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
Ongoing studies, active grants, and research initiatives.
Publications
Browse peer-reviewed publications, conference proceedings, and scholarly contributions.
Research Impact
Explore how our research influences clinical practice, education, and patient outcomes.
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.