Balaji Rangarathnam Ph.D., CCC-SLP

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1 Ph.D., CCC-SLP Assistant Professor, Communication Sciences and Disorders, East Carolina University 3310-R College of Allied Health Sciences, 600 Moye Blvd. Mailstop 668, Greenville NC Ph.: , Fax: , Webpage: voiceandswallowinglab.wordpress.com Education 2013 Ph.D. (Communication Sciences and Disorders). University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR M.Sc (Speech-Language Pathology). University of Mysore, India B.Sc. (Speech and Hearing Sciences). University of Mysore, India. Experience Assistant Professor, Communication Sciences and Disorders, East Carolina University Member, Doctoral Program in Neuroscience, East Carolina University Speech-Language Pathologist, UAMS Medical Center Clinical Fellow in Speech-Language Pathology, UAMS Medical Center Graduate Research Assistant, University of Central Arkansas Graduate Research Assistant, Boston University Lecturer/Clinical Supervisor, Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai, India. Research Interests Adult swallowing physiology and disorders, voice physiology and disorders, neurogenic communication disorders. Publications Rangarathnam, B., McCullough, G.H., Pickett, H., Zraick, R., Tulunay-Ugur, O., & McCullough, K. (In press). Telepractice versus delivery of voice therapy in-person for Primary Muscle Tension Dysphonia. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. Rangarathnam, B., Kamarunas, E. & McCullough, G.H. (2014). Role of Cerebellum in deglutition and deglutition disorders. The Cerebellum. 13(6), Rangarathnam, B., Bhaskaran, S., & R. Manjula (2014). Narrative Anacrusis: Descriptive Analysis in healthy adults speaking English. Journal of Advances in Linguistics, 5(1),

2 Page 2 Rangarathnam, B & McCullough, G.H. (2013). Spasmodic Dysphonia: An Evidence-based Clinical Update. Journal of Clinical Outcomes and Management, 20 (12), McCullough, G.H., Zraick, R., Balou, S., Pickett, H., Rangarathnam, B., & Tulunay-Ugur, O. Treatment of Laryngeal Hyperfunction with Flow Phonation: A Pilot Study (2012). Journal of Laryngology and Voice, 2, Prema, K.S., Prabhakaran, P., Savitha, S., Purushothaman, G., Ramakrishnan, C., & Rangarathnam, B., (2009). Linguistic considerations in the assessment of children with Specific Language Impairment. Special volume of Indian Journal of Applied Linguistics,1-34. Peer Reviewed Conference Proceedings and Abstracts Rangarathnam, B. & McCullough, G. H. (2014). Relationship between swallowing physiology measures and diet recommendations. Proceedings of 22nd Annual Meeting of the Dysphagia research Society. Rangarathnam, B. & McCullough, G. H. (2013). Utility of Clinical Swallow Exam in understanding Swallow physiology. Proceedings of 21st Annual Meeting of the Dysphagia research Society. Montero-Brandt, M., Kocdor, P., Rangarathnam, B., Zraick, R., & Tulunay-Ugur, O. (2013). Airflow measure outcomes after balloon dilatation in subglottic stenosis. Transactions - Annual Meeting of the American Laryngological Association. Rangarathnam, B., Bhaskaran, S., & Rajanna, M., (2008). Acoustic analysis of Parkinsonian Speech A Comparison of Linear predictive Coding and Spectrographic Analyses. Proceedings of the International Symposium of Frontiers of Research on Speech and Music (FRSM 2008) Bhaskaran, S., Rangarathnam, B., & Rajanna, M., (2008). Articulatory Competence Index in the Speech of individuals with Parkinsonism Perceptual and Acoustic Correlates. Proceedings of the International Symposium of Frontiers of Research on Speech and Music (FRSM 2008). Rangarathnam, B., & Rajanna, M., (2007). Rhythm: Occurrence of stress in temporal dimension of speech in Kannada TV News readers. Proceedings of the International Symposium of Frontiers of Research on Speech and Music (FRSM 2007). ations Burnette, P., Cox, K. T., & Rangarathnam, B. (2015). Respiratory Measures of Musical Theater Singers, and Non-singers. Annual meeting of the Voice Foundation, Philadelphia, USA. Oral ation. Rangarathnam, B. & McCullough, G. H. (2014). Relationship between swallowing physiology measures and diet recommendations. Annual Meeting of Dysphagia Research Society, Nashville, USA. Oral presentation.

3 Page 3 Rangarathnam, B. & McCullough, G. H. (2013). Utility of Clinical Swallow Exam in understanding Swallow physiology. Annual Meeting of Dysphagia Research Society, Seattle, USA. Poster presentation. Montero-Brandt, M., Kocdor, P., Rangarathnam, B., Zraick, R., & Tulunay-Ugur, O. (2013). Airflow measure outcomes after balloon dilatation in subglottic stenosis. Annual meeting of the American laryngological Association, Orlando, USA. Rangarathnam, B. & McCullough, G. H. (2012). Treatment of Laryngeal Hyperfunction with Airflow exercises. Technical research session presented at the Annual Convention of the American Speech- Language and Hearing Association, Atlanta, USA. Rangarathnam, B. & Kiran, S. (2010). Acquired alexias in bilingual individuals with aphasia. Science & Engineering Symposium at Boston University, Boston, USA. Poster presentation. Rangarathnam, B., Bhaskaran, S., & Rajanna, M., (2008). Acoustic and Perceptual aspects of Anacrusis in Narration mode in Normal English speaking adults. National Conference of the Indian Speech and Hearing Association (ISHACON 40), Mangalore, India. Oral ation Bhaskaran, S., Rangarathnam, B., & Rajanna, M., (2008). Declination of Intonation as a function of Emotional Content in Text reading in Kannada Newsreaders. 40th National Conference of the Indian Speech and Hearing Association (ISHACON 40), Mangalore, India. Oral presentation. Rangarathnam, B., Bhaskaran, S., & Rajanna, M., (2008). Acoustic analysis of Parkinsonian Speech A Comparison of Linear predictive Coding and Spectrographic Analyses. International Symposium of Frontiers of Research on Speech and Music (FRSM 2008), Kolkata, India. Poster presentation. Bhaskaran, S., Rangarathnam, B., & Rajanna, M., (2008). Articulatory Competence Index in the Speech of individuals with Parkinsonism Perceptual and Acoustic Correlates. International Symposium of Frontiers of Research on Speech and Music (FRSM 2008), Kolkata, India. Poster presentation. Rangarathnam, B., & Rajanna, M., (2007). Rhythm: Occurrence of stress in temporal dimension of speech in Kannada TV News readers. International Symposium of Frontiers of Research on Speech and Music (FRSM 2007), Mysore, India. Oral presentation. Ramakrishnan, C., Rangarathnam, B., & Rao, P.K.S. (2007) Non-word repetition tasks in the diagnosis of Specific language Impairment. Language symposium of Osmania University, Hyderabad, India. Oral presentation Rangarathnam, B., Jeyaraman, J., Bhaskaran, S., & Rajanna, M., (2007). F0 Resets in the Narrative speech of Kannada Speakers: A Comparison across Dialects. Symposium organized by the Indian Journal of Dravidian linguistics, Mysore, India. Oral ation.

4 Page 4 Rangarathnam, B., Ramakrishnan, C., Rajesh, P., & Rajanna, M., (2006). Use of slang by adolescent signers. 38th National Conference of the Indian Speech and Hearing Association (ISHACON 38), Ahmedabad, India. Poster presentation. Rangarathnam, B., Bhaskaran, S., & Rajanna, M., (2005). Anacrusis in Narration Mode in Normal English speaking adults. 6th International Conference of South Asian languages (ICOSAL-6), Hyderabad, India. Oral presentation. Rangarathnam, B., Rajasudhakar, R., & Chengappa, S.K. (2005). Language performance of an individual with Anomic aphasia and Normal individuals in different attention conditions. 37th National Conference of the Indian Speech and Hearing Association (ISHACON 37), Indore, India. Oral presentation. Grants 2015 (Pending Decision) Vidant Medical Center Cancer Research and Education grant: Treatment of trismus and its effect on oropharyngeal dysphagia in individuals with Head and Neck Cancers. ($10,000); Role: Mentor/ C0-Principal Investigator. PI: Carley Prenshaw (Graduate Student) (Pending Decision) American Parkinson s disease Association: Efficacy of Lee Silverman Voice Treatment in improving oropharyngeal dysphagia in individuals with Parkinson s disease. ($50,000); Role: Principal Investigator (Funded) 2014 (Not Funded) (Funded) Council of Academic Programs in Communication Sciences and Disorders (CAPCSD) Educational Outcome grant: The Effects of Lab Instruction on the Knowledge and Self- Perception of Anatomy and Physiology Skill in juniors in the Communication Sciences and Disorders Major. ($5,000); Role: Principal Investigator. Co-Investigators: Jamie Perry, Heather Harris Wright, and Kathleen Cox. Advancing Academic Research Career Award University of Central Arkansas Research Council: Voice and aerodynamic measures pre and post training in theater artists (10,000). Role: Grant Writing; PI: Gary McCullough. Teaching Experience Graduate: Spring Fall 2014 Fall 2014, Summer 2015 CSDI 6114 Dysphagia and Neuromotor Functions. On-Campus and Distance Education Sections. East Carolina University. CSDI 6104 Seminars in Voice Disorders. On-Campus and Distance Education Sections. East Carolina University. CSDI 6109 Motor Speech Disorders. On-Campus and Distance Education Sections. East Carolina University.

5 Page 5 Fall 2012 STPH Voice Disorders. University of Central Arkansas. Under-Graduate: Fall 2008, Spring 2009 Fall 2008 Spring 2009 Voice and its disorders. Madras ENT Research Foundation. Neuroanatomy. Madras ENT Research Foundation. Dysphagia. Madras ENT Research Foundation. Guest Lectures: Trachesotomy and mechanical ventilation East Carolina University, Fall 2013, and Fall 2014 Course Instructor: Jamie Perry Neurogenic Voice Disorders East Carolina University, Fall Course Instructor: Kathleen T. Cox. Radiographic assessment of swallowing University of Central Arkansas, Spring Course Instructor: Gary McCullough. Voice therapy for Muscle tension dysphonia University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Spring 2012 & Spring Course Instructor: Richard Zraick. Neuronal physiology Boston University, Fall Course Instructor: Swathi Kiran. Research Direction/Advising: Master s thesis: Student(s) Level Topic Nicole Frisco (2015) Carley Prenshaw (In progress) Committee Member Thesis Director Treatment of Discourse deficits in individuals with Aphasia. Treatment of jaw strength and its effect on oropharyngeal dysphagia in individuals with head and neck cancers. Holly Jordan (In progress) Committee Member Correlation of velopharyngeal closure patterns with adenoid mass and width of posterior pharyngeal wall. Leigh Ann Pfeiffer (In progress) Thesis Director TBD

6 Page 6 Non-thesis Graduate Research projects: Cara Jullian and Elizabeth McGee (2015) Effects of Instruction method in evaluating Vital capacity. Carley Prenshaw and Allison McMillen (In progress) Review of Swallowing related Quality-of-Life scales for individuals with Head and Neck Cancers. Undergraduate Honor s thesis direction: Payton Burnette (2015) Mikayla Bellardini (In progress) Respiratory and Vocal characteristics in classical singers, musical theater singers and non-singers. Clinical Swallowing Exam Results in Individuals with Parkinson s Disease and Healthy Older adults. Invited ations and Talks 2014 Correction of Respiratory Errors in Individuals with Parkinson s Disease. Parkinson s Disease Support Group, Eastern North Carolina Functional magnetic resonance imaging and Aphasia rehabilitation. All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Mysore, India Stroboscopy in assessment of voice disorders. Voice Symposium for Otolaryngologists and Speech pathologists Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai, India. Awards 2010 Dean s Award (Sargent College, Boston University) for Best research Poster Administrative/Service Experience Member, Research and Scholarly Activities Committee, College of Allied Health Sciences, ECU. Member, Doctoral Education Committee, Communication Sciences and Disorders, ECU Member, Clinical Operations Committee, Communication Sciences and Disorders, ECU 2014, 2015 Member, Faculty Search Committees, Communication Sciences and Disorders, ECU

7 Page Member, Masters Education Committee, Communication Sciences and Disorders, ECU Professional Activities Editorial Board, Journal of Clinical and Experimental Otolaryngology 2015 Judging Panel, Research and Creative Awards, East Carolina University Guest Reviewer, Journal of Voice Secretary, Asian Indian Caucus American Speech-Language and Hearing Association Editor, Asian Indian Caucus American Speech-Language and Hearing Association Abstract Reviewer, Boston University Conference on Language Development (BUCLD). Affiliations/Memberships March February Associate Member, The Voice Foundation Member, American Speech-Language and Hearing Association (ASHA) Member, North Carolina Speech and Hearing Association. Member of Special Interest Groups of ASHA - SIG 3 (Voice and Voice Disorders) and SIG 13 (Swallowing and Swallowing disorders) Member, National Student Speech-Language and Hearing Association (NSSLHA) Life Member, Indian Speech and Hearing Association Certifications and Licensures Certificate of Clinical Competence, American Speech-Language and Hearing Association Licensed Speech-Language Pathologist, State of Arkansas Licensed Speech-Language Pathologist, State of North Carolina.