Research

Advancing Motor Speech Through Research

The Colorado Motor Speech Lab conducts research focused on motor speech disorders, clinical assessment, and evidence-based intervention. Explore our current projects, publications, and opportunities to participate in research studies.

Current Projects

Learn about the current projects driving the lab's research in motor speech disorders, clinical assessment, and speech motor control.

Respiration and Ataxia

We are preparing to conduct a study on respiration in ataxia. We are interested in how cerebellar incoordination affects breathing for speech and swallowing. Stay tuned!

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Publications

Browse peer-reviewed publications, conference proceedings, and scholarly contributions.

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Participate in Research

We are currently conducting research studies and recruiting participants to help advance our understanding of speech, breath control, laryngeal movement, and swallowing in neurological disorders.

We are recruiting:

  • Adults with spinocerebellar ataxia (any subtype) or Friedreich's ataxia
  • Parkinson's disease
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
  • Primary lateral sclerosis (PLS)
  • Huntington's disease
  • Multiple system atrophy (MSA)
  • Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP)
  • Multiple sclerosis (MS)
  • Stroke
  • Traumatic brain injury (TBI)
  • Cerebral palsy
  • Adults without neurological conditions to serve as control participants

Interested in participating? Contact us at allison.hilger@colorado.edu or complete our participant interest survey.