{"id":7784,"date":"2026-10-20T08:23:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T12:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rcm1.rcm.upr.edu\/eps\/?post_type=dt_team&#038;p=7784"},"modified":"2026-10-20T08:23:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T12:23:00","slug":"myriam-j-ortiz-torres-phd-ccc-slp","status":"publish","type":"dt_team","link":"https:\/\/rcm1.rcm.upr.edu\/eps\/dt_team\/myriam-j-ortiz-torres-phd-ccc-slp\/","title":{"rendered":"Myriam J. Ortiz Torres, PhD, CCC-SLP"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\" id=\"wpb-content-root\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]<div id=\"ultimate-heading-56706af011770c57a\" class=\"uvc-heading ult-adjust-bottom-margin ultimate-heading-56706af011770c57a uvc-9857 accent-subtitle-color\" data-hspacer=\"no_spacer\"  data-halign=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left\"><div class=\"uvc-heading-spacer no_spacer\" style=\"top\"><\/div><div class=\"uvc-main-heading ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='.uvc-heading.ultimate-heading-56706af011770c57a h2'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:30px;mobile_landscape:34px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:40px;mobile_landscape:44px;\"}' ><h2 style=\"font-weight:bold;color:#0a0a0a;margin-bottom:10px;\">Myriam J. 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Ortiz Torres, PhD, CCC-SLP\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div>[vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Contact Info<\/strong><\/span>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"uavc-list-icon uavc-list-icon-wrapper ult-adjust-bottom-margin   \"><ul class=\"uavc-list\"><li><div class=\"uavc-list-content\" id=\"list-icon-wrap-3044\">\n<div class=\"uavc-list-icon  \" data-animation=\"\" data-animation-delay=\"03\" style=\"margin-right:5px;\"><div class=\"ult-just-icon-wrapper  \"><div class=\"align-icon\" style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<div class=\"aio-icon none \"  style=\"color:#ffffff;font-size:32px;display:inline-block;\">\n\t<i class=\"icomoon-the7-font-the7-mail-03\"><\/i>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><span  data-ultimate-target='#list-icon-wrap-3044 .uavc-list-desc'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  class=\"uavc-list-desc ult-responsive\" style=\"\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><a style=\"color: #ffffff;\" href=\"mailto:myriam.ortiz3@upr.edu\">myriam.ortiz3@upr.edu<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/li><li><div class=\"uavc-list-content\" id=\"list-icon-wrap-6042\">\n<div class=\"uavc-list-icon  \" data-animation=\"\" data-animation-delay=\"03\" style=\"margin-right:5px;\"><div class=\"ult-just-icon-wrapper  \"><div class=\"align-icon\" style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<div class=\"aio-icon none \"  style=\"color:#ffffff;font-size:32px;display:inline-block;\">\n\t<i class=\"icomoon-the7-font-the7-map-05\"><\/i>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><span  data-ultimate-target='#list-icon-wrap-6042 .uavc-list-desc'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  class=\"uavc-list-desc ult-responsive\" style=\"\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Speech-Language Pathology Program<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">School of Health Professions<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Medical Sciences Campus<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">PO Box 365067<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">San Juan, Puerto Rico<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">00936-5067<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/li><li><div class=\"uavc-list-content\" id=\"list-icon-wrap-8849\">\n<div class=\"uavc-list-icon  \" data-animation=\"\" data-animation-delay=\"03\" style=\"margin-right:5px;\"><div class=\"ult-just-icon-wrapper  \"><div class=\"align-icon\" style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<div class=\"aio-icon none \"  style=\"color:#ffffff;font-size:32px;display:inline-block;\">\n\t<i class=\"icomoon-the7-font-the7-phone-071\"><\/i>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><span  data-ultimate-target='#list-icon-wrap-8849 .uavc-list-desc'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  class=\"uavc-list-desc ult-responsive\" style=\"\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">(787) 758-2525 X 4401<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>[vc_column_text]<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Education<\/strong><\/span>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"standard-arrow list-divider bullet-top\"><ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Bachillerato en Biolog\u00eda de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de R\u00edo Piedras<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Maestr\u00eda en Des\u00f3rdenes de la Comunicaci\u00f3n de la Universidad de Massachusetts en Amherst<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Doctorado en Filosof\u00eda, Estudios Hisp\u00e1nicos de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de R\u00edo Piedras<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\t\t<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_column_text]Myriam J. Ortiz Torres, PhD, CCC-SLP is a speech-language pathologist with more than 30 years of experience across diverse clinical settings, including acute rehabilitation and neurogenic communication and swallowing disorders. She holds a PhD in Hispanic Linguistics from the University of Puerto Rico, R\u00edo Piedras Campus, and a master\u2019s degree in Communication Disorders from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.<\/p>\n<p>Her research focuses on the sociophonetic study of Spanish vowels and voice, particularly the phenomenon of vocal fry. Her clinical interests include speech sound disorders, voice, stuttering, aphasia, and adult cognitive-communication and swallowing disorders.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Ortiz has experience in clinical, administrative, and teaching roles within higher education and healthcare settings. She currently contributes to the academic and clinical training of graduate students through teaching in the School of Health Professions at the University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus, while continuing to provide direct clinical services in an acute rehabilitation hospital. She serves as principal investigator of a Parkinson Voice Project\u2013funded initiative through which Puerto Rico was designated as a SPEAK OUT!\u00ae Therapy and Research Center. In addition, she serves as a member of the site visitor pool for the Council on Academic Accreditation (CAA) of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA).[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space]<div id=\"ultimate-heading-68816af011770d5d6\" class=\"uvc-heading ult-adjust-bottom-margin ultimate-heading-68816af011770d5d6 uvc-3310  uvc-heading-default-font-sizes\" data-hspacer=\"no_spacer\"  data-halign=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left\"><div class=\"uvc-heading-spacer no_spacer\" style=\"top\"><\/div><div class=\"uvc-main-heading ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='.uvc-heading.ultimate-heading-68816af011770d5d6 h3'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}' ><h3 style=\"font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:30px;\">COURSES CURRENTLY TAUGHT<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"uvc-sub-heading ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='.uvc-heading.ultimate-heading-68816af011770d5d6 .uvc-sub-heading '  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"font-weight:normal;\">PHAL 6106 Linguistics and Acoustics in Communication Sciences and Disorders<\/p>\n<p>PHAL 6417 Neuroscience of the Cognitive Communicative and Swallowing Mechanisms<\/p>\n<p>PHAL 6118 Voice and Resonance Disorders<\/p>\n<p>PHAL 6519 Articulation Problems &amp; Phonological Disorders<\/p>\n<p>HLAG 6300 Basic Concepts of Linguistics Psycholinguistics and Psychoacustics<\/div><\/div>[vc_empty_space]<div id=\"ultimate-heading-72906af011770d61d\" class=\"uvc-heading ult-adjust-bottom-margin ultimate-heading-72906af011770d61d uvc-3120  uvc-heading-default-font-sizes\" data-hspacer=\"no_spacer\"  data-halign=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left\"><div class=\"uvc-heading-spacer no_spacer\" style=\"top\"><\/div><div class=\"uvc-main-heading ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='.uvc-heading.ultimate-heading-72906af011770d61d h3'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}' ><h3 style=\"font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:30px;\">PUBLICATIONS AND CONFERENCES<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"uvc-sub-heading ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='.uvc-heading.ultimate-heading-72906af011770d61d .uvc-sub-heading '  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"font-weight:normal;\"><strong>Publicaciones acad\u00e9micas y de investigaci\u00f3n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Caraballo-Lopez, Y., Costello, E., &amp; Ortiz, M. J., Facilitators and barriers to home exercise program (HEP) adherence in aphasia: SLP perspectives from the U.S. and Puerto Rico. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology (aceptado para publicaci\u00f3n, 2026). <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1044\/2026_AJSLP-25-00179\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1044\/2026_AJSLP-25-00179<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ortiz Torres, M. J. (2026, September 18). From my perspective\/opinion: Vocal fry: Pathology or variation? The ASHA LeaderLive. <a href=\"https:\/\/leader.pubs.asha.org\/do\/10.1044\/leader.FMP1.31092026.slp-vocal-fry-puerto-rico.8\/full\/\">https:\/\/leader.pubs.asha.org\/do\/10.1044\/leader.FMP1.31092026.slp-vocal-fry-puerto-rico.8\/full\/ <\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ortiz-Torres, M. J. (2025). \u00bfPatolog\u00eda o variaci\u00f3n? Una mirada socioling\u00fc\u00edstica al vocal fry. Organizaci\u00f3n Puertorrique\u00f1a de Profesionales del Habla-Lenguaje y Audici\u00f3n (OPPHLA), 40(1).<\/li>\n<li>Ortiz-Torres, M. J. (2023). La glotalizaci\u00f3n de las vocales puertorrique\u00f1as. Organizaci\u00f3n Puertorrique\u00f1a de Profesionales del Habla-Lenguaje y Audici\u00f3n (OPPHLA), 39(1).<\/li>\n<li>Ortiz-Torres, M. J. (2022). \u00bfGlotalizar o no glotalizar las vocales? Variaci\u00f3n sociofon\u00e9tica en j\u00f3venes puertorrique\u00f1as. Disertaci\u00f3n doctoral, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de R\u00edo Piedras.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Publicaciones profesionales y comunitarias<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Llir\u00e1n, L., Pag\u00e1n, P., Ramos, N., &amp; Ortiz, M. Aprendizaje continuo: beneficios para el cuidador y su ser querido. AARP Puerto Rico, 2024.<\/li>\n<li>Ortiz, M., &amp; Topp, V. Tratamiento avanzado para la tartamudez. Organizaci\u00f3n Puertorrique\u00f1a de Patolog\u00eda del Habla, Lenguaje y Audici\u00f3n (OPPHLA), 26(1), 2008.<\/li>\n<li>Ortiz, M. \u00bfQui\u00e9n es el Pat\u00f3logo del Habla? En Salud, 1(11), 2007.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Presentaciones y conferencias seleccionadas<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tragado y habla en ALS. 5to Simposio para Pacientes con Esclerosis Lateral Amiotr\u00f3fica y sus Familiares, Universidad de Puerto Rico School of Medicine, 2026.<\/li>\n<li>Manejo de tragado. 4to Simposio para Pacientes con Esclerosis Lateral Amiotr\u00f3fica y sus Familiares, Universidad de Puerto Rico School of Medicine, 2025.<\/li>\n<li>Variation in Vocalic Creak of Young Puerto Rican Women (Technical session), 2024 ASHA Convention, Seattle, WA, USA, 2024<\/li>\n<li>Speech Therapy for People with Parkinson (student project \/ supervised). Convenci\u00f3n del Colegio de M\u00e9dicos Cirujanos de Puerto Rico, Bayam\u00f3n, Puerto Rico, 2024.<\/li>\n<li>\u00bfGlotalizar o no glotalizar las vocales? Variaci\u00f3n sociofon\u00e9tica en j\u00f3venes puertorrique\u00f1as, Universidad de Puerto Rico, R\u00edo Piedras, Puerto Rico, 2022.<\/li>\n<li>La voz glotalizada en Puerto Rico: variaci\u00f3n socioling\u00fc\u00edstica, Hispanic Linguistic Symposium 2019, Universidad de Texas El Paso, El Paso, Texas, USA, 2019.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content&#8221; bg_type=&#8221;bg_color&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_column_text]Myriam J. Ortiz Torres, PhD, CCC-SLP is a speech-language pathologist with more than 30 years of experience across diverse clinical settings, including acute rehabilitation and neurogenic communication and swallowing disorders. 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