Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders

Michael Blomgren, Ph.D., CCC-SLP

Michael BlomgrenFaculty Position

Chair, Dept. of Communication Sciences & Disorders

Associate Professor of Speech & Language Pathology

Associate Research Scientist, The Brain Institute, University of Utah

Contact Information 

Social & Behavioral Sciences Building, Rm 1203
390 South 1530 East
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0252
Office:  801-585-6152
Fax:  801-581-7955 

Educational Background

Licensure

Courses Offered

  • CSD 6230: Fluency Disorders

  • CSD 7410: Cognitive-Communication Disorders

  • CSD 6850: Clinic Practicum - Intensive Stuttering Clinic

Current Research Projects

  • Cortical Plasticity in People Who Stutter. An integrated behavioral and fMRI assessment. Investigators: M. Blomgren and J. Lee.

  • A Comparison of stutterers’ and nonstutterers’ acoustic speech characteristics in the context of complex speech tasks. Investigators: M. Blomgren and A. Goberman.

  • Changes in stuttering severity, self-perception, locus of control, mood, and anxiety following intensive fluency shaping therapy. Investigator: M. Blomgren.

  • Vowel Steady-States Revisited. Investigators: M. Blomgren and B. Smith.

  • Perceptual ratings of similar and dissimilar voices: A rating scale for forensic speech pathology. Investigator: M. Blomgren and A. Goberman

Awards and Grants

  • 2009: A 3-arm, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial to assess the efficacy, safety and tolerability of Pagoclone for the treatment of adults with stuttering. Indevus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. PI

  • 2008: Simmons Foundation Grant: Client Support for the University of Utah Intensive Stuttering Clinic

  • 2005: An 8-week, double-blind, randomized, multicenter, flexible-dose, placebo-controlled study of Pagaclone in people who stutter followed by a 52-week open-label extension. Indevus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. PI

  • 2005: University of Utah Intensive Stuttering Clinic Development Grant. Gift from David E. Simmons, President of the Simmons Media Group. PI

  • 2005: Pre-speech Activation Dynamics in People Who Stutter: University of Utah, Health Sciences Magnetic Source Imaging Grant. PI

  • 2004: Brain Activation Dynamics in People Who Stutter: College of Health Research Grant Competition. PI

  • 2002: ASHA Mentor Award Recipient: Research in Higher Education Mentoring Program: Jessica Rybicki, Bowling Green State University

  • 2001: A Neuromagnetic Assessment of Speech Motor Planning Stutterers and Nonstutterers. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Research Grant for New Investigators. PI

  • 2001: Speech Motor Planning in Stutterers and Nonstutterers: An MEG Assessment. ASHA Special Interest Division 2 Grant. PI

  • 2000: A Neuromagnetic Assessment of Speech Motor Planning in Stutterers and Nonstutterers. University of Utah Research Council Grant. PI

  • 2000: ASHA Travel Award to present grant proposal in Washington, DC.

  • 1999: University of Connecticut Research Foundation: Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship

  • 1996: ASHA Foundation Scholarship

  • 1989-1991: British Columbia Ministry of Health Graduate Studies Grant

Publications

  • Maguire, G., Franklin, D., Vatakis, N., Morgenshtern, E., Denko, T., Yaruss, S., Spotts, C., Davis, L., Davis, A., Poonam, S., Blomgren, M., Silverman, A., Riley, G. (submitted). Exploratory randomized clinical study of Pagoclone in persistent developmental stuttering: The EXPRESS Trial. Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology.
  • Goberman, A., Blomgren, M., & Metzger, E. (in press). Characteristics of speech disfluency in Parkinson Disease. Journal of Neurolinguistics.

  • Blomgren, M. (2009). University of Utah Intensive Stuttering Clinic: Therapy Manual. Acton, MA: Copley Textbooks. ISBN: 976-1-58152-642-4.

  • Blomgren, M., & Goberman, A. (2008). Revisiting speech rate and utterance length manipulations in stuttering speakers. Journal of Communication Disorders, 41, 159-178. VIEW PDF

  • Goberman, A., & Blomgren, M. (2008). Fundamental frequency offset & onset in individuals with Parkinson Disease. Journal of Voice, 22/2, 178-191.

  • Blomgren, M. (2007). Stuttering treatment outcomes measurement: Assessing above and below the surface. Perspectives on Fluency and Fluency Disorders, 17: 3, 19-23. 

  • Blomgren, M., Roy, N., Callister, T., & Merrill, R. (2006). Assessing stuttering treatment without assessing stuttering? A response to Reitzes and Snyder. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 49, 1423-1426.

  • Blomgren, M., Roy, N., Callister, T., & Merrill, R. (2006). Treatment outcomes research: A response to Ryan. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 49, 1415-1419.

  • Blomgren, M., Roy, N., Callister, T., & Merrill, R. (2005). Intensive stuttering modification therapy: A multidimensional assessment of treatment outcomes. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 48, 509-523.

  • Blomgren, M. (2005). Intensive stuttering therapy: A programmed approach for adults & adolescents. Ann Arbor, MI: ProQuest Information & Learning. ISBN: 1-59399-181-9

  • Blomgren, M., Roy, N., & Callister, T. (2004). The successful stuttering management program: Assessment of stuttering and speech rate. In A. Packman, A. Meltzer, & H. Peters (Eds.), Theory, Research and Therapy in Fluency Disorders(pp. 179-183). Nijmegen: Nijmegen University Press.

  • 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, 8-11. [This article was reprinted 2004, in Perspectives on Fluency and Fluency Disorders, 14, 13-16.]

  • Blomgren, M., Nagarajan, S., Lee, J., 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. Journal of Fluency Disorders, 28, 337-356.

  • Roy, N., Tanner, K., Gray, S., Blomgren, M., & Fisher, K. (2003). An evaluation of the effects of three laryngeal lubricants on phonation threshold pressure (PTP). Journal of Voice, 17, 331-42. 

  • Goberman, A., & Blomgren, M. (2003). Parkinsonian speech disfluencies: Effects of L-Dopa-related fluctuations. Journal of Fluency Disorders, 28, 55-70. 

  • Blomgren, M., & Nagarajan, S. (2002). Functional neuroimaging of speech production in people who stutter. Perspectives on Fluency and Fluency Disorders, 12(2), 3-6.

  • Blomgren, M. (2002). Technology and the professional: New technology for treating speech and voice disorders. California Speech-Language-Hearing Association (CSHA) Magazine, 31(4), 9-11.

  • Blomgren, M. (2002). Stability of segment durations in stutterers’ and nonstutterers’ speech: Task complexity effects. Proceedings of the 25th World Congress of the International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics.

  • Blomgren, M. (2001). Reinventing the wheel: New approaches to programming complexity in stuttering therapy. In H. Bosshardt, J. Yaruss, & H. Peters (Eds.), Fluency Disorders: Theory, Research, Treatment and Self-Help(pp. 114-118). Nijmegen: Nijmegen University Press. 

  • Roy, N., Leeper, H., Blomgren, M., Cameron, R. (2001). A description of phonetic, acoustic, and physiological changes associated with improved intelligibility in a spastic dysarthric speaker. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 10, 274-290.

  • Wolk, L., Blomgren, M., & Smith, A. (2000). The frequency of simultaneous disfluency and phonological errors in children: A preliminary investigation. Journal of Fluency Disorders, 25, 269-281. 

  • Blomgren, M., Robb, M., & Chen, Y. (1998). A note on vowel centralization in stuttering and nonstuttering individuals. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 41, 1042-1051.

  • Blomgren, M., Chen, Y., Ng, M., & Gilbert, H. (1998). Acoustic, aerodynamic, and perceptual characteristics of modal and vocal fry registers. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 103, 2649-2658. 

  • Blomgren, M., & Robb, M. (1998). How steady are vowel steady-states? Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 22, 405-415. 

  • Robb, M., Blomgren, M., & Chen, Y. (1998). Formant frequency fluctuation in adults who stutter. Journal of Fluency Disorders, 23, 73-84. 

  • Robb, M., & Blomgren, M. (1997). Analysis of F2 transitions in the speech of stutterers and nonstutterers. Journal of Fluency Disorders, 22, 1-16.

  • Blomgren, M. (1993). Stuttering: A brief attempt at a description. British Columbia Blockbuster, 3 (3), p.5.

Presentations

  • Blomgren, M., Whitchurch, M., Metzger, M. (2009). The University of Utah Intensive Stuttering Clinic: Treatment Outcomes. 6th World Congress on Fluency Disorders, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

  • Blomgren, M. (2009). Stuttering and social interaction. Invited presentation, Indevus Pharmaceuticals Pagoclone Investigators Meeting, Amelia Island, FL.

  • Blomgren, M. (2009). The art and science of counting stuttering moments. Two day workshop presented to the I3 Research Investigators Meeting, Raleigh, NC.

  • Blomgren, M., Goberman, A., & Whitchurch, M. (2008). Evaluating ear-witness abilities in a forensic voice comparison task. Paper presented at the American Speech-Language-hearing Association (ASHA) National Convention, Chicago, IL. 

  • Blomgren, M., & Lee, J. (2008). Functional MRI activation during speech production in stuttering and nonstuttering speakers. Paper presented at the the European Symposium on Fluency Disorders, Antwerp, Belgium.

  • Blomgren, M., & Lee, J. (2007). Brain activation patterns in stuttering speakers: An event-related fMRI experiment. Paper presented at the the ASHA National Convention, Boston, MA.

  • Denko, T., Maguire, G., Franklin, D., Vatakis, N., Morgenshtern, E., Yaruss, S., Spotts, C., Davis, L., Davis, A., Fox, P., Soni, P., Blomgren, M., Silverman, A., & Riley, G. (2007). Pagoclone, a novel nonbenzodiazepine GABA-A partial agonist, reduces objective and subjective symptoms of stuttering. Paper presented at the 47th Annual New Clinical Drug Evaluation Unit (NCDEU) Meeting, Boca Raton, FL.

  • Shipley, J., Maquire, G., Franklin, D., Denko, T., Vatakis, N., Morgenshtern, E., Yaruss, S., Spotts, C., Davis, L., Davis, A., Fox, P., Soni, P., Blomgren, M., Silverman, A., & Riley, G. (2007). Pagoclone reduces social anxiety associated with stuttering. Paper presented at the 47th Annual NCDEU Meeting, Boca Raton, FL.

  • Blomgren, M. (2006). Pharmacologic treatments of stuttering: Recent research and current findings. Invited presentation, ASHA SID 4 Leadership Conference, San Antonio, TX.

  • Blomgren, M. (2006). The art and science of stuttering treatment outcomes research. Invited presentation, ASHA SID 4 Leadership Conference, San Antonio, TX.

  • Blomgren, M., & Molt, L. (2005). A primer on neuroimaging: Methodologies & applications in communication disorders. Two hour seminar presented at the ASHA National Convention, San Diego, CA.

  • Blomgren, M., Smith, B., Bennett, J., Straw, K., & Doyle, J. (2005). Vowel steady states revisited. Paper presented at the ASHA National Convention, San Diego, CA.

  • Goberman, A., & Blomgren, M. (2005). Fundamental frequency offset and onset in individuals with Parkinson Disease. Paper presented at the ASHA National Convention, San Diego, CA.

  • Blomgren, M. (2005). Assessing the effects of stuttering treatment at the neurobiological level. Invited presentation, Indevus Pharmaceuticals Pagaclone Developmental Stuttering Investigator Meeting, Denver, CO.

  • Blomgren, M. (2004). Brain Activation Dynamics in Stuttering Speakers: Preliminary Results and Future Directions. Invited presentation, ASHA SID 4 Leadership Conference, Portland, OR.

  • Blomgren, M. & Goberman, A. (2003). Stability of segment durations in the speech of stuttering and nonstuttering speakers: Task complexity effects. Paper presented at the ASHA National Convention, Chicago, IL.

  • Blomgren, M., Callister, T., & Roy, N. (2003). The Successful Stuttering Management Program: A multidimensional assessment of treatment effects. Research paper presented at the International Fluency Association's 4th World Congress, Montréal, Quebec, Canada.

  • Molt, L. & Blomgren, M. (2003). A primer on neuroimaging: Basic methodologies and applications in stuttering. Seminar presented at the International Fluency Association's 4th World Congress, Montréal, Quebec, Canada.

  • Blomgren, M. (2003). Comprehensive stuttering therapy: Creating an evidence-based treatment approach. Invited seminar presented at the 2003 California Speech-Language-Hearing Convention, Monterey, CA.

  • Blomgren, M. (2003). High tech. toys: Utilizing new technology in the assessment and treatment of speech and voice disorders. Invited seminar presented at the 2003 California Speech-Language-Hearing Convention, Monterey, CA.

  • Blomgren, M., Nagarajan, S., Lee, J., & Li, T. (2002). fMRI activations during lexical retrieval in stutterers and nonstutterers. Technical paper presented at the the ASHA National Convention, Atlanta, GA.

  • Blomgren, M., McCormick, C., & Gneiting, S. (2002). P-300 ERPs in stutterers and nonstutterers: Stimulus and treatment effects. Technical paper presented at the ASHA National Convention, Atlanta, GA.

  • Roy, N., Tanner, K., Gray, S. & Blomgren, M. (2002). Effects of three laryngeal lubricants on phonation threshold pressure. Technical paper presented at the ASHA National Convention, Atlanta, GA.

  • Goberman, A. & Blomgren, M. (2002). Examination of Parkinsonian disfluencies before and after morning medication. Poster presentation at the ASHA National Convention, Atlanta, GA.

  • Roy, N., Tanner, K., Gray, S., Blomgren, M., & Fisher, K. (2002). An evaluation of the effects of three laryngeal lubricants on phonation threshold pressure (PTP). Paper presented at the 31st Annual Voice Foundation Symposium: Care of the Professional Voice, Philadelphia, PA.

  • Blomgren, M., Nagarajan, S., Lee, J., & Li, T. (2002). Speech planning, production, and feedback: An fMRI study. Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

  • McCormick, C. & Blomgren, M. (2002). Effects of stuttering therapy on the P-300. Paper presented at the American Auditory Society Annual Meeting, Scottsdale, AZ.

  • Blomgren, M., Nagarajan, S., Lee, J., & Li, T. (2001). Influence of speech task complexity on brain activation patterns in stutterers and nonstutterers. Technical paper presented at the ASHA National Convention, New Orleans, LA.

  • Blomgren, M., Roy, N., & Callister, T. (2001). A multidimensional outcomes assessment of a traditional stuttering modification program. Poster presentation at the ASHA National Convention, New Orleans, LA.

  • Ruder, J., Beck, S., Haun, R., Callister, T., Blomgren, M., & Wambaugh, J. (2001). Assessment of stuttering frequency and speech rate in a traditional stuttering modification program. Poster presentation at the ASHA National Convention, New Orleans, LA.

  • Blomgren, M. (2001). Stability of segment durations in stutterers’ and nonstutterers’ speech. Paper presented at the 25th World Congress of the International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics, Montréal, Quebec, Canada.

  • Blomgren, M. (2001). A comprehensive approach to stuttering therapy in adolescents and adults. Seminar presented at the Utah Speech and Hearing Association 2001 Conference, Salt Lake City, UT.

  • Smith, S., O’Brien, Blomgren, M., Wambaugh, J. (2000). Segment durations of stutterer’s and nonstutterer’s speech in a complex speech task. Poster presentation at the ASHA National Convention, Washington, DC.

  • Pilczuk, Z., Shaum, J., Blomgren, M., Wambaugh, J. (2000). Vowel and word durations of stutterers and nonstutterers: Contextual effects. Poster presentation at the ASHA National Convention, Washington, DC.

  • Blomgren, M. (2000). Programming articulatory and temporal complexity in stuttering therapy: New approaches. Mini-seminar presented at the 3rd World Congress on Fluency Disorders, Nyborg, Denmark. (Abstract published in Journal of Fluency Disorders, 25, p.246)

  • Blomgren, M. (1999). A multidimensional slice of the stuttering pie: Applying dynamic systems theory. Technical paper presented at the ASHA National Convention, San Francisco, CA.

  • Blomgren, M. (1999). Swallowing Disorders and the Stroke Patient. Seminar presented at the Connecticut Visiting Nurses Association (VNA) Rehabilitation Conference, Manchester, CT.

  • Blomgren, M. (1998). The Rehabilitation Team and The Role of Speech-Language Pathology. Seminar presented at the Connecticut VNA Rehabilitation Conference, Vernon, CT.

  • Blomgren, M., Chen, Y., Ng, M., & Gilbert, H. (1997). Acoustic, aerodynamic, physiological, and perceptual characteristics of modal and vocal fry registers. Poster presented at the ASHA National Convention, Boston, MA.

  • Blomgren, M., & Robb, M. (1997). Characteristics of vowel centralization in fluent speech. Poster presented at the ASHA National Convention, Boston, MA.

  • Blomgren, M., & Wolk, L. (1997). Stuttering and phonological disorders: The actual instance of co-occurrence. Brief presentation presented at the ASHA National Convention, Boston, MA.

  • Chen, Y., Blomgren, M., Ng, M., & Gilbert, H. (1997). Acoustic, aerodynamic, and physiological characteristics of modal and vocal fry registers. Poster presented at the 133rd meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Penn State University, State College, PA.

  • Blomgren, M., & Robb, M. (1997). Estimates of vowel centralization in adults who stutter. Poster presented at the 133rd meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Penn State University, State College, PA.

  • Blomgren, M., & Robb, M. (1996). How steady are vowel steady-states?Poster presented at the ASHA National Convention, Seattle, WA.

  • Blomgren, M. (1995). Evaluation and treatment of stuttering in adolescents and adults. Two-day seminar presented at the Maine Association of Speech Pathologists and Audiologists Annual Convention, Ogunquit, ME.

  • Blomgren, M. (1995). Current trends in stuttering treatment. Seminar presented at the Department of Speech Pathology, University of Maine, Orono, ME.

  • Blomgren, M. (1995). Evaluation and treatment of stuttering in adolescents and adults. Two day seminar presented at the Maine Association of Speech Pathologists and Audiologists Annual Convention, Ogunquit, ME.

  • Blomgren, M., & Robb, M. (1994). Analysis of formant frequency fluctuation in stutterers and non-stutterers. Poster presented at the ASHA National Convention, New Orleans, LA.

  • Blomgren, M. (1994). Stuttering treatment: The state of the art in 1994. Seminar presented at the Annual Meeting of the British Columbia Association of People Who Stutter, Kamloops, B.C.

  • Blomgren, M., & Robb, M. (1993). Speech coarticulation in stutterers and nonstutterers. Poster presented at the ASHA National Convention, Anaheim, CA.

  • Blomgren, M. (1992). A comparison of speech coarticulation in stutterers and nonstutterers. Poster presented at the Hawaii Speech-Language-Hearing Association 15th Annual Communication Disorders Conference, Honolulu, HI.

  • Simmons, J., Condon, M., Blomgren, M. (1991). Relative timing of English in native Cantonese and Mandarin Speakers. Poster presented at the ASHA National Convention, Atlanta, GA.

  • Blomgren, M., Simmons, J., & Condon, M. (1990). Frequency and voicing characteristics in non-native speakers of English. Technical paper presented at the ASHA National Convention, Seattle, WA.

Editorial Consultant

  • Associate Editor: Journal of Fluency Disorders

  • Assistant Editor: Proceedings of the 3rd World Fluency Disorders Conference, Denmark, 2000.

  • Editorial Consultant for Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

  • Editorial Consultant for Journal of Fluency Disorders

  • Editorial Consultant for Journal of Communication Disorders

  • Editorial Consultant for Clinical Neurophysiology

  • Editorial Consultant for Journal of Neuroscience

  • Editorial Consultant for Journal of Phonetics

  • Editorial Consultant for The Journal of The Acoustical Society of America

  • Editorial Consultant for Folia Phoniatrica

  • Editorial Consultant for Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools

  • Editorial Consultant for Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry

  • Textbook Reviewer for Allyn & Bacon

  • Textbook Reviewer for Singular Publishing

  • Textbook Reviewer for Merrill Prentice Hall Publishing

  • Textbook Reviewer for Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., Publishers

  • Grant Reviewer for the Medical Research Council - United Kingdom

  • Grant Review for the National Medical Research Council - Singapore

Current Professional and Academic Association Memberships

  • American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)

  • ASHA Special Interest Division IV – Fluency and Fluency Disorders (SID-IV)

  • International Fluency Association (IFA)

  • National Stuttering Association (NSA)

  • International Association for Forensic Phonetics and Acoustics (IAFPA)