Department of Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences

SUSAN LANGMORE

Clinical Professor, Department of Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences

Professor, Otolarynogology, Boston University Medical School

Phone 617- 414 -1753 (at Boston University Medical Center)
Email langmore@bu.edu

1966 B.A. University of California, Los Angeles (Psychology)
1968 M.A. Stanford University
1980 PhD Northwestern University (Speech Language Pathology)

COURSES TAUGHT AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY
SAR 721 Motor Speech Disorders
SAR 738 Dysphagia
SAR 739 Advanced Dysphagia

SCHOLARLY AND PRACTICE INTERESTS

Swallowing and swallowing disorders, Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES) and Modified Barium Swallow evaluation procedures, treatment of dysphagia, outcomes of dysphagia, motor speech disorders

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Langmore SE, Schatz K, Olsen N: Fiberoptic endoscopic examination of swallowing safety: a new procedure. Dysphagia, 2: 4, 216-219, 1988.

Langmore S, Schatz K, Olson N: Endoscopic and videofluoroscopic evaluations of swallowing and aspiration. Ann Oto rhino laryn, 100: 678-681, 1991.
Langmore SE and Logemann, JA: After the clinical bedside swallowing examination, what's next? Am J Speech-Lang Path, 1:1, 13-20, 1991.
Langmore SE: Managing the complications of aspiration in dysphagic adults. Sem Speech Language, 12:3, 199-208, 1991.
Langmore SE and Lehman M: The orofacial deficit and dysarthria in ALS. J Speech Hear Res, 37, 28-37, 1994.
Langmore S. and Miller R. Behavioral treatment for adults with oropharyngeal dysphagia Arch Phys Med Rehab, 75, 1154-1160, 1994.
Miller R. and Langmore SE Treatment efficacy for adults with oropharyngeal dysphagia. Arch Phys Med Rehab, 75: 1256-1262, 1994.
Langmore SE Efficacy of behavioral treatment for oropharyngeal dysphagia. Dysphagia, 10: 259-262, 1995.
Murray J, Langmore S, Ginsberg S, Dostie A: The significance of excess hypopharyngeal secretions in patients with dysphagia. Dysphagia , 11:99-103, 1996.
Langmore SE: Dysphagia in neurologic patients in the intensive care unit. Sem in Neurology 16, 4: 329,340, 1996
Ship JA, Duffy V, Jones JA, Langmore SE: Geriatric oral health and its impact on eating. J Am Geriat Soc, 44:456-464, 1996.
Langmore SE, Terpenning MS, Schork A, Chen Y, Murray JT, Lopatin D, Loesche WJ. Predictors of aspiration pneumonia: how important is dysphagia? Dysphagia, 13:2: 69-81, 1998.
Langmore SE. Issues in the management of dysphagia. Folia Phoniat Logopaed, 51:4: 219-28,1999.
Langmore SE. Risk factors for aspiration pneumonia. Nutrition in Clin Practice, 14;5:S41-46,1999
Langmore SE, Skarupski K, Parks, P, Fries B. Predictors of Aspiration Pneumonia in Nursing Home Residents. Dysphagia,17:4, 298-307, 2002.
Robbins J, Langmore S, Hind JA, Erlichman M. Dysphagia research in the 21st century and beyond: Proceedings from Dysphagia Experts Meeting, August 21, 2001. J Rehabil Res Developmt, 39, 4: 543-548, 2002.
Lomen-Hoerth C, Murphy J, Langmore SE, Kramer JH, Olney RK, Miller B. Are Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients cognitively normal? Neurology, Apr 8; 60 (7): 1094-7, 2003.
Robb GL, Lewin JS, Deschler DG, Haughey BH, Brown DH, Langmore SE, Lewin, JS. Speech and swallowing outcomes in reconstructions of the pharynx and cervical esophagus. Head & Neck, March, 25, 232-44, 2003
Langmore SE. FEES: A procedure for evaluating and managing patients with dysphagia. Journal of Japanese Soc of Dysphagia Rehabilitation, 2003.
Langmore SE. Evaluation of oropharyngeal dysphagia: Which diagnostic tool is superior? Curr Opin Otolaryng Head Neck Surg, 11:485-489, 2003.
VanDaele D, Langmore SE, Palmer, P, McCulloch T. Timing of glottic closure during swallowing: A combined electromyographic and endoscopic analysis. Ann Otol Rhin Laryn , 114: 478-87, 2005.
Olney, R, Murphy, J, Forshew, D, Garwood E, Miller BL, Langmore, S., Kohn, MA, Lomen-Hoerth, C. The effects of executive and behavioral dysfunction on the course of ALS. Neurology, 65 (11): 1774-7, 2005.
Langmore SE, Kasarskis EJK, Manca ML, Olney RO. Enteral Feeding for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis/motor neuron disease. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews;2006 (4).
Langmore SE, Olney RK, Lomen-Hoerth CH, Miller B. Swallowing dysfunction in frontotemporal lobar dementia Archives of Neurology, 64:1:58-62, 2007.
Robbins, J, and Swallowing Work Group: Butler, S., Daniels, S., Gross, R, Langmore, S., Lazarus, C, Martin-Harris, B., McCabe, D., Musson, N, Rosenbeck, R., Neural plasticity, swallowing and dysphagia: Translating principles of neural plasticity into research on swallowing. J Speech Lang Hear Res, 31, 1, 2008.
Langmore SE, Grillone G, Elackattu A, Walsh M. Disorders of swallowing: Palliative care. Otolaryngol Clinics North Am, 42:1,87-106, 2009.
Cohen SM, Elackattu AE, Noordzij JP, Walsh MJ, Langmore SE. Palliative treatment of dysphonia and dysarthria. Otolaryngol Clinics North Am, 42: 1, 107-122, 2009

Textbook:

Langmore SE. Endoscopic Evaluation and Treatment of Swallowing Disorders. Thieme Med Pub., NY, NY (2001)

SELECTED PRESENTATIONS

FEES: Historical Perspective, Overview, Future Trends Invited speaker for 2 presentations at the UK Swallowing Research Group Biennial Conference, Manchester, England, Feb, 2007

Distinct Profiles of Dysphagia in FTLD, PSP, and ALS, Scientific presentation at the annual Dysphagia Research Society meeting. Charleston, SC., March 2008
Decision Making for the Severely Dysphagic patient who Aspirates. Invited speaker for a full day seminar at the 2008 Canadian Association of Speech Language Pathologists and Audiologists meeting at Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada, April 2008
Evaluation and Treatment of Oropharyngeal Dysphagia: New MethodsGuiest speaker at the Fourth International Conference of the Royal Medical Services, Jordan. May, 2008
FEES: Comparison to Fluoroscopy; panel presentationSpeaker at conference: Dysphagia Practice: Focus on Assessment, Update on Evaluation Options to Ensure Best Practice Anaheim, CA, May 2008: Atlanta June, 2008; New York July, 2008.
Outcomes of Swallowing after Head and Neck CancerInvited speaker at the Milton J Dance Head and Neck Cancer Rehabilitation Center annual conference
Baltimore, MD, October, 2008
Efficiacy of Tube Feeding in Head and Neck Cancer Patients: Scientific presentation at the annual Dysphagia Research Society meeting, New Orleans, March 2009.

SELECTED GRANT ACTIVITY

Current Research Grant

NIH/ National Cancer Institute (2007-2012)
Efficacy of Electrical Stimulation for Dysphagia in Head and Neck Cancer Patients
This multi-site clinical trial will determine whether aggressive exercise vs aggressive exercise paired with electrical stimulation will reduce the swallowing problems seen in H&N Cancer patients post- radiation therapy.
Role: Principal Investigator

Recent Research Grant
PPG – Miller (PI) 7/1/02 - 6/30/07.
NIH/ NIA
Frontotemporal Dementia: Genes, Images, and Emotions
Goals in my project were to identify sub-clinical indicators of abnormal motor function in the tongue, larynx, and/or velopharynx in patients who are suspected to have FTLD or other neurodegenerative diseases. Also to characterize the behavioral abnormalities in FTLD.
Role: Co-Investigator

CONSULTING AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Editorial Board: Dysphagia

Reviewer for Journal of Speech-Language Hearing Research, American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, Annals of Otorhinolaryngology, Otol Head Neck Surgery, Stroke, British Journal of Medicine, Folia Phoniatrica Logopaedica, J Neuro Neuropsychiatry, Laryngoscope

NIH Study Section member: Motor Function, Speech, Rehabilitation

AWARDS AND HONORS

Fellow of the American Speech Language Hearing Association

LICENSING AND CERTICATION

Board Recognized Specialist in Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders

CURRENT RESEARCH ACTIVITY/ RESEARCH LAB:

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