Margaret Lehman Blake, Ph.D., CCC-SLP.
Associate Professor
- Phone: (713) 743-2894
- Email: mtblake@uh.edu
- Office: 117 Clinical Research Center
Dr. Blake received her master's degree from Arizona State University and her doctorate from the University of Pittsburgh. She completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the Mayo Clinic. Dr. Blake teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in disorders of speech/language/cognition in adults. Her primary research interest is language disorders due to right hemisphere brain damage. She is one of the graduate advisors.
Education
- Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, Major: Communication Science and Disorders
- M.S., Arizona State University, Major: Speech and Hearing Science
- B.S., Colorado State University, Major: Communication Disorders, Minor: Anatomy and Neurobiology
Teaching
Acquired cognitive disorders (COMD 6328)
Description, evaluation, and treatment of cognitive disorders due to traumatic brain injury, right hemisphere stroke, and dementia
Neurogenic Communication Disorders (COMD 4333)
Overview of disorders of speech, language, and cognition caused by brain damage. Includes dysarthria, apraxia of speech, aphasia, dementia, and cognitive-communication deficits associated with right brain damage and traumatic brain damage.
Research Interests
Language and communication deficits associated with right hemisphere brain damage; cognitive, neurophysiological, and psychosocial aspects of aging.
Current Research Project
My current research projects are designed to examine comprehension deficits in adults with right hemisphere brain damage, focusing on inferencing processes. My most recent studies have examined generation, maintenance, and selection of predictive inferences and whether adults with RHD can use contextual cues to facilitate inferencing processes. Read more about Dr. Blake's research »
Research Grants
- National Institutes of Health – National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (R03): “Inference processes in adults with right brain damage.”
- ASHA Foundation (2001) “Inferencing in adults with and without right hemisphere brain damage examined through thinking out loud protocols.”
Selected Publications
Journal Articles
- Blake, M.L. & Baumgaertner, A. (in press). On the use medical record reviews for characterizing brain lesions. The Journal of Medical Speech Language Pathology.
- Blake, M.L. (in press). Perspectives on treatment for communication disorders associated with right hemisphere brain damage. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology.
- Blake, M.L (2006). Clinical relevance of discourse characteristics after right hemisphere brain damage. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 15, 255-267.
- Blake, M.L, & Lesniewicz, K. (2005). Contextual bias and predictive inferencing in adults with and without right hemisphere brain damage. Aphasiology, 19, 423-434.
- Blake, M.L, Duffy, J.R., Tompkins, C.A., & Myers, P.S. (2003). Right hemisphere syndrome is in the eye of the beholder. Aphasiology, 17, 423-432.
- Blake, M.L, Duffy, J.R., Myers, P.S., & Tompkins, C.A. (2002). Prevalence and patterns of right hemisphere cognitive/communicative deficits: Retrospective data from an inpatient rehabilitation unit. Aphasiology, 16, 537-548.
Chapters
- Myers, P.S. & Blake, M.L. (in press). Communication disorders associated with right hemisphere damage. In R.Chapey (Ed.) Language Intervention Strategies in Aphasia and Related Neurogenic Communication Disorders (5th Edn). Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins.
- Blake, M.L. (2005). Right hemisphere syndrome. In L.L.LaPointe (Ed.), Aphasia and Related Neurogenic Language Disorders. (pp. 213-224). New York: Thieme.
Professional Activities
- UH COMD Graduate Student Advisor
- President-Elect, Houston Association for Communication Disorders (2007)
- Member At-Large, Academy of Neurologic Communication Disorders and Sciences (ANCDS)
- Continuing Education Administrator for University of Houston
Honors
- Editors Award – Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research
Tompkins, C.A., Baumgaertner, A., Lehman, M.T., and Fassbinder, W. (2000) Mechanisms of discourse comprehension impairment after right hemisphere brain damage: Suppression and enhancement in lexical ambiguity resolution. Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, 43, 62-78.
Affiliations and Links
- American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
- Houston Association for Communication Disorders
- Academy of Neurologic Communication Disorders & Sciences
- American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Special Interest Division
- Division 2: Neurophysiology & Neurogenic Speech & Language Disorders
- Division 10: Issues in Higher Education
- Division 15: Gerontology
