Julie Barkmeier-Kraemer
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Julie Barkmeier-Kraemer, PhD, CCC-SLP

Languages spoken: English

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Primary Location

Surgical Specialty Center

729 Arapeen Drive
Salt Lake City , UT 84108
801-587-3550
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Julie Barkmeier-Kraemer is a tenured professor in the Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Director of the Voice, Airway, Swallowing Translational (VAST) Research Lab, Clinic Director for the Voice Disorders Center, and Adjunct faculty to the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Utah. She joined the University of Utah in June 2014.

Dr. Barkmeier-Kraemer is the clinic director of the Voice Disorders Center (VDC), Dr Barkmeier-Kraemer works with exceptional colleagues to provide interdisciplinary services to individuals with voice, breathing, and swallowing problems. The VDC team and other colleagues at the UofU, Utah State and Voice Center at the LDS Hospital host the annual Utah Performance Voice Conference held in honor of World Voice Day.

Dr Barkmeier-Kraemer is the Director of the Voice, Airway, Swallowing Translational (VAST) Research Lab. This lab supports funded and unfunded projects addressing normal and abnormal voice, breathing, and swallowing. Several NIH funded projects are associated with the VAST Research Lab including “Vascular Connective Tissues as a Factor in Onset of Idiopathic Vocal Fold Paralysis” (R01DC011311, Co-PIs: Barkmeier-Kraemer, Vande Geest), “Physiologic Correlates of Vocal Tremor affecting those with Essential Tremor” (R01DC016838, PI: Barkmeier-Kraemer), “Imaging and Influence of Glottic and Subglottic Anatomy in Healthy and Stenotic Patients” (R01DC009616, PI: Tanner), “Pathophysiology of Voice Disorders Due to Combination Inhaled Corticosteroids in Asthma” (R01DC016269, PI: Tanner) and "Next-Generation Clinical Phenotyping and Pathophysiology of Laryngeal Dystonia and Voice Tremor" (P50DC01990, PI: Simonyan). Our lab and the Utah Voice Disorders Center are also a research site for "RTSS-Voice: Towards a unified system to classify treatments for muscle tension dysphonia." (R01DC020247, PI: Van Stan).

Dr. Barkmeier-Kraemer currently teaches the Master of Science in Clinical Investigation (MSCI) Clinical Investigation Workshop (MDCRC 6060-001) supported by the Center for Clinical Translational Science (CCTS). She is the University of Utah ASHA Clinical Education Administrator for speech-language pathology continuing education activities. She currently mentors undergraduate students and graduate students through the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, as well as residents, fellows, and junior faculty through the Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Neurosurgery, Surgery, VPCATS, and MSCI programs.

Dr. Barkmeier-Kraemer has administrative and leadership roles through ASHA, the International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society, Dysphagia Research Society, and Dysphonia International.

Specialties

Board Certification

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

Julie Barkmeier-Kraemer is a tenured professor in the Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Director of the Voice, Airway, Swallowing Translational (VAST) Research Lab, Clinic Director for the Voice Disorders Center, and Adjunct faculty to the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Utah. She joined the University of Utah in June 2014.

Dr. Barkmeier-Kraemer is the clinic director of the Voice Disorders Center (VDC), Dr Barkmeier-Kraemer works with exceptional colleagues to provide interdisciplinary services to individuals with voice, breathing, and swallowing problems. The VDC team and other colleagues at the UofU, Utah State and Voice Center at the LDS Hospital host the annual Utah Performance Voice Conference held in honor of World Voice Day.

Dr Barkmeier-Kraemer is the Director of the Voice, Airway, Swallowing Translational (VAST) Research Lab. This lab supports funded and unfunded projects addressing normal and abnormal voice, breathing, and swallowing. Several NIH funded projects are associated with the VAST Research Lab including “Vascular Connective Tissues as a Factor in Onset of Idiopathic Vocal Fold Paralysis” (R01DC011311, Co-PIs: Barkmeier-Kraemer, Vande Geest), “Physiologic Correlates of Vocal Tremor affecting those with Essential Tremor” (R01DC016838, PI: Barkmeier-Kraemer), “Imaging and Influence of Glottic and Subglottic Anatomy in Healthy and Stenotic Patients” (R01DC009616, PI: Tanner), “Pathophysiology of Voice Disorders Due to Combination Inhaled Corticosteroids in Asthma” (R01DC016269, PI: Tanner) and "Next-Generation Clinical Phenotyping and Pathophysiology of Laryngeal Dystonia and Voice Tremor" (P50DC01990, PI: Simonyan). Our lab and the Utah Voice Disorders Center are also a research site for "RTSS-Voice: Towards a unified system to classify treatments for muscle tension dysphonia." (R01DC020247, PI: Van Stan).

Dr. Barkmeier-Kraemer currently teaches the Master of Science in Clinical Investigation (MSCI) Clinical Investigation Workshop (MDCRC 6060-001) supported by the Center for Clinical Translational Science (CCTS). She is the University of Utah ASHA Clinical Education Administrator for speech-language pathology continuing education activities. She currently mentors undergraduate students and graduate students through the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, as well as residents, fellows, and junior faculty through the Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Neurosurgery, Surgery, VPCATS, and MSCI programs.

Dr. Barkmeier-Kraemer has administrative and leadership roles through ASHA, the International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society, Dysphagia Research Society, and Dysphonia International.

Board Certification and Academic Information

Academic Departments Otolaryngology: Head & Neck Surgery -Professor
Communication Sciences & Disorders -Professor
Board Certification
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

Education history

Undergraduate Biology/Pre-Medicine - Creighton University
Undergraduate Psychology - The University of Iowa B.S.
Graduate Training Speech-Language Pathology - The University of Iowa M.A.
Fellowship Speech-Language Pathology - The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Clinical Fellow
Doctoral Training Speech-Language Pathology - The University of Iowa Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Training Neurolaryngology - National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders Postdoctoral Training

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Alexander MJ, Barkmeier-Kraemer JM, Vande Geest JP (2010). Biomechanical properties of recurrent laryngeal nerve in the piglet. Ann Biomed Eng, 38(8), 2553-62.
  2. Morton CC, Marazita ML, Peter B, Rice ML, Kraft SJ, Barkmeier-Kraemer J, Balaban C, Phillips M, Schoden J, Maiese D, Hendershot T, Hamilton C (2022). Tools for standardized data collection: Speech, Language, and Hearing measurement protocols in the PhenX Toolkit. Annals of human genetics, 86(1), 45-51.
  3. Peterson KL, Verdolini-Marston K, Barkmeier JM, Hoffman H (1994). Comparison of aerodynamic and electroglottographic parameters in evaluating clinically relevant voicing patterns. The Annals of otology, rhinology, and laryngology, 103(5 Pt 1), 335-46.
  4. Van Stan JH, Whyte J, Duffy JR, Barkmeier-Kraemer JM, Doyle PB, Gherson S, Kelchner L, Muise J, Petty B, Roy N, Stemple J, Thibeault S, Tolejano C (2021). Rehabilitation Treatment Specification System: Methodology to Identify and Describe Unique Targets and Ingredients. Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation, 102(3), 521-531.
  5. Finnegan EM, Luschei ES, Barkmeier JM, Hoffman H (2003). Synchrony of laryngeal muscle activity in persons with vocal tremor. Archives of otolaryngology--head & neck surgery, 129(3), 313-8.
  6. Salehi A, Barkmeier-Kraemer (2014). Laryngeal manual therapy as a treatment for impaired production of tahrir vibrato in traditional Iranian singers. Folia phoniatrica et logopaedica, 66(6), 265-72.
  7. Lederle A, Barkmeier-Kraemer J, Finnegan (2012). Perception of vocal tremor during sustained phonation compared with sentence context. Journal of voice, 26(5), 668.e1-9.
  8. Lester RA, Barkmeier-Kraemer J, Story B (2013). Physiologic and acoustic patterns of essential vocal tremor. Journal of voice, 27(4), 422-32.
  9. Etter NM, Hapner ER, Barkmeier-Kraemer JM, Gartner-Schmidt JL, Dressler EV, Stemple J (2019). Aging Voice Index (AVI): Reliability and Validity of a Voice Quality of Life Scale for Older Adults. Journal of voice, 33(5), 807.e7-807.e12.
  10. Lederle A, Hoit JD, Barkmeier-Kraemer (2012). Effects of sequential swallowing on drive to breathe in young, healthy adults. Dysphagia, 27(2), 221-7.
  11. Stevens M, Schiedermayer B, Kendall KA, Ou Z, Presson AP, Barkmeier-Kraemer J (2021). Physiology of Dysphagia in Those with Unilateral Vocal Fold Immobility. Dysphagia, 37(2), 356-364.
  12. Stevens M, Mayerl CJ, Bond L, German RZ, Barkmeier-Kraemer J (2021). Pathophysiology of aspiration in a unilateral SLN lesion model using quantitative analysis of VFSS. International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology, 140, 110518.
  13. Barkmeier JM, Luschei E (2000). Quantitative analysis of the anatomy of the epineurium of the canine recurrent laryngeal nerve. Journal of anatomy, 196 ( Pt 1), 85-101.
  14. Campbell EO, Samlan RA, McMullen NT, Cook S, Smiley-Jewell S, Barkmeier-Kraemer (2013). Developmental changes in the connective tissues of the porcine recurrent laryngeal nerve. Journal of anatomy, 222(6), 625-33.
  15. Barkmeier JM, Bielamowicz S, Takeda N, Ludlow C (2002). Laryngeal activity during upright vs. supine swallowing. Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md., 93(2), 740-5.
  16. Williams MJ, Ayylasomayajula A, Behkam R, Bierhals AJ, Jacobs ME, Edgar JD, Paniello RC, Barkmeier-Kraemer JM, Vande Geest J (2015). A computational study of the role of the aortic arch in idiopathic unilateral vocal-fold paralysis. Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md., 118(4), 465-74.
  17. Behkam R, Roberts KE, Bierhals AJ, Jacobs ME, Edgar JD, Paniello RC, Woodson G, Vande Geest JP, Barkmeier-Kraemer J (2017). Aortic arch compliance and idiopathic unilateral vocal fold paralysis. Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md., 123(2), 303-309.
  18. Barkmeier JM, Case JL, Ludlow C (2001). Identification of symptoms for spasmodic dysphonia and vocal tremor: a comparison of expert and nonexpert judges. Journal of communication disorders, 34(1-2), 21-37.
  19. Barkmeier JM, Bielamowicz S, Takeda N, Ludlow C (2000). Modulation of laryngeal responses to superior laryngeal nerve stimulation by volitional swallowing in awake humans. Journal of neurophysiology, 83(3), 1264-72.
  20. Barkmeier-Kraemer JM, Linn C, Thompson HL, Byrd RS, Steinfeld MB, Hoffmann RG, Silverman A (2017). Preliminary Study of a Caregiver-based Infant and Child Feeding and Swallowing Screening Tool. Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition, 64(6), 979-983.
  21. Silverman AH, Berlin KS, Linn C, Pederson J, Schiedermayer B, Barkmeier-Kraemer (2020). Psychometric Properties of the Infant and Child Feeding Questionnaire. The Journal of pediatrics, 223, 81-86.e2.
  22. Williams MJ, Utzinger U, Barkmeier-Kraemer JM, Vande Geest J (2014). Differences in the microstructure and biomechanical properties of the recurrent laryngeal nerve as a function of age and location.LID - 10.1115/1.4027682 [doi]. Journal of biomechanical engineering, 136(8),
  23. Finnegan EM, Luschei ES, Barkmeier JM, Hoffman H (1996). Sources of error in estimation of laryngeal airway resistance in persons with spasmodic dysphonia. Journal of speech and hearing research, 39(1), 105-13.
  24. Gray SD, Barkmeier J, Jones D, Titze I, Druker (1992). Vocal evaluation of thyroplastic surgery in the treatment of unilateral vocal fold paralysis. The Laryngoscope, 102(4), 415-21.
  25. Finnegan EM, Luschei ES, Gordon JD, Barkmeier JM, Hoffman H (1999). Increased stability of airflow following botulinum toxin injection. The Laryngoscope, 109(8), 1300-6.
  26. Schiedermayer B, Kendall KA, Stevens M, Ou Z, Presson AP, Barkmeier-Kraemer J (2020). Prevalence, incidence, and characteristics of dysphagia in those with unilateral vocal fold paralysis. The Laryngoscope, 130(10), 2397-2404.
  27. Slovarp LJ, Jetté ME, Gillespie AI, Reynolds JE, Barkmeier-Kraemer J (2021). Evaluation and Management Outcomes and Burdens in Patients with Refractory Chronic Cough Referred for Behavioral Cough Suppression Therapy. Lung, 199(3), 263-271.
  28. Wright ML, Sundar KM, Herrick JS, Barkmeier-Kraemer J (2021). Long-Term Treatment Outcomes after Behavioral Speech Therapy for Chronic Refractory Cough. Lung, 199(5), 517-525.
  29. Ciucci MR, Barkmeier-Kraemer JM, Sherman S (2008). Subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation improves deglutition in Parkinson's disease. Movement disorders, 23(5), 676-83.
  30. Simonyan K, Barkmeier-Kraemer J, Blitzer A, Hallett M, Houde JF, Jacobson Kimberley T, Ozelius LJ, Pitman MJ, Richardson RM, Sharma N, Tanner K, The NIH/NIDCD Workshop on Research Priorities in Spasmodic Dysphonia/Laryngeal Dystonia (2021). Laryngeal Dystonia: Multidisciplinary Update on Terminology, Pathophysiology, and Research Priorities. Neurology, 96(21), 989-1001.
  31. Chandrasekhar SS, Randolph GW, Seidman MD, Rosenfeld RM, Angelos P, Barkmeier-Kraemer J, Benninger MS, Blumin JH, Dennis G, Hanks J, Haymart MR, Kloos RT, Seals B, Schreibstein JM, Thomas MA, Waddington C, Warren B, Robertson P (2013). Clinical practice guideline: improving voice outcomes after thyroid surgery. Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery, 148(6 Suppl), S1-37.
  32. Marcus L, Kiernan B, Barkmeier-Kraemer J (2013). The association of a preschool voice education program with changes in yelling frequency. Seminars in speech and language, 34(2), 103-15.
  33. Barkmeier-Kraemer JM, Patel R (2016). The Next 10 Years in Voice Evaluation and Treatment. Seminars in speech and language, 37(3), 158-65.
  34. Fass R, Noelck N, Willis MR, Navarro-Rodriguez T, Wilson K, Powers J, Barkmeier-Kraemer J (2010). The effect of esomeprazole 20 mg twice daily on acoustic and perception parameters of the voice in laryngopharyngeal reflux. Neurogastroenterology and motility, 22(2), 134-41, e44-5.
  35. Stager SV, Bielamowicz SA, Regnell JR, Gupta A, Barkmeier J (2000). Supraglottic activity: evidence of vocal hyperfunction or laryngeal articulation?. Journal of speech, language, and hearing research, 43(1), 229-38.
  36. Stager SV, Bielamowicz S, Gupta A, Marullo S, Regnell JR, Barkmeier (2001). Quantification of static and dynamic supraglottic activity. Journal of speech, language, and hearing research, 44(6), 1245-56.
  37. Lowell SY, Barkmeier-Kraemer JM, Hoit JD, Story B (2008). Respiratory and laryngeal function during spontaneous speaking in teachers with voice disorders. Journal of speech, language, and hearing research, 51(2), 333-49.
  38. Maryn T, Leblans M, Zarowski A, Barkmeier-Kraemer (2019). Objective Acoustic Quantification of Perceived Voice Tremor Severity. Journal of speech, language, and hearing research, 62(10), 3689-3705.
  39. Smith ES, Verdolini K, Gray S, Nichols S, Lemke J, Barkmeier J, Dove H, Hoffman (1996). Effect of voice disorders on quality of life. Journal of medical speech-language pathology, 4(4), 223-44.
  40. Kempster GB, Gerratt BR, Verdolini Abbott K, Barkmeier-Kraemer J, Hillman R (2009). Consensus auditory-perceptual evaluation of voice: development of a standardized clinical protocol. American journal of speech-language pathology, 18(2), 124-32.
  41. Roy N, Barkmeier-Kraemer J, Eadie T, Sivasankar MP, Mehta D, Paul D, Hillman (2013). Evidence-based clinical voice assessment: a systematic review. American journal of speech-language pathology, 22(2), 212-26.
  42. Patel R, Awan S, Barkmeier-Kraemer J, Courey M, Deliyski D, Eadie T, Paul D, Svec J, Hillman R (2018). Recommended protocols for instrumental assessment of voice: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Expert Panel to Develop a Protocol for Instrumental Assessment of Voice Function. American journal of speech-language pathology, 27(3), 887-905.
  43. Suiter DM, Daniels SK, Barkmeier-Kraemer JM, Silverman A (2020). Swallowing Screening: Purposefully Different From an Assessment Sensitivity and Specificity Related to Clinical Yield, Interprofessional Roles, and Patient Selection. American journal of speech-language pathology, 29(2S), 979-991.
  44. Van Stan JH, Whyte J, Duffy JR, Barkmeier-Kraemer J, Doyle P, Gherson S, Kelchner L, Muise J, Petty B, Roy N, Stemple J, Thibeault S, Tolejano C (2021). Voice Therapy According to the Rehabilitation Treatment Specification System: Expert Consensus Ingredients and Targets. American journal of speech-language pathology, 30(5), 2169-2201.
  45. Barkmeier-Kraemer JM, Story (2010). Conceptual and Clinical Updates on Vocal Tremor. ASHA leader,
  46. Barkmeier-Kraemer JM, Clark H (2017). Speech-Language Pathology Evaluation and Management of Hyperkinetic Disorders Affecting Speech and Swallowing Function. Tremor and other hyperkinetic movements (New York, N.Y.), 7, 489.
  47. Barkmeier-Kraemer JM (2020). Isolated Voice Tremor: A Clinical Variant of Essential Tremor or a Distinct Clinical Phenotype?. Tremor and other hyperkinetic movements (New York, N.Y.), 10, 1-8.
  48. Sundar KM, Stark AC, Hu N, Barkmeier-Kraemer (2021). Is laryngeal hypersensitivity the basis of unexplained or refractory chronic cough?. ERJ open research, 7(1),
  49. Torrecillas V, Dwenger K, Barkmeier-Kraemer J (2021). Classification of vocal tremor using updated consensus-based tremor classification criteria. Laryngoscope investigative otolaryngology, 6(2), 261-276.
  50. Barkmeier-Kraemer (2012). Updates on vocal tremor and its management. 22(3), 97-103.
  51. Myers B, Hary E, Ellerston J, Barkmeier-Kraemer J (2022). Telepractice Considerations for Evaluation and Treatment of Voice Disorders: Tailoring to Specific Populations. American journal of speech-language pathology, 31, 1-11.
  52. Smith LS, Barkmeier-Kraemer J (2022). Conceptual Framework Behind the Development of a Level of Confidence Tool: The Pediatric Videofluoroscopic Swallow Study Value Scale. American journal of speech-language pathology, 31(2), 689-704.
  53. Barkmeier-Kraemer JM, Hapner (2022). Barkmeier-Kraemer, J.M., Hapner E. Viewpoint: Considerations for specialty education in voice and upper airway disorders (VUAD). Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups. Perspectives of the ASHA special interest groups,
  54. Kollech HG, Chao MR, Stark AC, German RZ, Paniello RC, Christensen MB, Barkmeier-Kraemer JM, Geest JP (2022). Extracellular matrix deformations of the porcine recurrent laryngeal nerve in response to hydrostatic pressure. Acta biomaterialia, 153, 364-373.
  55. Tanner K, Robison HJ, Stevens ME, Merrill RM, Dromey C, Barkmeier-Kraemer J, Christensen M (2023). Tanner K, Robison HJ, Stevens ME, Merrill RM, Dromey C, Barkmeier-Kraemer J, Christensen MB. Corticosteroid-LABA inhalers increase phonation threshold pressure (PTP) and flow (PTF) in rabbits. The Laryngoscope, 133(10), 2680-2686.
  56. Wright ML, Slovarp L, Reynolds J, Roy N, Okifuji A, Sundar KM, Barkmeier-Kraemer J (2024). Prevalence of Anxiety as a Variable in Treatment Outcomes for Individuals With Chronic Refractory Cough. American journal of speech-language pathology, 33(1), 476-484.

Review

  1. Barkmeier J, Case (2000). Differential diagnosis of adductor-type spasmodic dysphonia, vocal tremor, and muscle tension dysphonia. Current opinion in otolaryngology & head and neck surgery, 8(3), 174-9.

Book

  1. Barkmeier-Kraemer J, Leonard (2018). Dysphagia Assessment and Treatment Planning Workbook; A team approach.
  2. Barkmeier-Kraemer J, Leonard R (2023). Dysphagia Assessment and Treatment Planning Workbook; A team approach.

Book Chapter

  1. Barkmeier JM, Lyon (2004). Vascular supply in the vocal folds.
  2. Barkmeier J, Jordan LS, Robin DA, Schum R (1991). Inexperienced listener ratings of dysarthric speaker intelligibility and physical appearance. 65-75.
  3. Barkmeier-Kraemer J, Louis E, Smith (2020). Essential Tremor. 205-214.

Abstract

  1. Taylor A, Wright M, Legler D, Barkmeier-Kraemer J, Sundar K (2023). Taylor A, Wright M, Legler D, Barkmeier-Kraemer J, Sundar KM. Laryngeal hypersensitivity associated with chronic cough in patients with underlying pulmonary disease. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 2023;207:A1594. 207, A1594.

Video/Film/CD/Web/Podcast

  1. Barkmeier-Kraemer J, Humbert I, Vose (2018). Down the Hatch - The Swallowing Podcast: Expert Rant#2: Be the expert...SLPs can win the confidence of physicians.

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