Author
Lorraine Ramig, PhD, CCC-SLP
Dr. Ramig is a Professor in the Department of Speech-Language and Hearing Science (SLHS) at the University of Colorado-Boulder; a Senior Scientist at the National Center for Voice and Speech (NCVS), a division of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts; an Adjunct Professor at Columbia Teacher's College in New York City; and Founder/President of the LSVT Foundation, a non-profit organization.
Dr. Ramig received her PhD at Purdue University, her Masters degree at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and her Bachelors degree at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. She holds the Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech Language Hearing Association and is a Fellow in this organization. Dr. Ramig and her colleagues developed the LSVT treatment for patients with Parkinson's Disease, and she has been the principal investigator of LSVT treatment studies with over fifteen years of National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding. Dr. Ramig is currently a member of the NIH-NIDCD (National Institute of Deafness and other Communication Disorders) Advisory Council.
