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.