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Dr. Elizabeth Oommen

Undergraduate Program Director, Professor
Speech Pathology and Audiology

Education

  • BASLP (Bachelors in Audiology & Speech Language Pathology) - Manipal University (India), 2007
  • MA (Speech Language Pathology) – Ohio University, 2009
  • PhD (Speech-Language Science) – Ohio University, 2013

Academic Interests

  • Quantifying normal swallowing function and dysphagia using objective tools such as sEMG, manometry, temporal and biomechanical measurements of oropharyngeal swallowing, etc.
  • Examining the contributions of oropharyngeal musculature in swallowing, and the effects of therapy exercises on oropharyngeal musculature and swallowing function
  • Using qualitative methodology to explore assessment and intervention practices in speech-language pathology, especially in the areas of motor speech disorders and dysphagia

Teaching focus

Teaching graduate and undergraduate courses focusing on swallowing and swallowing disorders, motor speech disorders, and voice disorders across the life span.

Research

Swallowing and swallowing disorders, motor speech disorders, natural speech and AAC interventions for children and adults with motor speech disorders

Publications

Natural speech and AAC intervention in childhood motor speech disorders: Not an either/or Situation

Upper esophageal sphincter opening during the swallow in stroke survivors.

Simultaneous Natural Speech and AAC Interventions for Children with Childhood Apraxia of Speech: Lessons from a Speech-Language Pathologist Focus Group

Elizabeth Oommen

Contact Me

1-616-526-6016
112 North Hall
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