Speech & Feeding Disorders Lab

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Our focus is on communication. The SFDL is dedicated to advancing knowledge and clinical practice through basic and applied research on speech and swallowing disorders.

Speech Impairments from ALS

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Small movements of the face are reconstructed for a diagnosis and treatment plan

Like Barbells for the Face

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Helping face transplant patients regain communicating and eating

Lab Team

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Jordan R. Green, PhD, CCC-SLP, FASHA

Chief Scientific Advisor Matina Souretis Horner Professor in Rehabilitation Sciences Director of the Speech and Feeding Disorders Lab Office of Provost Communication Sciences and Disorders

Jordan R. Green, PhD, CCC-SLP, FASHA

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Kathryn Connaghan, PhD, CCC-SLP

Assistant Professor Communication Sciences and Disorders

Kathryn Connaghan, PhD, CCC-SLP

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