Brett, PhD, CCC-SLP
@brett-welch.me
I study why and how you use your vocal cords • Asst Professor and biostatistician • voice therapist • psych, personality, quant, measurement, communication, and open science enthusiast • radically queer
📍HTX
www.brett-welch.me
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www.brett-welch.me
Hot off the press! Examining the factor structure of the Voice Disability Coping Questionnaire in individuals with laryngeal dystonia and essential vocal tremor
pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/...
pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/...
Examining the Factor Structure of the Voice Disability Coping Questionnaire in Individuals With Laryngeal Dystonia and Essential Vocal Tremor
Purpose: The purpose of this study is twofold. First, we sought to replicate the
reported factor structure of the Voice Disability Coping Questio...
pubs.asha.org
October 22, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Hot off the press! Examining the factor structure of the Voice Disability Coping Questionnaire in individuals with laryngeal dystonia and essential vocal tremor
pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/...
pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/...
Interested in a PhD in Communication Sciences & Disorders? Register for our upcoming Virtual Information Session!
Learn more about the University of Houston's PhD program at uh.edu/class/comd/p...
Learn more about the University of Houston's PhD program at uh.edu/class/comd/p...
September 15, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Interested in a PhD in Communication Sciences & Disorders? Register for our upcoming Virtual Information Session!
Learn more about the University of Houston's PhD program at uh.edu/class/comd/p...
Learn more about the University of Houston's PhD program at uh.edu/class/comd/p...
I’m so grateful for my time here at KU’s Department of Psychology!
I’ve been so lucky to meet some amazing colleagues and friends. I’m looking forward to the next chapter and for the inevitable future collaborations ^_^
I’ve been so lucky to meet some amazing colleagues and friends. I’m looking forward to the next chapter and for the inevitable future collaborations ^_^
July 18, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I’m so grateful for my time here at KU’s Department of Psychology!
I’ve been so lucky to meet some amazing colleagues and friends. I’m looking forward to the next chapter and for the inevitable future collaborations ^_^
I’ve been so lucky to meet some amazing colleagues and friends. I’m looking forward to the next chapter and for the inevitable future collaborations ^_^
I started using @zen-browser.app and I kinda really love it!
June 11, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I started using @zen-browser.app and I kinda really love it!
Using Quarto for presentations has been a game changer
May 20, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Using Quarto for presentations has been a game changer
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The trait theory of voice disorders (TTVD) provided a unified framework to understand these relationships. This study re-examines the TTVD by adopting current theories and methods from personality science.
@sigperspectives.bsky.social
@sigperspectives.bsky.social
Integrating Advances in Personality Science to Re-Examine the Trait Theory of Voice Disorders
Purpose: Voice disorders associated with vocal hyperfunction are some of the most
common vocal pathologies. Certain personality traits are though...
pubs.asha.org
May 9, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The trait theory of voice disorders (TTVD) provided a unified framework to understand these relationships. This study re-examines the TTVD by adopting current theories and methods from personality science.
@sigperspectives.bsky.social
@sigperspectives.bsky.social
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NEW: Trump lawyers have repeatedly said that the administration is complying with a federal court order stopping it from cutting transgender research funding.
New whistleblower records contradict those claims.
By @anniewaldman.bsky.social
New whistleblower records contradict those claims.
By @anniewaldman.bsky.social
Trump’s NIH Axed Research Grants Even After a Judge Blocked the Cuts, Internal Records Show
A lawsuit led by the Washington state attorney general offers an unprecedented view of the termination of more than 600 NIH grants, including transgender research grants threatened by Trump’s executiv...
www.propublica.org
May 7, 2025 at 9:17 PM
NEW: Trump lawyers have repeatedly said that the administration is complying with a federal court order stopping it from cutting transgender research funding.
New whistleblower records contradict those claims.
By @anniewaldman.bsky.social
New whistleblower records contradict those claims.
By @anniewaldman.bsky.social
Interested in how personality traits relate to some of the most common voice disorders? Fresh off the press!
pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/...
pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/...
Integrating Advances in Personality Science to Re-Examine the Trait Theory of Voice Disorders
Purpose: Voice disorders associated with vocal hyperfunction are some of the most
common vocal pathologies. Certain personality traits are though...
pubs.asha.org
May 5, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Interested in how personality traits relate to some of the most common voice disorders? Fresh off the press!
pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/...
pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/...
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CHIN UP, DORKS!
Last time I checked, the fat lady hasn’t sung her song.
It’s not over. Science isn’t dead.
UNITE AND FIGHT ✊🏼🖤
#Standupforscience
#scienceforall
Last time I checked, the fat lady hasn’t sung her song.
It’s not over. Science isn’t dead.
UNITE AND FIGHT ✊🏼🖤
#Standupforscience
#scienceforall
April 24, 2025 at 4:43 PM
CHIN UP, DORKS!
Last time I checked, the fat lady hasn’t sung her song.
It’s not over. Science isn’t dead.
UNITE AND FIGHT ✊🏼🖤
#Standupforscience
#scienceforall
Last time I checked, the fat lady hasn’t sung her song.
It’s not over. Science isn’t dead.
UNITE AND FIGHT ✊🏼🖤
#Standupforscience
#scienceforall
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This administration has fired crisis counselors for our veterans and now for kids. This bullshit doesn’t make us great.
Any one of these calls could be life or death for a child. This senseless act of cruelty will kill people and they know it.
Any one of these calls could be life or death for a child. This senseless act of cruelty will kill people and they know it.
April 23, 2025 at 1:22 AM
This administration has fired crisis counselors for our veterans and now for kids. This bullshit doesn’t make us great.
Any one of these calls could be life or death for a child. This senseless act of cruelty will kill people and they know it.
Any one of these calls could be life or death for a child. This senseless act of cruelty will kill people and they know it.
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So, either universities put their big girl pants on and stand up to Trump
OR
The entire enterprise of biomedical research in the US collapses.
www.statnews.com/2025/04/21/t...
OR
The entire enterprise of biomedical research in the US collapses.
www.statnews.com/2025/04/21/t...
NIH bans all future grants to universities with DEI programs or Israel boycotts
NIH prohibited the awarding of new grants to institutions that have DEI programs or boycott Israeli companies
www.statnews.com
April 21, 2025 at 10:57 PM
So, either universities put their big girl pants on and stand up to Trump
OR
The entire enterprise of biomedical research in the US collapses.
www.statnews.com/2025/04/21/t...
OR
The entire enterprise of biomedical research in the US collapses.
www.statnews.com/2025/04/21/t...
I'm very excited to officially announce that I'll be joining the University of Houston's Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders' faculty this fall!
What's a piece of advice or wisdom that you were told or wish you had been told going into your first Assistant Professor position? 😅
What's a piece of advice or wisdom that you were told or wish you had been told going into your first Assistant Professor position? 😅
![University of Houston letterhead
April 7, 2025
Brett Welch
[redacted address]
Dear Brett Welch,
Upon the recommendation of the search committee and with the approval of the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost, I am pleased to offer you a position as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Houston.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:e72o6cwcc726bsani2ly6vn6/bafkreianbvmuvzp7whma3v5bibmbxibsn4xognedqm52h3xgcki5xpc5rq@jpeg)
April 21, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I'm very excited to officially announce that I'll be joining the University of Houston's Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders' faculty this fall!
What's a piece of advice or wisdom that you were told or wish you had been told going into your first Assistant Professor position? 😅
What's a piece of advice or wisdom that you were told or wish you had been told going into your first Assistant Professor position? 😅
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DSM: Ok let’s try one more time. This time will be better. Promise 😉
Latent variable models: Ok you have to admit this is mathier.
Network models: Even mathier. Also here’s a cool analogy about lake ecology. What if humans?
TikTok: Humming songs is ADHD which means your brain is wrong
Latent variable models: Ok you have to admit this is mathier.
Network models: Even mathier. Also here’s a cool analogy about lake ecology. What if humans?
TikTok: Humming songs is ADHD which means your brain is wrong
April 6, 2025 at 3:53 PM
DSM: Ok let’s try one more time. This time will be better. Promise 😉
Latent variable models: Ok you have to admit this is mathier.
Network models: Even mathier. Also here’s a cool analogy about lake ecology. What if humans?
TikTok: Humming songs is ADHD which means your brain is wrong
Latent variable models: Ok you have to admit this is mathier.
Network models: Even mathier. Also here’s a cool analogy about lake ecology. What if humans?
TikTok: Humming songs is ADHD which means your brain is wrong
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If you’re ever feeling embarrassed about a blunder at work, read this and remember it’s probably not that bad.
And here I thought nothing could surprise me anymore.
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 6:44 PM
If you’re ever feeling embarrassed about a blunder at work, read this and remember it’s probably not that bad.
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This is one of the biggest threats to Americans' personal data in decades. If you're a 23andMe customer, I strongly urge you to delete your data to protect it from whoever the new buyer might be. Here’s how:
March 24, 2025 at 6:13 PM
This is one of the biggest threats to Americans' personal data in decades. If you're a 23andMe customer, I strongly urge you to delete your data to protect it from whoever the new buyer might be. Here’s how:
In Rihanna's 2016 song Work, she famously sang
"Nuh body touch me you nuh righteous
Nuh badda, text me in a crisis"
Today we ask, was Rihanna also in the group chat? Would war plans constitute a crisis?
"Nuh body touch me you nuh righteous
Nuh badda, text me in a crisis"
Today we ask, was Rihanna also in the group chat? Would war plans constitute a crisis?
March 24, 2025 at 8:59 PM
In Rihanna's 2016 song Work, she famously sang
"Nuh body touch me you nuh righteous
Nuh badda, text me in a crisis"
Today we ask, was Rihanna also in the group chat? Would war plans constitute a crisis?
"Nuh body touch me you nuh righteous
Nuh badda, text me in a crisis"
Today we ask, was Rihanna also in the group chat? Would war plans constitute a crisis?
the white house home shopping network of it all...
March 12, 2025 at 7:56 PM
the white house home shopping network of it all...
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Linguistic and cultural diversity in #aphasia research: #SLPeeps #neuropsychology 1/6
Guidelines and recommendations for cross-linguistic aphasia assessment: a review of 10 years of comprehensive aphasia test adaptations: Aphasiology: Vol 0, No 0 www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Guidelines and recommendations for cross-linguistic aphasia assessment: a review of 10 years of comprehensive aphasia test adaptations: Aphasiology: Vol 0, No 0 www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Guidelines and recommendations for cross-linguistic aphasia assessment: a review of 10 years of comprehensive aphasia test adaptations
Standardised aphasia assessment tools may not always be available in a variety of languages, posing challenges for speech and language therapists to adequately assess and diagnose aphasia in speake...
www.tandfonline.com
March 11, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Linguistic and cultural diversity in #aphasia research: #SLPeeps #neuropsychology 1/6
Guidelines and recommendations for cross-linguistic aphasia assessment: a review of 10 years of comprehensive aphasia test adaptations: Aphasiology: Vol 0, No 0 www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Guidelines and recommendations for cross-linguistic aphasia assessment: a review of 10 years of comprehensive aphasia test adaptations: Aphasiology: Vol 0, No 0 www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
can confirm
it's called throwback because if you recognize the songs you're likely to throw out your back. not many people know this
March 11, 2025 at 6:13 PM
can confirm
Trying to celebrate the little things amidst all the chaos - just submitted another manuscript for peer review!
March 8, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Trying to celebrate the little things amidst all the chaos - just submitted another manuscript for peer review!
Finally made the Bayesian leap for MLM and not gonna go back!
February 28, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Finally made the Bayesian leap for MLM and not gonna go back!