Publications

2024

Drulia, T., Szynkiewicz, S., Griffin, L., Mulheren, R., Murray, K., & Kamarunas, E. A comparison of lingual pressure generation measures using two devices in community dwelling, typically aging adults: An important clinical implication. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 67(2), 429-439. https://doi.org/10.1044/2023_JSLHR-23-00488

Kamarunas, E., Murray, K., Drulia, T., Szynkiewicz, S.H., Griffin, L., & Mulheren, R. Biofeedback and exercise load affect accuracy of tongue strength exercise performance. Under review.

2023

Griffin, L., Kamarunas, E., White, J., Kuo, C., & O’Donoghue, C. (2023). Dysphonia outperforms voice change as a clinical predictor of dysphagia. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 32, 2676-2690. https://doi.org/10.1044/2023_AJSLP-23-00018

Szynkiewicz, S.H., Drulia, T., Griffin, L., Mulheren, R., Murray, K., Lee, T., & Kamarunas, E. (2023). Flexibility for intensity dosing in lingual resistance exercises: A large randomized clinical trial in typically aging adults as proof of principle. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 32, 3021-3035. https://doi.org/10.1044/2023_AJSLP-23-00113 

2022

Kamarunas, E., Mulheren, R., Wong, S.M., Griffin, L., Ludlow, C.L. (2022). The feasibility of home-based treatment using vibratory stimulation in chronic severe dysphagia. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 31(6), 2539-2556. https://doi.org/10.1044/2022_AJSLP-22-00045.

Griffin, L., Kamarunas, E., Kuo, C., & O’Donoghue, C. (2022). Comparing amplitudes of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) to the sensorimotor cortex during swallowing. Experimental Brain Research, 240, 1811-1822. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-022-06381-z.

Kamarunas, E., Szynkiewicz, S., Griffin, L., & Drulia, T., Murray, K. (2022). Mental practice of lingual resistance and cortical plasticity in healthy older adults: An exploratory descriptive functional near-infrared spectroscopy study. Journal of Orofacial Myology and Myofunctional Therapy, 48(1), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.52010/ijom.2022.48.1.1.

2021

Szynkiewicz, S.H., Kamarunas, E., Drulia, T., Nobriga, C.V., Griffin, L., & O’Donoghue, C.R. (2021). A randomized controlled trial comparing physical and mental lingual exercise for healthy older adults. Dysphagia, 36, 474-482. http://doi.org/10.1007/s00455-020-10164-5.