Brittany N. Krekeler, PHD,CCC-SLP

Bonilha, Heather Shaw; Krekeler, Brittany N; Wilmskoetter, Janina; Kumar, Sandeep; Reedy, Erin L; Feng, Wuwei; Ikramuddin, Salman; Nahab, Fadi 2026. Post-Stroke Dysphagia: Moving Toward Evidence-Based, Recovery-Oriented Systems of Care. Current neurology and neuroscience reports, 26 1,

Kantarcigil, Cagla; Arrese, Loni; Kim, Sang Jun; Gianakopoulos, Isabella; Bulazo, Marina; Kim, Min Ku; Krekeler, Brittany N 2026. Sensor Technologies for Measuring Tongue Biomechanics Relevant to Swallowing: A Narrative Review. Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 26 11,

Krekeler, Brittany N; Hopkins, Anna; Vollman, Claudia; Davidson, Kate; Broderick, Erin; Altaye, Mekibib; Tabangin, Meredith; Martin-Harris, Bonnie; Hutcheson, Katherine A 2026. Preliminary Validation of Dynamic Imaging Grade of Swallowing Toxicity (DIGESTV2) for Characterizing Swallow Safety and Efficiency in Post-Stroke Populations. Dysphagia, 41 1, 96-104

McCoy, Yvette M; Galek, Kristine E; Bice, Ed M; Roberts, Rachel; Hopkins, Anna; Schuck, Blake; Vollman Breen, Claudia; Wright, Devin; Krekeler, Brittany N 2026. Effects of Meal Consumption on Isotonic Lingual Endurance in Healthy Adults: A Multi-Institutional Study. Journal of oral rehabilitation, 53 8, 1436-1446

Schoenleb, Nicholas S; Krekeler, Brittany N; Hopkins, Anna K; Boyce, Suzanne E; Howell, Rebecca J; Rule, David W; Mast, T Douglas 2026. Assessment of Hyoid Bone Movement by Simultaneous Ultrasound and Videofluoroscopic Imaging. Dysphagia, 41 4, 772-787

Schuman, Ari D; Allen, Jacqui; Altaye, Mekibib; Amin, Milan R; Bayan, Semirra L; Belafsky, Peter C; DeSilva, Brad W; Dhar, Shumon I; Ekbom, Dale C; Friedman, Aaron D; Fritz, Mark; Gardner, Glendon M; Guardiani, Elizabeth A; Johnson, Christopher; Kasperbauer, Jan; Kim, Brandon; Krekeler, Brittany N; Kuhn, Maggie A; Ma, Yue; Madden, Lyndsay L; Matrka, Laura; Mayerhoff, Ross M; Piraka, Cyrus; Ramaswamy, Apoorva; Rosen, Clark A; Sibley, Haley C; Tabangin, Meredith; Wright, Carter; Yang, Z Mike; Young, Vyvy N; Postma, Gregory; Howell, Rebecca J 2026. Unintentional Weight Loss Does Not Predict Poor Outcomes in Zenker Diverticulum. The Laryngoscope, ,

Schuman, Ari D; McKeon, Mallory; Allen, Jacqui; Altaye, Mekibib; Amin, Milan R; Bayan, Semirra L; Belafsky, Peter C; Bock, Jonathan M; DeSilva, Brad W; Dion, Greg; Ekbom, Dale C; Friedman, Aaron D; Fritz, Mark; Guardiani, Elizabeth A; Johnson, Christopher; Kasperbauer, Jan; Kim, Brandon; Krekeler, Brittany N; Kuhn, Maggie; Kwak, Paul; Ma, Yue; Madden, Lyndsay L; Matrka, Laura; Mayerhoff, Ross M; Piraka, Cyrus; Rosen, Clark; Tabangin, Meredith; Wilson, Keith; Young, Vyvy N; Postma, Gregory; Howell, Rebecca J 2026. Dysphagia Outcomes in Zenker Diverticulum: A Longitudinal POuCH Study. The Laryngoscope, 136 2, 683-687

Singla, Abhishek; Sharma, Divya; Krekeler, Brittany N; Meyer, Cristopher 2026. Aspiration-Related Alveolar Disease: From Acute Injury to Chronic Pulmonary Sequelae. Seminars in respiratory and critical care medicine, 47 4, 471-486

Krekeler, Brittany N; Hopkins, Anna; Cooke, Melissa; Tabangin, Meredith; Altaye, Mekibib; Wahab, Shaun; Martin-Harris, Bonnie 2025. Poststroke Lingual Function and Swallowing Physiology. Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR, 68 5, 2318-2338

Krekeler, Brittany N; Loy, Raele Donetha; Shaheen, Nadeem; Lulich, Steven M; Sheridan, Payton; Peña-Chávez, Rodolfo E; Connor, Nadine P; Rogus-Pulia, Nicole 2025. Reliability of 3-D/4-D Ultrasound Contouring of Tongue Surface During Swallowing. Ultrasound in medicine & biology, 51 8, 1182-1188

Mira, Amna S; Hopkins, Anna K; Tabangin, Meredith E; Altaye, Mekibib; Krekeler, Brittany N 2025. Examining Associations Between Manometric Measures of Lingual Function and Swallowing Physiology Using the Modified Barium Swallow Impairment Profile. American journal of speech-language pathology, 34 4, 2072-2080

Brown, Johnathan; McCoy, Nicole; Allen, Jacqui; Altaye, Mekibib; Amin, Milan; Bayan, Semirra; Belafsky, Peter; DeSilva, Brad; Dion, Greg; Ekbom, Dale; Friedman, Aaron; Fritz, Mark; Giliberto, John Paul; Guardiani, Elizabeth; Johnson, Christopher; Kasperbauer, Jan; Kim, Brandon; Krekeler, Brittany N; Kuhn, Maggie; Kwak, Paul; Ma, Yue; Madden, Lyndsay L; Matrka, Laura; Mayerhoff, Ross; Piraka, Cyrus; Rosen, Clark A; Tabangin, Meredith; Wahab, Shaun; Wilson, Keith; Wright, Carter; Young, VyVy N; Postma, Gregory; Howell, Rebecca J 2024. Surgical Nonresponders in Zenker Diverticulum and Lower Esophageal Pathology (POUCH Collaborative). The Laryngoscope, 134 12, 4897-4902

Krekeler, Brittany N; Hopkins, Anna; Tabangin, Meredith E; Altaye, Mekibib; Roberts, Rachel; Saadi, Raneh; Martin-Harris, Bonnie; Rogus-Pulia, Nicole 2024. Criterion (Concurrent) Validity and Clinical Utility of the Tongueometer Device. American journal of speech-language pathology, 33 4, 1763-1773

Krekeler, Brittany N; Howell, Rebecca J 2024. Cricopharyngeus muscle dysfunction: a poorly defined disorder from diagnosis to treatment. European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 281 9, 4519-4527

Krekeler, Brittany N; Schieve, Heidi J P; Khoury, Jane; Ding, Lili; Haverbusch, Mary; Alwell, Kathleen; Adeoye, Opeolu; Ferioloi, Simona; Mackey, Jason; Woo, Daniel; Flaherty, Matthew; La Rosa, Felipe De Los Rios; Demel, Stacie; Star, Michael; Coleman, Elisheva; Walsh, Kyle; Slavin, Sabreena; Jasne, Adam; Mistry, Eva; Kleindorfer, Dawn; Kissela, Brett 2024. Health Factors Associated With Development and Severity of Poststroke Dysphagia: An Epidemiological Investigation. Journal of the American Heart Association, 13 7, e033922

McKeon, Mallory; McCoy, Nicole; Johnson, Christopher; Allen, Jacqui; Altaye, Mekibib; Amin, Milan; Bayan, Semirra; Belafsky, Peter; DeSilva, Brad; Dion, Greg; Ekbom, Dale; Friedman, Aaron; Fritz, Mark; Giliberto, John Paul; Guardiani, Elizabeth; Kasperbauer, Jan; Kim, Brandon; Krekeler, Brittany N; Kuhn, Maggie; Kwak, Paul; Ma, Yue; Madden, Lyndsay L; Matrka, Laura; Mayerhoff, Ross; Piraka, Cyrus; Rosen, Clark A; Tabangin, Meredith; Wahab, Shaun; Wilson, Keith; Wright, Carter; Young, VyVy N; Postma, Gregory; Howell, Rebecca J 2024. Postoperative Care of Zenker Diverticula: Contemporary Perspective from the Prospective OUtcomes Cricopharyngeaus Hypertonicity (POUCH) Collaborative. The Laryngoscope, 134 6, 2678-2683

Howell, Rebecca; Johnson, Christopher; Allen, Jacqui; Altaye, Mekibib; Amin, Milan; Bayan, Semirra; Belafsky, Peter; Cervenka, Brian; Desilva, Brad; Dion, Gregory R; Ekbom, Dale; Friedman, Aaron; Fritz, Mark; Giliberto, John Paul; Guardiani, Elizabeth; Kasperbauer, Jan; Kim, Brandon; Krekeler, Brittany N; Kuhn, Maggie; Kwak, Paul; Ma, Yue; Madden, Lyndsay L; Matrka, Laura; Mayerhoff, Ross; McKeon, Mallory; Piraka, Cyrus; Rosen, Clark A; Tabangin, Meredith; Wahab, Shaun A; Wilson, Keith; Wright, Carter; Young, VyVy N; Postma, Gregory 2023. Surgical Outcomes in Zenker Diverticula: A Multicenter, Prospective, Longitudinal Study. The Laryngoscope, ,

Krekeler, Brittany N; Schieve, Heidi J P; Khoury, Jane; Ding, Lili; Haverbusch, Mary; Alwell, Kathleen; Adeoye, Opeolu; Ferioloi, Simona; Mackey, Jason; Woo, Daniel; Flaherty, Matthew; De Los Rios La Rosa, Felipe; Demel, Stacie; Star, Michael; Coleman, Elisheva; Walsh, Kyle; Slavin, Sabreena; Jasne, Adam; Mistry, Eva; Kleindorfer, Dawn; Kissela, Brett 2023. Health factors associated with development and severity of post-stroke dysphagia: an epidemiological investigation. medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences, ,

Krekeler, Brittany N; Yee, Joanne; Kurosu, Atsuko; Osman, Fauzia; Peña-Chávez, Rodolfo; Leverson, Glen; Young, Brittany; Sattin, Justin; Knigge, Molly; Thibeault, Susan; Rogus-Pulia, Nicole 2023. Effects of Device-Facilitated Lingual Strengthening Therapy on Dysphagia Related Outcomes in Patients Post-Stroke: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Dysphagia, ,

Vitale, Kailey; Powell, W Ryan; Krekeler, Brittany N; Yee, Joanne; Rogus-Pulia, Nicole 2023. Stratifying Risk of Nonadherence in Lingual Strengthening Dysphagia Rehabilitation. American journal of speech-language pathology, , 1-17

Krekeler, Brittany N; Davidson, Kate; Kantarcigil, Cagla; Pearson, William; Blair, Julie; Martin-Harris, Bonnie 2022. Determining Swallowing Biomechanics Underlying Modified Barium Swallow Impairment Profile Scoring Using Computational Analysis of Swallowing Mechanics. Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR, 65 10, 3798-3808

Krekeler, Brittany N; Hou, Jiancheng; Nair, Veena A; Prabhakaran, Vivek; Rusche, Nicole; Rogus-Pulia, Nicole; Robbins, JoAnne 2022. Alterations in white matter microstructural properties after lingual strength exercise in patients with dysphagia. Neuroreport, 33 9, 392-398

Glass, Tiffany J; Figueroa, Joanie E; Russell, John A; Krekeler, Brittany N; Connor, Nadine P 2021. Progressive Protrusive Tongue Exercise Does Not Alter Aging Effects in Retrusive Tongue Muscles. Frontiers in physiology, 12 , 740876

Krekeler, Brittany N; Rowe, Linda M; Connor, Nadine P 2021. Dose in Exercise-Based Dysphagia Therapies: A Scoping Review. Dysphagia, 36 1, 1-32

Krekeler, Brittany N; Yee, Joanne; Daggett, Sarah; Leverson, Glen; Rogus-Pulia, Nicole 2021. Lingual Exercise in Older Veterans With Dysphagia: A Pilot Investigation of Patient Adherence. Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR, 64 5, 1526-1538

Krekeler, Brittany N; Vitale, Kailey; Yee, Joanne; Powell, Ryan; Rogus-Pulia, Nicole 2020. Adherence to Dysphagia Treatment Recommendations: A Conceptual Model. Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR, 63 6, 1641-1657

Krekeler, Brittany N; Weycker, Jacqueline M; Connor, Nadine P 2020. Effects of Tongue Exercise Frequency on Tongue Muscle Biology and Swallowing Physiology in a Rat Model. Dysphagia, 35 6, 918-934

Cullins, Miranda J; Krekeler, Brittany N; Connor, Nadine P 2018. Differential impact of tongue exercise on intrinsic lingual muscles. The Laryngoscope, 128 10, 2245-2251

Krekeler, Brittany N; Broadfoot, Courtney K; Johnson, Stephen; Connor, Nadine P; Rogus-Pulia, Nicole 2018. Correction to: Patient Adherence to Dysphagia Recommendations: A Systematic Review. Dysphagia, 33 4, 589-591

Krekeler, Brittany N; Broadfoot, Courtney K; Johnson, Stephen; Connor, Nadine P; Rogus-Pulia, Nicole 2018. Patient Adherence to Dysphagia Recommendations: A Systematic Review. Dysphagia, 33 2, 173-184

Krekeler, Brittany N; Leverson, Glen; Connor, Nadine P 2018. Tongue exercise and ageing effects on morphological and biochemical properties of the posterior digastric and temporalis muscles in a Fischer 344 Brown Norway rat model. Archives of oral biology, 89 , 37-43

Krekeler, Brittany N; Wendt, Elizabeth; Macdonald, Cameron; Orne, Jason; Francis, David O; Sippel, Rebecca; Connor, Nadine P 2018. Patient-Reported Dysphagia After Thyroidectomy: A Qualitative Study. JAMA otolaryngology-- head & neck surgery, 144 4, 342-348

Krekeler, Brittany N; Connor, Nadine P 2017. Age-related changes in mastication are not improved by tongue exercise in a rat model. The Laryngoscope, 127 1, E29-E34

Glass T.J.; Figueroa J.E.; Russell J.A.; Krekeler B.N.; Connor N.P. 10-21-2021. Progressive Protrusive Tongue Exercise Does Not Alter Aging Effects in Retrusive Tongue Muscles Frontiers in Physiology, 12 ,