Claire Cordella

Email: cordella@bu.edu

Curriculum Vitae

 

Education

Ph.D., Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology, Harvard University (2019)

B.A., Linguistics, Cornell University (2012)

Credentials

Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC-SLP), American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

Massachusetts State Licensed Speech-Language Pathologist

Research Interests

telehealth approaches to aphasia rehabilitation

behavioral & neural predictors of aphasia recovery

motor speech disorders

neurodegenerative disorders

Academic Profiles

Google Scholar

LinkedIn

ResearchGate

Current Projects

Validation of an iPad Based Therapy

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Allison, K., Cordella, C., Iuzzini-Seigel, J. & Green, J.R. (2020). Differential diagnosis of apraxia of speech in children and adults: A scoping review. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research.

Cordella, C., Quimby, M., Touroutoglou, A., Brickhouse, M.J., Dickerson, B.C. & Green, J.R. (2019). Quantification of motor speech impairment and its anatomic basis in primary progressive aphasia. Neurology, 92(17) e1992-e2004.

Green, J.R., Allison, K.M., Cordella, C., Richburg, B.D., Pattee, G.L., Berry, J.D., Macklin, E.A., Pioro, E.P. & Smith, R.A. (2018). Additional evidence for a therapeutic effect of dextromethorphan/quinidine on bulbar motor function in persons with ALS: A quantitative speech analysis. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 84(12):2849-2856.

Cordella, C., Dickerson, B. C., Quimby, M., Yunusova, Y., & Green, J. R. (2017). Slowed articulation rate is a sensitive diagnostic marker for identifying non-uent primary progressive aphasia. Aphasiology, 31(2), 241-260.

Lust, B., Flynn, S., Sherman, J. C., Gair, J., Henderson, C. R., Cordella, C., Whitlock, J., Mancuso, S., Chen, Z., Costigan, A., & Immerman, A. (2015). Reversing Ribot: Does regression hold in language of prodromal Alzheimer’s disease? Brain and Language, 143: 1-10.  

Selected Conference Presentations

Cordella, C., Eshghi, M., Getchell, K., Dickerson, B. & Green, J. (2020). Comparative diagnostic accuracy for identifying motor speech impairment in primary progressive aphasia. Paper presented at: Conference on Motor Speech, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.

Eshghi, M., Salat, D., Cordella, C., Gutz, S., Ventresca, H. & Green, J. (2020). Age-related changes in oromotor function and speech production. Poster presented at: Conference on Motor Speech, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.

Cordella, C., Stipancic, K., Schliep, M., Dickerson, B., & Green, J. (2019). Clinical utility of semi-standardized motor speech assessments in patients with suspected 4-repeat tauopathies. Paper presented at: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention, Orlando, FL, USA.

Cordella, C., Quimby, M., Brickhouse, M., Dickerson, B., & Green, J. (2018). Neural correlates of longitudinal changes in articulation rate across subtypes of primary progressive aphasia. Poster presented at: Conference on Motor Speech, Savannah, GA, USA.

Allison, K., Cordella, C., Iuzzini-Seigel, J., & Green, J. (2017). Diagnosing Apraxia: A systematic review of recent literature on differential diagnosis of AOS & CAS. Seminar given at: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

Cordella, C., Quimby, M., Dickerson, B., & Green, J. (2017). Longitudinal changes in quantitative rate measures across three variants of primary progressive aphasia. Paper presented at: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

Cordella, C., Quimby, M., Grimm, M., Dickerson, B., & Green, J. (2017). Quantitative rate measures as a function of severity across three subtypes of primary progressive aphasia. Paper presented at: Clinical Aphasiology Conference, Snowbird, UT, USA.

Cordella, C., Caso, C., Dickerson, B., & Green, J. (2016). Anatomic correlates to a quantitative fluency measure in primary progressive aphasia. Poster presented at: Conference on Motor Speech, Newport Beach, CA, USA.

Cordella, C., Dickerson, B., Quimby, M., Yunusova, Y., \& Green, J. (2015). Fluency-based measures for subtyping of patients with primary progressive aphasia. Paper presented at: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention, Denver, CO, USA.

Cordella, C., Cohen Sherman, J., Flynn, S., Tilsen, S., Gair, J., Henderson, C. & Lust, B. (2015). Atypical temporal patterns distinguish speech in prodromal Alzheimer’s disease and healthy aging. Poster presented at: Association for Psychological Science Annual Meeting, New York, NY, USA.