Michael Blomgren

Michael Blomgren, PhD

Academic Information

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Academic Office Information

michael.blomgren@health.utah.edu

Dr. Blomgren is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders at the University of Utah. He has been at the University of Utah since 1999. He completed his B.Sc. in Psychology (University of Victoria, 1989), his M.S. in Speech Pathology (University of Hawaii, 1991), and his Ph.D. in Communication Science (University of Connecticut, 1999).

Dr. Blomgren’s research interests are broadly focused in two areas:

  1. evaluating aspects of speech motor control in stuttering and nonstuttering speakers
  2. evaluating treatment outcomes of stuttering treatment

Dr. Blomgren has numerous publications in the area of stuttering and speech production. He has given over 100 presentations at conferences and meetings across the United States and in 15 different countries around the world. At the University of Utah, Dr. Blomgren teaches Fluency Disorders, Phonetics, and various graduate seminars. He is also the Executive Director of the University of Utah Intensive Stuttering Clinic: http://health.utah.edu/communication-sciences-disorders/clinical/intensive-stuttering/

He was born in Denmark and spent his school-age years in Canada. Dr. Blomgren enjoys the multitude of outdoor activities Utah has to offer, particularly road and mountain biking. He also enjoys traveling near and far with his wife and two daughters.

Research Statement

My current research interests are primarily driven by two related lines of inquiry: (1) examining issues of speech motor control in stuttering speakers and (2) examining stuttering treatment outcomes as they relate to fluency facilitating strategies. The ultimate goal of my research is to examine salient neurobiological activation dynamics related to speech motor control in stuttering speakers, and how those (disordered) patterns may be amenable to change following intensive stuttering treatment (i.e., examining cortical plasticity related to intensive stuttering treatment).

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Roy N, Dietrich M, Blomgren M, Heller A, Houtz DR, Lee J (2017). Exploring the Neural Bases of Primary Muscle Tension Dysphonia: A Case Study Using Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging. J Voice, 33(2), 183-194.
  2. Neumann K, Euler HA, Zens R, Piskernik B, Packman A, St Louis KO, Kell CA, Amir O, Blomgren M, Boucand VA, Eggers K, Fibiger S, Fourches A, Franken MJP, Finn P (2019). "Spontaneous" late recovery from stuttering: Dimensions of reported techniques and causal attributions. J Commun Disord, 81, 105915.
  3. Whitfield JA, Delong C, Goberman AM, Blomgren M (2017). Fluency adaptation in speakers with Parkinson disease: a motor learning perspective. Int J Speech Lang Pathol, 20(7), 699-707.
  4. Alqhazo M, Blomgren M, Roy N, Abu Awwad M (2016). Discrimination and internalised feelings experienced by people who stutter in Jordan. Int J Speech Lang Pathol, 19(5), 519-528.
  5. Bailey DJ, Blomgren M, DeLong C, Berggren K, Wambaugh JL (2016). Quantification and Systematic Characterization of Stuttering-Like Disfluencies in Acquired Apraxia of Speech. Am J Speech Lang Pathol, 26(2S), 641-648.
  6. Bailey D (06/2017).
  7. Whitfield JA (06/2017).
  8. Dehqan A, Yadegari F, Blomgren M, Scherer RC (2016). Formant transitions in the fluent speech of Farsi-speaking people who stutter. J Fluency Disord, 48, 1-15.
  9. Alqhazo M (04/2016).
  10. Matthews D (04/2016).
  11. Dehqan A (03/2016).
  12. Bosshardt H-G (09/2015).
  13. Lee A (02/2014). The role of language familiarity in bilingual stuttering assessment. Clin Linguist Phon, 10, 723-40.
  14. Blomgren M (2013). Behavioral treatments for children and adults who stutter: a review. Psychol Res Behav Manag, 6, 9-19.
  15. Blomgren M (06/2013).
  16. Blomgren M (09/2012).
  17. Blomgren M (2010). Stuttering treatment for adults: an update on contemporary approaches. Semin Speech Lang, 31(4), 272-82.
  18. Blomgren M (07/2010).
  19. Goberman A (07/2010).
  20. Maquire G (07/2010).
  21. Goberman A (07/2008).
  22. Blomgren M (07/2008).
  23. Blomgren M, Goberman AM (2007). Revisiting speech rate and utterance length manipulations in stuttering speakers. J Commun Disord, 41(2), 159-78.
  24. Blomgren M (11/2007).
  25. Blomgren M (07/2005).
  26. Blomgren M, Roy N, Callister T, Merrill RM (2004). Intensive stuttering modification therapy: a multidimensional assessment of treatment outcomes. J Speech Lang Hear Res, 48(3), 509-23.
  27. Blomgren M (06/2004).
  28. Roy N, Tanner K, Gray SD, Blomgren M, Fisher KV (2003). An evaluation of the effects of three laryngeal lubricants on phonation threshold pressure (PTP). J Voice, 17(3), 331-42.
  29. Blomgren M (06/2003).
  30. Goberman A (06/2003).
  31. Roy N (06/2003).
  32. Blomgren M, Nagarajan SS, Lee JN, Li T, Alvord L (2003). Preliminary results of a functional MRI study of brain activation patterns in stuttering and nonstuttering speakers during a lexical access task. J Fluency Disord, 28(4), 337-55; quiz 355-6.
  33. Blomgren M, Nagarajan S, Lee J, Li T, Alvord L (2003). Preliminary Results of a Functional MRI Study of the Brain Activation Patterns in Stuttering and Nonstuttering Speakers during a Lexical Access Task . J Fluency Disord, 28, 337-356.
  34. Goberman A, Blomgren M (2003). Parkinsonian Speech Disfluencies: Effects of L-dopa Related fluctuations. J Fluency Disord, 28, 55-70.
  35. Blomgren M (10/2002).
  36. Blomgren M (06/2002).
  37. Roy N (06/2001).
  38. Wolk L (06/2000).
  39. Wolk L, Blomgren M, Smith A (2000). The Frequency of Simultaneous Disfluency and Phonological Disruption in Children: Analysis of the Moment of Co-occurrence. J Fluency Disord, 25, 269-281.
  40. Blomgren M, Robb M, Chen Y (1998). A note on vowel centralization in stuttering and nonstuttering individuals. J Speech Lang Hear Res, 41(5), 1042-51.
  41. Blomgren M (06/1998).
  42. Blomgren M (06/1998).
  43. Blomgren M (06/1998).
  44. Robb M (06/1998).
  45. Blomgren M, Robb M (1998). How Steady are Vowel Steady-States? Clin Linguist Phon, 5, 405-415.
  46. Robb M (06/1997).

Book

  1. Blomgren M (09/2009).
  2. Blomgren M (10/2005).

Book Chapter

  1. Blomgren M (09/2012).
  2. Blomgren M (09/2004).
  3. Blomgren M, Roy N, Callister T (2004). The Successful Stuttering Management Program: Assessment of stuttering and speech rate. In Packman A; Meltzer A; Peters H (Ed.), Theory, Research and Therapy in Fluency Disorders (pp. 179-183). Nijmegen: Nijmegen: Nijmegen University Press.
  4. Blomgren M (10/2001).
  5. Blomgren M (06/2001).
  6. Blomgren M (2001). Reinventing the Wheel: New Approaches to Programming Complexity in Stuttering Therapy. In Fluency Disorders: Theory, Research, Treatment and Self-Help (0, pp. 114-118). Nijmegen: Nijmegen University Press.

Letter

  1. Blomgren M (06/2006).
  2. Blomgren M (06/2006).

Abstract

  1. Bromgren M, Callister T, Roy N (2003). The Successful Stuttering Management Progam: A Multi-Dimensional Assessment of Treatment Effects [Abstract]. 4th World Congress on Fluency Disorders Program, 38.

Other

  1. Blomgren M, Nagarajan S (2003). Brain Activation Patterns in Stuttering and Nonstuttering Speakers: Preliminary Results and Future Directions. Perspectives on Neurophysiology and Neurogenic Speech and Language Disorders (13(4), pp. 8-11).
  2. Blomgren M (09/1993).

Video/Film/CD/Web/Podcast

  1. Nakasato J (04/1992). .