Alumni

Ph.D.
M. Dimov	2001-2007	Profiling of oro-pharyngeal dysphagia – Etiological correlates and associated outcomes (not completed)
B. Kelly	2003-2006	The Role of the Cerebral Cortex in the Coordination of Respiration and Swallowing in Humans
L. Leow	2004-2008	Mechanisms of airway protection in Parkinson’s disease
S. Doeltgen	2006-2008	The Effects of Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation of the Submental Muscle Group on the Excitability of Corticobulbar Projections
P. Macrae	2008-2012	Measurement of Biomechanical and Neurophysiological Change Associated with Swallowing Rehabilitation
N. Abdul-Wahab	2007-2012	Modulation of Swallowing Behaviour by Olfactory and Gustatory Stimulation
O. Sella	2008-2012	Strength vs Skill training in dysphagia management
A. Al-Toubi	2008-2013	The role of the primary motor cortex (M1) in pharyngeal swallowing.
A. Miles	2010-2013	Identifying Aspiration and Reducing Pneumonia in Stroke Patients using Cough Reflex Testing
O.Apperley	2012-2015	Management of Xerostomia following radiotherapy: A clinical trial of a novel emulsion for potential use as a saliva substitute.
K. Lamvik	2013-2016	Modulation of spontaneous and volitional swallowing: Methodological and behavioural analyses
S. Davies	2013-2016	Predicting and preventing aspiration pneumonia in patients with acute stroke and dysphagia
M. Kallessen	2013-2016	Cough Reflex Following Orotracheal Intubation: Presence and recovery of the cough reflex after extubation and validity of Cough Reflex Testing
MSLT/MSc
T. Coombes	2000-2001	Repeatability of the acoustic swallowing pattern in normal subjects
S. Fitzgerald	2000-2002	Perception of Muscle Strength With and Without Biofeedback During Swallowing and Fist Clenching Tasks In Patients With Dysphagia
R. Mustaffa-Kamal	2002-2003	Profiling of Dysphagia of Patients Admitted to a Stroke Ward: A Retrospective Study
B. Kelly	2002-2003	A methodological analysis of the dual task paradigm as a measure of cerebral dominance of swallowing
S Sharma	2002-2003	The Influence of Taste of Swallowing Apnoea
L. Ragg	2003-2004	The Role of the Cerebral Cortex in the Coordination of Respiration and Swallowing in Infants
S. Doeltgen	2004-2005	Evaluation of Pharyngeal Surface-EMG Measures During Swallowing Manoeuvres
U. Witte	2004-2005	Variability in pharyngeal Surface-EMG measures as a function of bolus
I. Low	2004-2005	A study of variability in clinical surface electromyography recording of submental muscles activity in healthy participants
P. Macrae	2007-PhD	Investigating cortical contribution to motor planning of volitional and reflexive swallows using the Bereitschaftspotential
C. Erne	2007-2008	Monitoring natural progression of dysphagic symptoms in stroke
M. Monroe	2008-2009	Citric Acid Inhalation Cough Challenge: Establishing Normative Data
E. Necus	2008-2010	Semg Biofeedback As A Tool To Improve Oral Motor ControL And Functional Swallowing In School Age Children With Cerebral Palsy: a Case Series
C. Winkelman	2009-2010	Variability in Ultrasound Measurement of Hyoid Displacement and Submental Muscle Size Within and Across Sessions Using Two Methods of Data Acquisition in Healthy Participants
M. McFarlane	2010-2012	Changes in Laryngeal Cough Threshold Sensitivity and PAS (Penetration Aspiration Scale) Score Within the Acute Post-Stroke Stage
S. Moore	2010-2012	A correlational study of cough sensitivity to citric acid and radiographic features of airway compromise
R. Athukorala	2011-2012	Skill Training for Swallowing Rehabilitation in Individuals with Parkinson’s Disease
S. Davies	2011-2012	The influence of a jaw opening exercise (JOE) on 2D submental muscle area and anterior hyoid excursion in healthy adults
H. How	2011-2012	The Influence of Different Modalities in the Interpretation of Cough Reflex
C. Chester	2012-2014	Electrical-Impedance Biofeedback Instrument for Swallowing Rehabilitation
H. Kelly	2012-2014	The Effect of Titrated Fentanyl on Cough Response in Healthy Participants
A. Lippitt	2013-2015	Development of Bioimpedance based Swallowing Biofeedback Device with Smart Device Integration
W. Cossou	2013-2015	The Prevalence of Aspiration Pneumonia in Rest Home Residents
A. Emslie	2013-2015	Validity of the Test of Mastication and Swallowing of Solids in Parkinson’s Disease
C.Mills	2015-2016	Measuring voluntary and reflexive cough strength in healthy individuals
W. Ng	2015-2016	Validation of the Test of Masticating and Swallowing Solids (TOMASS)
Thesis only German exchange students
E. Schurrmann	2007	The influence of olfaction on swallowing-respiratory coordination and submental muscle contraction (Munich)
S. Bauer	2009	The effects of exercises on suprahyoid muscles and hyoid movement during swallowing in healthy individuals: investigation by ultrasound (Beilefeld)
F. Heck	2010	Immediate and longer term effects of submental neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) on pharyngeal pressure generation in healthy adults. (Beilefeld)
BSLT Honours
F. Gumbley	2004-2005	Evaluation of Pharyngeal Surface-EMG Measures as a function of bolus size
A. Abu-Hijleh	2008-2009	The effects of swallowing on motor evoked potentials at the submental muscle group.
A. Al-Toubi	2008-2009	Intrasubject reproducibility of the Bereitschaftspotential associated with volitional swallowing
E. Nijhof	2008-2009	The influence of olfaction and gustation of surface EMG of the submental muscles during swallowing.
B. Han	2009-2010	An electrical-impedance biofeedback instrument for swallowing rehabilitation
A. Collings	2009-2010	Normative Data for Temporal Measures of Pharyngeal Pressure Using Manometry
B. Hagar	2009-2010	Measurement of Pharyngeal Manometric Data: a Methods Study
R. Roetts	2009-2010	Clinical measurement of a Four Channel Pharyngeal Surface - EMG catheter under two swallowing conditions: Non-effortful and Effortful Swallowing
R. Bennett	2011-2012	Citric acid inhalation cough challenge: Normative data for under 60 population
K. Manco	2011-2012	Citric Inhalation Cough Reflex Testing: Normative Data for over 60 population
A. Nicholas	2011-2012	Development of a pharyngeal impedance biofeedback device for swallowing rehabilitation (ENG)
T. McIntosh	2012-2013	Validating the Test of Masticating and Swallowing Solids TOMASS
C. Kengmana	2012-2013	Pharyngeal Stimulation paired with Behavioural Rehabilitation of pharyngeal mis-sequencing: A Pilot Study
W. Fletcher	2012-2013	Pharyngeal Stimulation paired with Behavioural Rehabilitation of pharyngeal mis-sequencing: A Pilot Study
A. Eastwood	2013-2014	Ethnicity in swallowing pathophysiology
R. Tinney	2013-2014	Coordination of cough and respiration: differential identification of reflexive vs volitional cough
D. Waterhouse	2013-2014	Effect of cough reflex testing in nurse dysphagia screening
C. Sampson	2013-2014	Validation of cough reflex testing to VFSS
K. Ombler	2013-2014	Bacterial development in nebulization for cough reflex testing
L.Fuller	2013-2014	Objective Measurement of Oral Preparation of Solid Foods: Normative Data for the Test of Masticating and Swallowing Solids
Research Supervision as secondary supervisor
J. Marchant	2005	Treatment of articulatory impairment in a child with spastic dysarthria associated with cerebral palsy (MSc)
R Kaipa	2009-2012	Effect of principles of motor learning on speech and nonspeech motor learning(PhD)
Visiting Clinical Research fellows
I. Battel	2012	Italy
F. Schradt	2011	Germany
S. Wild	2009	Germany
J. Wilmskoetter	2008	Germany
A. Hofmayer	2003	Germany
K. Erfmann	2013	Germany
S. Kaulmann-Sauer	2013	Germany
R. Woolgar	2013	England
K. Hetzler	2014	Germany
M. Weiland	2015	Germany
M. Enste	2015	Germany
V. Closs	2015	Germany
F. Moser	2016	Germany
P. Hjertstrand	2016	Sweden
A. Romeo	2016	Spain
S. Eberg	2016	Germany
J. Hirschwald	2016	Germany
J. vanderHyde	2016	Germany
M. Hawighorst	2017	Germany