Swallow Physiology Laboratory

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Principal Investigator: Jeri A. Logemann, Ph.D. j-logemann@northwestern.edu

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Lab Location: Frances Searle Building 3-219


Lab Phone/Fax: (847) 491-2427; (847) 467-4704


Lab Staff

		Barbara Roa Pauloski, Associate Research Professor pauloski@merle.it.northwestern.edu
		Mary Malooly, Project Coordinator m-malooly@northwestern.edu
		Muveddet Harris, Project Coordinator m-harris4@northwestern.edu
		Mary Smessaert m-smessaert@northwestern.edu

Current Graduate Students:

Nicole Rogus: n-rogus@northwestern.edu

Lab Alumni:

Name Christina Smith Bonnie Martin Lisa Newman

Current Employer University College London, London, England Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, S.C.) Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C.)

Description of Lab Projects in Progress

• Biomechanics and Sensory Input of Swallow After Head & Neck Cancer
• Comparison of Two Therapies for UES Dysphagia
• Effects of Swallowing Therapy in Head and Neck Cancer
• Effects of LSVT on Dysphagia in Parkinson's Disease

Papers Related to Lab Projects

• Interactive computer program for biomechanical analysis of videoradiographic studies of swallowing
• Super-supraglottic swallow in irradiated head and neck cancer patients
• Temporal and biomechanical characteristics of oropharyngeal swallow in younger and older men
• Oropharyngeal swallow in younger and older women: Temporal and biomechanical characteristics
• Impact of tongue base and posterior pharyngeal wall biomechanics on pharyngeal clearance in irradiated postsurgical oral and oropharyngeal cancer patients
• Biomechanical analysis of the pharyngeal swallow in post-surgical patients with anterior tongue and floor of mouth resection and distal flap reconstruction
• Swallow Function and Perception of Dysphagia in Patients with Head and Neck Cancer