Amy Ramage Communication Sciences and Disorders

Amy Ramage

Associate Professor
Research Coordinator
Phone: (603) 862-2125
Office: Communication Sciences & Disorders, Hewitt Hall Rm 157, Durham, NH 03824
Websites:
Curriculum Vitae

My research, teaching, and clinical interests center on the neurologic bases of cognition and emotion as they interact with communication competence. My research group, the Cognition, Brain and Language Team (CoBALT) studies the association between impairments of cognition, emotion & language in acquired brain injury and the brain systems that underlie them. The objective is to identify variables (biomarkers or behaviors) that contribute to the dysfunction of brain systems and to determine their value as predictors of outcomes. The long-term goal of this work is to understand whether these predictors may be targeted and optimized in treatments effecting change in these neural systems.

Courses Taught

  • COMM 711/811: Brain and Behavior
  • COMM 742: Speech-Language Pathology II
  • COMM 798/895: SpcTop/NeuralBasesCog&Lang
  • COMM 811: Brain and Behavior
  • COMM 833: Aphasia in Adults
  • COMM 841: Cognitive Communication Disord
  • INCO 590: Student Research Experience
  • INCO 790: Advanced Research Experience

Education

  • Ph.D., Speech-Language Pathology and Cognitive Psychology, University of Arizona
  • M.S., Speech-Language Pathology, University of Arizona
  • B.S., Speech and Hearing Sciences, Texas Tech University

Research Interests

  • Communicative Disorders, Speech
  • Neuroimaging
  • Neurological Disorders
  • Speech/Language Therapy
  • Traumatic Brain/Head Injury
  • Traumatic Stress Disorders

Selected Publications

  • Greenslade, K. J., Bushell, J. K., Dillon, E. F., & Ramage, A. E. (2025). The vague language use scale: Clinical utility and psychometrics from adults with traumatic brain injury.. Int J Lang Commun Disord, 60(1), e13130. doi:10.1111/1460-6984.13130

  • Ramage, A. E., Rowe, A. L., & Greenslade, K. J. (2024). Discourse-Level Communication Success in Aphasia: Unveiling Its Significance through Observer's Ratings.. Semin Speech Lang, 45(4), 381-400. doi:10.1055/s-0044-1789622

  • Greenslade, K. J., Bogart, E., Gyory, J., Jaskolka, S., & Ramage, A. E. (2024). Story Grammar Analyses Capture Discourse Improvement in the First 2 Years Following a Severe Traumatic Brain Injury.. Am J Speech Lang Pathol, 33(2), 1004-1020. doi:10.1044/2023_AJSLP-23-00269

  • Greenslade, K. J., Honan, C., Harrington, L., Kenealy, L., Ramage, A. E., & Bogart, E. (2024). Wishes, beliefs, and jealousy: use of mental state terms in Cinderella retells after traumatic brain injury.. Front Hum Neurosci, 18, 1386227. doi:10.3389/fnhum.2024.1386227

  • Ramage, A. E., Greenslade, K. J., Cote, K., Lee, J. N., Fox, C. M., Halpern, A., & Ramig, L. O. (2024). Narrative analysis in individuals with Parkinson's disease following intensive voice treatment: secondary outcome variables from a randomized controlled trial.. Front Hum Neurosci, 18, 1394948. doi:10.3389/fnhum.2024.1394948

  • Ramage, A. E., Ray, K. L., Franz, H. M., Tate, D. F., Lewis, J. D., & Robin, D. A. (2022). Cingulo-Opercular and Frontoparietal Network Control of Effort and Fatigue in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. FRONTIERS IN HUMAN NEUROSCIENCE, 15. doi:10.3389/fnhum.2021.788091

  • Stark, B. C., Dutta, M., Murray, L. L., Fromm, D., Bryant, L., Harmon, T. G., . . . Roberts, A. C. (2021). Spoken Discourse Assessment and Analysis in Aphasia: An International Survey of Current Practices. JOURNAL OF SPEECH LANGUAGE AND HEARING RESEARCH, 64(11), 4366-4389. doi:10.1044/2021_JSLHR-20-00708

  • Stark, B. C., Dutta, M., Murray, L. L., Bryant, L., Fromm, D., MacWhinney, B., . . . Sharma, S. (2021). Standardizing Assessment of Spoken Discourse in Aphasia: A Working Group With Deliverables. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY, 30(1), 491-502. doi:10.1044/2020_AJSLP-19-00093

  • Greenslade, K. J., Stuart, J. E. B., Richardson, J. D., Dalton, S. G., & Ramage, A. E. (2020). Macrostructural Analyses of Cinderella Narratives in a Large Nonclinical Sample. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY, 29(4), 1923-1936. doi:10.1044/2020_AJSLP-19-00151

  • Ramage, A. E. (2020). Potential for Cognitive Communication Impairment in COVID-19 Survivors: A Call to Action for Speech-Language Pathologists. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY, 29(4), 1821-1832. doi:10.1044/2020_AJSLP-20-00147

  • Ramage, A. E., Aytur, S., & Ballard, K. J. (2020). Resting-State Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Connectivity Between Semantic and Phonological Regions of Interest May Inform Language Targets in Aphasia. JOURNAL OF SPEECH LANGUAGE AND HEARING RESEARCH, 63(9), 3051-3067. doi:10.1044/2020_JSLHR-19-00117

  • Ramage, A. E., Tate, D. F., New, A. B., Lewis, J. D., & Robin, D. A. (2019). Effort and Fatigue-Related Functional Connectivity in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. FRONTIERS IN NEUROLOGY, 9. doi:10.3389/fneur.2018.01165

  • Ramage, A. E., Lin, A. -L., Olvera, R. L., Fox, P. T., & Williamson, D. E. (2015). Resting-state regional cerebral blood flow during adolescence: Associations with initiation of substance use and prediction of future use disorders. DRUG AND ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE, 149, 40-48. doi:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.01.012

  • Ramage, A. E., Laird, A. R., Eickhoff, S. B., Acheson, A., Peterson, A. L., Williamson, D. E., . . . Fox, P. T. (2013). A Coordinate-Based Meta-Analytic Model of Trauma Processing in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. HUMAN BRAIN MAPPING, 34(12), 3392-3399. doi:10.1002/hbm.22155

  • Murray, L. L., & Ramage, A. E. (2000). Assessing the executive function abilities of adults with neurogenic communication disorders.. Semin Speech Lang, 21(2), 153-167. doi:10.1055/s-2000-7562

  • Holland, A. L., & Ramage, A. E. (2000). Thinking outside the (black) box. BRAIN AND LANGUAGE, 71(1), 93-95. doi:10.1006/brln.1999.2222

  • Ramage, A., Bayles, K., Helm-Estabrooks, N., & Cruz, R. (1999). Frequency of perseveration in normal subjects. BRAIN AND LANGUAGE, 66(3), 329-340. doi:10.1006/brln.1999.2032

  • Helm-Estabrooks, N., Ramage, A., Bayles, K. A., & Cruz, R. (1998). Perseverative behaviour in fluent and non-fluent aphasic adults. APHASIOLOGY, 12(7-8), 689-698. doi:10.1080/02687039808249566

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