Qualifications
- DPhil: Investigating Speech Motor Control Using Vocal Tract Imaging, fMRI, and Brain Stimulation
University of Oxford, 2020
Research Interests
Dr. Wiltshire's research aims to understand the neural control of speech production, with a specific interest in developmental stuttering.
During her postdoctoral fellowship at the Institute for Phonetics and Speech Processing, Ludwig-Maximillains-University (LMU), Munich she combined brain stimulation techniques (Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation) and articulography (Electromagneticarticulography, vocal tract MRI) to investigate the neural processes underlying the initiation and inhibition of speech movements in people who stutter and people who are typically fluent.
Dr. Wiltshire completed her DPhil at the University of Oxford in 2020, with Kate Watkins. During her DPhil, she contributed to a large randomised control trial looking at whether tDCS can enhance fluency in people who stutter (INSTEP trial). Within this, she used a range of techniques, including tDCS, TMS and brain and vocal tract MRI, to investigate the neural control of speech in people who stutter and people who are typically fluent.
Postgraduate Project Opportunities
I am willing to supervise a PhD
Publications
2024
- PublishedSpeaking to a metronome reduces kinematic variability in typical speakers and people who stutter.
Wiltshire, C., Cler, G. J., Chiew, M., Freudenberger, J., Chesters, J., Healy, M. P., Hoole, P. & Watkins, K. E., 16 Oct 2024, In: PLoS ONE.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2022
- PublishedCharacteristics of articulatory gestures in stuttered speech: A case study using real-time magnetic resonance imaging
Lu, Y., Wiltshire, C. E. E., Watkins, K. E., Chiew, M. & Goldstein, L., 10 Apr 2022, In: Journal of Communication Disorders. 97, 106213.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2021
- PublishedElevated iron concentration in putamen and cortical speech motor network in developmental stuttering
Cler, G. J., Krishnan, S., Papp, D., Wiltshire, C. E. E., Chesters, J. & Watkins, K. E., 29 Nov 2021, In: Brain: A journal of Neurology. 144, 10, p. 2979-2984 6 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedSpeech Movement Variability in People Who Stutter: A Vocal Tract Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study
Wiltshire, C. E. E., Chiew, M., Chesters, J., Healy, M. P. & Watkins, K. E., 16 Jul 2021, In: Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research. 64, 7, p. 2438-2452 15 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2020
- PublishedFailure of tDCS to modulate motor excitability and speech motor learning
Wiltshire, C. E. E. & Watkins, K. E., Sept 2020, In: Neuropsychologia. 146, p. 107568
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Activities
2024
- Neuroscience Spotlight at the Senedd
Neuroscience and Mental Health Research: Spotlight on Wales
Presentation at the Senedd to MS at British Neuroscience Association event.
17 Sep 2024
Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)
2023
- North Wales Speech and Language Exchange (External organisation)
Co-creator and committee member for the North Wales Speech and Language Exchange. This is a new initiative to bring together clinicians, researchers and the public who have an interest in speech, language and communication in North Wales.
17 Oct 2023 →
Activity: Membership of network (Chair) - The North Wales Speech and Language Exchange
The inaugural event to kick-off The North Wales Speech and Language Exchange: a new initiative to foster engagement between the public, clinicians, and Bangor University researchers with a personal or professional interest in speech, language, and communication needs.
17 Oct 2023
Links:
Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Organiser)
Projects
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01/01/2024 – 15/01/2025 (Active)
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Movement control in people who stutter: a whole system approach
01/12/2023 – 30/04/2025 (Active)