Ellika Schalling
Affiliated to Research | Docent
E-mail: ellika.schalling@ki.se
Visiting address: Blickagången 9 A, Enheten för logopedi F67, 14186 Stockholm
Postal address: H9 Klinisk vetenskap, intervention och teknik, H9 CLINTEC Logopedi, 141 52 Huddinge
About me
- Employed as associate professor (lektor) in Speech and Language Pathology at
the Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology/Division of
Speech and Language Pathology at the Karolinska Institutet, combined with
employment as a Speech and Language Pathologist at Medical Unit, Speech and
Language Pathology, Karolinska University Hospital.
Main area of interest is neurogenic speech and language disorders in adults.
My work includes teaching, supervision of master- and doctoral students,
research and clinical work within this area. I received a bachelor in Speech
and Language Pathology (SLP) from the Karolinska Institutet in 1986, a Master
of Science in SLP from Boston University, USA in 1992 and a doctoral
degree from the Karolinska Institute in 2007 with the thesis “Speech,
voice, language and cognition in individuals with Spinocerebellar ataxia”.
Associate professor (docent) in Speech and Language Pathology at Karolinska
Institutet 2018.
*Teaching interests*
I mainly teach at the study programme in speech and language pathology. I
have an administrative responsibility for the third year of the programme. I
am involved in teaching in several courses and I am currently course
coordinator for the course:
-Speech and Language Disorders in Adults (10.5 ECTS)
I am also regularly responsible for courses at advanced level (free-standing
courses) and I have been the course director of several doctoral courses.
Additional teaching activities include supervision of degree projects for the
Study programme in SLP and Master’s degree (30 credits) and supervision of
doctoral students (at present Ineke Samson, Marika Schütz and Hanna
Steurer as main supervisor and Helena Hybbinette as co-supervisor).
I have a strong commitment to internationalization and to providing
opportunities for international exchange for students at the Karolinska
Institute. I am responsible for internationalization activities at the study
programme in SLP, KI since 2016.
Research
- Research interests
Studies of speech, voice and language in individuals with neurological
disease or injury. Symtoms and prevalence are studied and related to
neuroimaging findings. Assessment methods, also including assessment of
communicative participation, are developed and studies of self-perceived
communication problems and intervention received in different neurological
conditions are performed.
Effects of SLP-interventions, especially intensive treatment for individuals
with communication disorders secondary to neurological disease and injury are
also studied.
Voice use in everyday life, data from recordings in studio environment and
everyday life situations are compared and effects of feedback regarding voice
sound pressure level is studied with an ambulatory phonation monitor in
individuals with Parkinson’s disease.
Aims of the main project are to
-describe voice function in individuals with Parkinsons disease compared to
matched controls in field-environments and to compare data on voice function
from field-environments with data from controlled studio-recordings.
-study effects of biofeedback on voice intensity in individuals with
Parkinsons disease.
- translate and validate a questionnaire for effects of speech impairment on
communicative participation
-increase knowledge about self-reported problems related to speech
impairment, and about SLP interventions provided, in individuals with
neurological disease/injury
-study effects of intensive intervention, including changes in the brain, in
individuals with Parkinson’s disease and in people with speech- and
language disorders following stroke
- study prevalence and clinical presentation in acquired apraxia of speech as
well as neurological correlates and longitudinal outcome
-investigate symptoms and strategies in young women and men who stutter
For more information see:
http://ki.se/clintec/tal-och-sprakstorningar-hos-vuxna
Teaching
- Director of the Board of education at CLINTEC (grundutbildningsansvarig, GUA)
2020-
Programme Director for the Study programme in Speech and Language Pathology,
Karolinska Institutet, 2010-2015.
Coordinator for the doctoral programme Hearing, Otolaryngology, Language,
Speech (Hörsel, Öron, Språk, Tal, HÖST) 2009-2012 (member of the steering
committe 2006-2015)
Member of the steering committee for the doctoral programme Neuroscience
2016-2018
Articles
- Article: JOURNAL OF VOICE. 2024;38(4):965.e1-965.e13
- Article: JOURNAL OF VOICE. 2024;38(3):800.e27-800.e38
- Article: JOURNAL OF SPEECH, LANGUAGE AND HEARING RESEARCH. 2022;65(12):4608-4622
- Article: NPJ PARKINSON'S DISEASE. 2022;8(1):12
- Article: FRONTIERS IN AGING NEUROSCIENCE. 2022;14:870998
- Article: FRONTIERS IN NEUROLOGY. 2022;13:1013652
- Article: JOURNAL OF SPEECH, LANGUAGE AND HEARING RESEARCH. 2021;64(6):2121-2133
- Article: BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR. 2021;11(6):e02150
- Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH. 2021;65(3):468-480
- Article: JOURNAL OF FLUENCY DISORDERS. 2021;67:105822
- Article: FRONTIERS IN NEUROLOGY. 2021;12:634065
- Article: JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION DISORDERS. 2021;89:106076
- Article: FOLIA PHONIATRICA ET LOGOPAEDICA. 2021;73(1):50-62
- Article: PARKINSON'S DISEASE. 2020;2020:2410863-12
- Article: JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA. 2020;147(2):839-851
- Article: LOGOPEDICS PHONIATRICS VOCOLOGY. 2020;45(1):39-48
- Article: JOURNAL OF SPEECH, LANGUAGE AND HEARING RESEARCH. 2019;62(12):4324-4334
- Article: LOGOPEDICS PHONIATRICS VOCOLOGY. 2019;44(3):124-133
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION DISORDERS. 2018;53(4):761-775
- Article: FOLIA PHONIATRICA ET LOGOPAEDICA. 2017;69(3):131-141
- Article: LOGOPEDICS PHONIATRICS VOCOLOGY. 2016;41(4):159-167
- Article: JOURNAL OF VOICE. 2016;30(4):407-415
- Article: BRAIN AND LANGUAGE. 2013;127(3):317-322
- Article: JOURNAL OF VOICE. 2013;27(6):729-737
- Article: MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS JOURNAL. 2012;18(6):905-908
- Article: JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY. 2012;20(4):70-76
- Article: JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY. 2010;18(4):54-60
- Article: LOGOPEDICS PHONIATRICS VOCOLOGY. 2007;32(1):31-46
- Article: FOLIA PHONIATRICA ET LOGOPAEDICA. 2004;56(6):367-380
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All other publications
- Review: COCHRANE DATABASE OF SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS. 2015;2015(11):CD010169
- Other: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION DISORDERS. 2014;49(6):780
- Thesis / dissertation: 2007
- Published conference paper: JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY. 2006;14(4):291-296
Employments
- Affiliated to Research, Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet, 2022-2024
Degrees and Education
- Docent, Karolinska Institutet, 2018
- Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet, 2007