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Barbara Sonies
Ph.D. (1981, University of Maryland, Hearing & Speech Sciences), CCC-SLP, BRS-S
Licensed in Speech-Language Pathology, State of Maryland
Scientist Emeritus, National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center
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Special Certifications/Honors
Fellow, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) (1989)
Honors of the ASHA (1999)
Honors of Maryland Speech and Hearing Association (2005)
Board Recognized Specialist in Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders, ASHA
Research/Clinical Interests
Swallowing and swallowing disorders
Aging and oral motor function
Ultrasound imaging of speech and swallowing
Courses Taught in the Past Five Years
HESP 305: Anatomy and Physiology of the Speech Mechanism
HESP 625: Dysphagia
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Research/Clinical Activities
ASHA Committee on Nominations and Elections
Chair, Honors Committee 2005-6, Academy of Neurologic Communication Disorders and Sciences
Selected Publications
Sonies, B.C., Almajid, P., Kleta, R., Bernardi, I., & Gahl, W.A. (2005). Swallowing dysfunction in 101 patients with nephropathic cystinosis: Benefit of long-term cysteamine therapy. Medicine, 84(3), 137-146.
Sonies, B.C., Marcon, M.A., & Imundo, L. (2005). Swallowing and other digestive problems. Myositis and me: A complete family guide to juvenile dermatomyositis and other inflammatory myopathies. Myositis Association of America.
Sonies, B.C. (2005). Swallowing: Process and disorders. In Shames G. & Anderson, N. (Eds.), Human Communication Disorders 7th Edition. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.
Chi-Fishman, G., Hicks, J. E., Cintas, H. M., Sonies, B.C. & Gerber, L.H. (2004). Ultrasound imaging distinguishes between normal and weak muscle. Arch Phys Med Rehabil, 85(6), 980-986.
Chi-Fishman, G. & Sonies, B. C. (2002). Kinematic strategies for hyoid movement in rapid sequential swallowing. Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, 45(3), 457-469.
Chi-Fishman, G. & Sonies, B.C. (2000). Motor strategy in rapid sequential swallowing: New insights. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 43, 1481-1492.
Siegel, H., Sonies, B.C., Graham, B., McCutchen, C., Hunter, K., Vega-Bermudez, F. & Sato, S. (2000). Obstructive sleep apnea: A study by simultaneous polysomnography and ultrasonic imaging. Neurology, 54(9), 1872.
Sonies, B. C. (2000). Patterns of care for dysphagia in patients with degenerative neurological diseases. Seminars in Speech and Language, 21(4), 333-346.
Broniatowski, M., Sonies, B. C., Rubin, J. S., Bradshaw, C. R., Spiegel, J. R., Bastian, R.W. & Kelly, J. H. (1999). Current evaluation and treatment of patients with swallowing disorders. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg, 120, 464-473.
Sonies, B. C. (1999). Current research trends in dysphagia and dysphagia management. Nutrition in Clinical Practice, 14, 5.
Frattali, C. M., Sonies, B. C., Chi-Fishman, G. & Litvan, I. (1999). Effects of physostigmine on swallowing and oral-motor functions in patients with progressive supranuclear palsy: A pilot study. Dysphagia, 14(3), 165-168.
Adams, E. M., Frank, P., Yarbora, C., Hicks, J. E., Thornton, B., McGarvey, C., Sonies, B. C., Bartlett, M., Lourdes, V., Fleisher, T. & Plotz, P. (1999). A pilot study: Use of fludarabine for refractory dermatomyositis and polymositis, and examination of endpoint measures. Jo of Rheumatology, 26(2), 352-360.
Broniatowski, M., Sonies, B. C., Rubin, J. S., Bradshaw, C. R., Speigel, J. R., Bastian, R. W. & Kelly, J. H. (1999). Current evaluation and treatment of patients with swallowing disorders. Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, 120, 464-473.
Sonies, B. C. (1997). Evaluation and treatment of speech and swallowing disorders associated with myopathies. Current Opinion in Rheumatology, 9(6), 486-495.
Dalakas, M. C., Sonies, B. C., Dambrosia, J., Sekul, E., Cupler, E. & Sivakumar, K. (1997). Treatment of inclusion body myositis with IVIg: A double-blind, placebo-controlled study. Neurology, 48, 712-716.
Litvan, I., Sastry, N. & Sonies, B. C. (1997). Characterizing swallowing abnormalities in progressive supranuclear palsy. Neurology, 48, 1654-1662.
Sonies, B. C. (1996). Dysphagia and post-polio syndrome: Past, present and future. Seminars in Neurology, 16(4), 365-370.
Sonies, B., Wang, C. & Sapper, D. J. (1996). Evaluation of normal and abnormal hyoid bone movement during swallowing by use of ultrasound duplex-doppler imaging. Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, 22(9), 1169-1175.
Sonies, B. C. (1996). Ethical dilemmas in dysphagia practice. Clinical management of dysphagia, Topics in stroke rehabilitation, Aspen Press, 3(3) 1-7.
Wang, C. & Sonies, B. C. (1995). Methodology for three-dimensional reconstruction of the tongue surface from ultrasound images. SPIE Proceedings, Medical Imaging 1995, 2434, 628-635.
Sonies, B. C. & Dalakas, M. (1995). Progression of oral-motor and swallowing symptoms in the post-polio syndrome. Annals of the New York Academy of Science, 753, 87-95.
Dow, S. P., Sonies, B. C., Scheib, D. S., Moss, S. M. & Leonard, H. (1995). Assessment and treatment of selective mutism. Jo. of Amer Academy of Child & Adolesc Psychiatry, 34(7), 836-846.
Sonies, B. C. (1993). Dysphagia diagnostics and Donner: Experiences in the decade of change. Dysphagia, 8, 166-169.
Sonies, B. C. (1993). Prevention of swallowing disorders: Is it possible? ASHA, 38, 59-60.
Sonies, B. C. (1993). Remediation challenges in treating post head/neck cancer: A problem oriented approach. (Ed) Logemann J. Clinics in Communication Disorders, 3(4), 21-26.
Cordaro, M. A. & Sonies, B. C. (1993). An image processing scheme to quantitatively extract and validate hyoid bone motion based on real-time ultrasound recordings of swallowing. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 40, 841-844.
Sonies, B. C. (1991). Instrumental procedures for dysphagia diagnosis. In Sonies, B. C. (Ed.), Seminars in Speech and Language, New York: Thieme Medical Publishers, 3.
Robbins, J. H., Brumback, R. A., Mediones, M., Barrett, S. F., Carl, J. R., Cho, S., Denckla, M. B., Ganges, M. B., Gerber, N. L., Guthrie, R. A., Jacob, M., Moshell, A. N., Polinsky, R. J., Rivin, P. D., Sonies, B. C. & Tarone, R. E. (1991). Neurological disease in xeroderma pigmentosum: Documentation of a late-onset type of the juvenile-onset form. Brain, 114, 1335-1361.
Sonies, B. C. & Dalakas, M. (1991). Dysphagia in patients with post-polio syndrome: An overlooked phenomenum in polio survivors. N Eng J Med, 324, 1162-1167.
Hicks, J. E., Sonies, B. C., Miller, F., Plotz, P., Richardson, D. & Gerber, L. (1990). Correlation of muscle weakness and dysphagia in idiopathic inflammatory myopathy. Arth Rheum.
Sonies, B. C., Ekman, E. F., Andersson, H., Adamson, M., Kaler, S., Markello, T. & Gahl, W. A. (1990). Oropharyngeal dysfunction in nephropathic cystinosis. N Eng J Med, 323, 565-576.
Roberts, M. W., Tylenda, C. A., Sonies, B. C. & Elin, R. J. (1989). Dysphagia in bulimia nervosa. Dysphagia, 4(2), 106-11.
Caruso, A. J., Sonies, B. C., Fox, P. C. & Atkinson, J. C. (1989). Objective measures of swallowing in patients with primary Sjogrens Syndrome. Dysphagia 4(2), 101-105.
Sonies, B., Schipp, J. & Baum, B. (1989). Relationship between saliva production and oral swallow in healthy, different aged adults. Dysphagia 4(2), 85-89.
Sonies, B. C. & Caruso, A. J. (1990). The aging process and its potential impact on measures of oral sensorimotor function. Proceedings of Communication Sciences and Disorders and Aging. ASHA Reports, Number 19, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 114-125.
Fink, J. K., Filling-Katz, M., Sokol, J., Cogan, D. G., Pikus, A., Sonies, B. C., Pentchev, P. G., Brady, R. O. & Barton, N. (1989). Clinical spectrum of Niemann-Pick disease type C. Neurology, 39(8), 1040-1049.
Sonies, B. C., Parent, L., Morrish, K., Baum, B. J. (1988). Durational aspects of the oral-pharyngeal swallow in normal adults. Dysphagia 3(1), 637-648.
Sonies, B. C. (1987). Ultrasound imaging of the oral area: Clinical applications and implications for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation Reports, 3.
Stone, M., Morrish, K., Sonies, B. & Shawker, T. (1987). Tongue curvature: A model of shape during vowel production. Folia Phoniatrica, 39, 302-315.
Sonies, B. C., Weiffenbach, J. M., Atkinson, J. C., Brahim, J., Macynski, A. & Fox, P. C. (1987). Clinical examination of motor and sensory function of the adult oral cavity. Dysphagia, 1(4), 178-186.
Hughes, C. V., Baum, B. J., Fox, P. C., Marmary, Y., Yeh, C. & Sonies, B. C. (1987). Oral-pharyngeal dysphagia: A common sequela of salivary gland dysfunction. Dysphagia, 1(4), 173-177.
Sonies, B. C., Parent, L. J., Morrish, K. & Baum, B. J. (1985). Durational aspects of oral phase of swallow in normal aging adults. Presented at Conference, Clinical and Research Issues in Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders. NIH.
Fox, P. C., VanderVen, P. F., Sonies, B. C., Weiffenbach, J. M. & Baum, B. J. (1985). Xerostomia: Evaluation of a symptom with increasing significance. JADA, 110, 519-525.
Morrish, K. A., Stone, M., Shawker, T. & Sonies, B. C. (1985). Distinguishability of tongue shape during vowel production. Jo Phonetics, 13(2), 189-204.
Shawker, T. H. & Sonies, B. C. (1985). Ultrasound biofeedback for speech training. Investigative Radiology, 20, 90-93.
Shawker, T. H., Stone, M. & Sonies, B. C. (1985). Tongue pellet tracking by ultrasound: Development of a reverberation pellet. J of Phonetics, 13, 135-146.
Shawker, T. H., Sonies, B. C., Hall, T. E. & Baum, B. F. (1984). Ultrasound analysis of tongue, hyoid and larynx activity during swallow. Investigative Radiology, 19(2), 82-86.
Morrish, K. A., Stone, M., Shawker, T. & Sonies, B. C. (1984). Characterization of tongue shape during normal speech. Jo Acoustical Soc of Amer, 75, S23A.
Sonies, B. C., Stone, M. & Shawker, T. (1984). Speech and swallowing in the elderly. Jo Gerontology, 3, 115-123.
Sonies, B. C., Baum, B. J. & Shawker, T. H. (1984). Tongue motion in the elderly: Initial in situ observations. Jo Gerontology, 39 (3), 279-283.
Morrish, K., Stone, M., Sonies, B., Kurtz, D. & Shawker, T. (1984). Characterization of tongue shape. Ultrasonic Imaging, 6, 37-47.
Stone, M. S., Sonies, B. C., Shawker, T. H., Weiss, G. & Nadel, L. (1983). Real-time ultrasonic imaging of tongue configuration using a grid-digitizing system. Jo Phonetics, ll, 207-218.
Sonies, B. (1982). Oral imaging systems: A review and clinical applications. The Journal of the National Student Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 10(1), 30-42.
Sonies, B. (1982). How to select the best fitting nonverbal communication system. Phonic Mirror Handivoice Application Book, Phonic Ear, Inc.
Sonies, B., Shawker, T., Hal,l T., Gerber, L. & Leighton, S. (1981). Ultrasonic visualization of tongue motion during speech. Jo Acous Soc Amer, 70(3), 693-696.
Sroufe, A., Sonies, B., West, W. & Wright, F. (1975). Heart rate deceleration in hyperactive children. Child Development.
Sonies, B. & Healey, W. (1974). The deaf mentally retarded: Understanding their world. ASHA/DHEW publication.
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