Anne J. Olmstead
Advisory Committee, Leadership Initiative
498 Allen Road
University Park, PA 16802
Ph.D.
Speech Production and Perception
A Bio-Physiologically Integrated Approach to Studying Mechanisms of Swallow and Speech in Down Syndrome. Wilkinson, K. M. (PI), Madhavan, A., Etter, N., Lee, J., Olmstead, A., Miller, C. A., Sandberg, C., & Williams, D. (2023-2028). National Institutes of Health Project INCLUDE.
This grant examines the mechanisms underlying speech and swallow function in individuals with Down syndrome. We examine the relation of structural and functional characteristics associated with the genetic underpinnings of Down syndrome (trisomy 21) to the functional production of speech and of swallow. The team includes experts from across the CSD department in areas of clinical swallow measurement, oral somatosensation, speech production, speech perception, language, and brain imaging.