Contact Details
- Position
- Research Fellow
- Department
- Department of Medicine (Christchurch)
- Qualifications
- PhD CCC-SLP
- Research summary
- Swallowing and cough
- Teaching
- I currently teach a course in Dysphagia Assessment, and have previously taught on the topics of Voice Disorders, Research Methods, Medical Speech-Language Pathology, Dysphagia Management, and Motor Speech Disorders.
- Memberships
- New Zealand Speech-language Therapists' Association - Full Member
- American Speech-language Hearing Association - Full Member
- International Society for the Advancement of Respiratory Psychophysiology - Board Member
- Academy of Neurologic Communication Disorders and Sciences - Writing Committee
- Clinical
- My primary clinical interests are in assessing and managing dysphagia in adults with neurological disease. I am also an expert advisor for the Broadway for Ataxia programme in New York, USA.
Research
I am a clinical researcher in speech-language pathology, with expertise in the areas of dysphagia (disordered swallowing), dystussia (disordered coughing), and dysarthria (disordered speech) in adults with neurological disease.
My current research focuses on improving ways to identify people at risk of airway protective (swallowing and cough) dysfunction, to improve outcomes for people with Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease.
I am based at the New Zealand Brain Research Institute, and the UC Rose Centre for Stroke Recovery & Research in Christchurch.
Publications
Perry, S. E., Troche, M., Huber, J. E., Curtis, J., Kiefer, B., Sevitz, J., … Britton, D. (2024). Behavioral management of respiratory/phonatory dysfunction for dysarthria associated with neurodegenerative disease: A systematic review. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 33, 1069-1097. doi: 10.1044/2023_ajslp-23-00274 Journal - Research Other
Lowell, E. R., Borders, J. C., Perry, S. E., Dakin, A. E., Sevitz, J. S., & Kuo, S.-H. (2023). Sensorimotor cough dysfunction in cerebellar ataxias. Cerebellum. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1007/s12311-023-01635-0 Journal - Research Article
Sevitz, J. S., Perry, S. E., Borders, J. C., Dakin, A. E., Curtis, J. A., & Troche, M. S. (2023). The relationship between lingual strength and functional swallowing outcomes in Parkinson's disease. Dysphagia, 38, 1169-1183. doi: 10.1007/s00455-022-10543-0 Journal - Research Article
Troche, M. S., Curtis, J. A., Sevitz, J. S., Dakin, A. E., Perry, S. E., Borders, J. C., … Hegland, K. W. (2023). Rehabilitating cough dysfunction in Parkinson's disease: A randomized controlled trial. Movement Disorders, 38(2), 201-211. doi: 10.1002/mds.29268 Journal - Research Article
MacAskill, M. R., Pitcher, T. L., Melzer, T. R., Myall, D. J., Horne, K.-L., Shoorangiz, R., … Livingston, L., … Pascoe, M. J., Marshall, E. T., … Perry, S. E., Meissner, W. G., … Le Heron, C. J., Keenan, R. J., Dalrymple-Alford, J. C., & Anderson, T. J. (2023). The New Zealand Parkinson’s progression programme. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 53(4), 466-488. doi: 10.1080/03036758.2022.2111448 Journal - Research Article