. Neurobiology of Language, 5(3), 774-794. Doi:10.1162/nol_a_00142

Bahar, N., Cler, G.J., Krishnan, S., Asaridou, S.S., Smith, H.J., Willis, H.E., Healy, M.P., & Watkins, K.E. (2024). Differences in Cortical Surface Area in Developmental Language Disorder. Neurobiology of Language, 5(2), 288-314. Doi:10.1162/nol_a_00127

Cler, G.J., Bartolo, S., Kim, J., Nolan, A., & Banel, S. (2024). Implicit and Explicit Sequence Learning in Adults With Developmental Language Disorder. Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research, 67(8), 2638-2652. Doi:10.1044/2024_JSLHR-23-00551

MacLellan, L.E., Stepp, C.E., Fager, S.K., Mentis, M., Boucher, A.R., Abur, D., & Cler, G.J. (2024). Evaluating Camera Mouse as a computer access system for augmentative and alternative communication in cerebral palsy: A case study. Assistive Technology the Official Journal of RESNA, 36(3), 217-223. Doi:10.1080/10400435.2023.2242893

Wiltshire, C.E.E., Cler, G.J., Chiew, M., Freudenberger, J., Chesters, J., Healy, M.P., Hoole, P., & Watkins, K.E. (2024). Speaking to a metronome reduces kinematic variability in typical speakers and people who stutter. Plos One, 19(10 October). Doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0309612

2022

Krishnan, S., Cler, G.J., Smith, H.J., Willis, H.E., Asaridou, S.S., Healy, M.P., Papp, D., & Watkins, K.E. (2022). Quantitative MRI reveals differences in striatal myelin in children with DLD. Elife, 11. Doi:10.7554/eLife.74242

Mitchell, C.L., Cler, G.J., Fager, S.K., Contessa, P., Roy, S.H., De Luca, G., Kline, J.C., & Vojtech, J.M. (2022). Ability-Based Methods for Personalized Keyboard Generation. Multimodal Technologies and Interaction, 6(8). Doi:10.3390/mti6080067

Weerathunge, H.R., Alzamendi, G.A., Cler, G.J., Guenther, F.H., Stepp, C.E., & Zañartu, M. (2022). LaDIVA: A neurocomputational model providing laryngeal motor control for speech acquisition and production. Plos Computational Biology, 18(6). Doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010159

Mitchell, C., Cler, G., Fager, S., Contessa, P., Roy, S., De Luca, G., Kline, J., & Vojtech, J. (2022). Ability-based Keyboards for Augmentative and Alternative Communication: Understanding How Individuals' Movement Patterns Translate to More Efficient Keyboards: Methods to Generate Keyboards Tailored to User-specific Motor Abilities. Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Proceedings. Doi:10.1145/3491101.3519845

2021

Brown, K.M., Dahl, K.L., Cler, G.J., & Stepp, C.E. (2021). Listener Age and Gender Diversity: Effects on Voice-based Perception of Gender. Journal of Voice, 35(5), 739-745. Doi:10.1016/j.jvoice.2020.02.004

Cler, G.J., Krishnan, S., Papp, D., Wiltshire, C.E.E., Chesters, J., & Watkins, K.E. (2021). Elevated iron concentration in putamen and cortical speech motor network in developmental stuttering. Brain, 144(10), 2979-2984. Doi:10.1093/brain/awab283

Cler, G.J., Perkell, J.S., & Stepp, C.E. (2021). Oral configurations during vowel nasalization in English. Speech Communication, 129, 17-24. Doi:10.1016/j.specom.2021.02.005

Krishnan, S., Asaridou, S.S., Cler, G.J., Smith, H.J., Willis, H.E., Healy, M.P., Thompson, P.A., Bishop, D.V.M., & Watkins, K.E. (2021). Functional organisation for verb generation in children with developmental language disorder. Neuroimage, 226. Doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.117599

2020

Buckley, D.P., Dahl, K.L., Cler, G.J., & Stepp, C.E. (2020). Transmasculine Voice Modification: A Case Study. Journal of Voice, 34(6), 903-910. Doi:10.1016/j.jvoice.2019.05.003

Cler, G.J., McKenna, V.S., Dahl, K.L., & Stepp, C.E. (2020). Longitudinal Case Study of Transgender Voice Changes Under Testosterone Hormone Therapy. Journal of Voice, 34(5), 748-762. Doi:10.1016/j.jvoice.2019.03.006

Vojtech, J.M., Hablani, S., Cler, G.J., & Stepp, C.E. (2020). Integrated Head-Tilt and Electromyographic Cursor Control. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 28(6), 1442-1451. Doi:10.1109/TNSRE.2020.2987144

2019

Cler, G.J., Kolin, K.R., Noordzij, J.P., Vojtech, J.M., Fager, S.K., & Stepp, C.E. (2019). Optimized and predictive phonemic interfaces for augmentative and alternative communication. Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research, 62(7), 2065-2081. Doi:10.1044/2019_JSLHR-S-MSC18-18-0187

Vojtech, J.M., Noordzij, J.P., Cler, G.J., & Steppa, C.E. (2019). The effects of modulating fundamental frequency and speech rate on the intelligibility, communication efficiency, and perceived naturalness of synthetic speech. American Journal of Speech Language Pathology, 28(2 Special Issue), 875-886. Doi:10.1044/2019_AJSLP-MSC18-18-0052

2018

Heller Murray, E.S., Michener, C.M., Enflo, L., Cler, G.J., & Stepp, C.E. (2018). The Impact of Glottal Configuration on Speech Breathing. Journal of Voice, 32(4), 420-427. Doi:10.1016/j.jvoice.2017.07.001

Vojtech, J.M., Cler, G.J., & Stepp, C.E. (2018). Prediction of Optimal Facial Electromyographic Sensor Configurations for Human-Machine Interface Control. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 26(8), 1566-1576. Doi:10.1109/TNSRE.2018.2849202

2017

Cler, G.J., Lee, J.C., Mittelman, T., Stepp, C.E., & Bohland, J.W. (2017). Kinematic analysis of speech sound sequencing errors induced by delayed auditory feedback. Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research, 60(6Special Issue), 1695-1711. Doi:10.1044/2017_JSLHR-S-16-0234

Cler, G.J., Mittelman, T., Braden, M.N., Woodnorth, G.H., & Stepp, C.E. (2017). Video game rehabilitation of velopharyngeal dysfunction: A case series. Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research, 60(6Special Issue), 1800-1809. Doi:10.1044/2017_JSLHR-S-16-0231

Cler, G.J., & Stepp, C.E. (2017). Development and theoretical evaluation of optimized phonemic interfaces. Assets 2017 Proceedings of the 19th International ACM Sigaccess Conference on Computers and Accessibility, 230-239. Doi:10.1145/3132525.3132537