Cough Skill Training as a Rehabilitation Approach

Cough dysfunction (dystussia) is highly prevalent in individuals with dysphagia, and improving cough effectiveness to clear airway invasion may improve health outcomes. This presentation will describe the implementation of task-specific treatment paradigms to dystussia.

James Borders, PhD, CCC-SLP is a post-doctoral research fellow and speech pathologist at Teachers College, Columbia University. His overarching research interests focus on rehabilitating airway protection and voice dysfunction to improve quality of life, communication, and health outcomes in neurodegenerative disease. By leveraging principles of meta-science and advanced statistical modeling, his research aims to rigorously evaluate mechanisms of dysfunction and develop targeted treatment paradigms that improve patient outcomes.